This Sunday, 26 April, marks the fortieth anniversary of the accident on the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Soviet Ukraine. It’s the most critical catastrophe ever to happen within the nuclear energy trade, with widespread results then and now. An exhibition on the Nikolaikirche in Potsdam, Germany, known as The Chernobyl catastrophe: 40 years in the past and but nonetheless related, continues till Monday 27 April, and Ben Luke speaks to one among its organisers, Olha Kovalevska.
Paula Rego, The Dance, 1988
© The Property of Paula Rego; Tate: Bought 1989; Picture: Tate Photographs
A brand new exhibition at Munch, the museum in Oslo, explores the work of Paula Rego, with new analysis on her curiosity within the artist after whom the museum is called, Edvard Munch. Ben speaks to the curator of the exhibition, which known as Paula Rego: Dance Amongst Thorns, Kari J. Brandtzæg.
Gluck, Convolvulus, 1940
Courtesy of The Wonderful Artwork Society Ltd © The artist’s property
And this episode’s Work of the Week is Convolvulus (1940) by Gluck, the mononymous British painter. The image is a part of the exhibition known as Handpicked: Portray Flowers from 1900 to At present, which opens this weekend at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge, UK. Ben speaks to its co-curator, Naomi Polonsky, concerning the work.
The Chernobyl catastrophe: 40 years in the past and but nonetheless related, Nikolaikirche, Potsdam, Germany, till 27 April.Paula Rego – Dance Amongst Thorns, Munch, Oslo, 24 April-2 August; Paula Rego: Story Line, Victoria Miro, London, till 23 Might.Handpicked: Portray Flowers from 1900 to At present, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 25 April-6 September
