Madeleina Kay Art

I got my passport renewed over the Summer and that of course meant I had to swap my beautiful mauve EU passport for a shitty blue (black)...

After a conversation about whether badges are cultish, the ever delightful Lucy asked me to deep-dive blog post anyalsing the badges on...

This was a challenging book to read, not least because of its length but the heavy topic was also galling at times. Since it is an...

Animal Farm was my favourite film as a child – we had a cartoon version on VHS. I cried every time at the moment Napoleon sends Boxer to...

I was looking forward to reading 'Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.' by Barbara Kruger but I wasn't expecting to be as engaged with...

I decided to type up a transcript of (most of) my impromptu speech in Rome on 17th April, since many of the points I made are relevant to...

Dada photography by Man-Ray and Ukraininan Artist, Solomon Nikritin. I decided to visit the Museum of Modern Art whilst I was visiting...

I wanted to research the work of contemporary artists who explore identity, nationalism, and propaganda, which led me to Isreli artist,...

Reflections on Propaganda Prints – A History of art in the service of social and political change by Colin Moore published by A & C Black...

Some more reflections on the writings of George Orwell - 'Boys Weeklies' (Inside the Whale, March 11, 1940) critical essay included in...

I've recently been reading a collection of critical essays by George Orwell, compiled by George Packer, titled 'All Art is Propaganda'...