Anything goes at the Kettle’s Yard picture scheme
How to guess the price of art
Tate head on a ‘great British brand that resonates throughout the world’
‘Space to breath, think, and create’: Kettle’s Yard’s ‘Paint What Matters!’ scheme
Feature
Ever wanted to look clever in a gallery? Here’s Colette Grice‘s guide to putting a figure to your favourite pieces of art
Interview
Ben Birch speaks to Roland Rudd, chair of the trustees at the Tate, questioning what gets put up on the walls, and why?
Feature
Ben Birch recounts his recent attendance of an art auction, in which he questions reality and leaves empty handed
Opinion
India Hansra argues that the ‘performative’ is not an empty mode of being, but a quality of artistry
Feature
Ben Birch looks back at the great poet’s first week in Cambridge
Feature
Amie Brian questions the slow secularisation of religious spaces in Cambridge
The Agonies
Eve Connor writes back to Joe, wishing his toe well and manifesting a gaze as commanding as Kierkegaard’s
Opinion
Emily Cushion questions whether the literary town truly has a place in modern life
Opinion
Loveday Cookson argues that the Brutalist design of humanities buildings is indicative of the liberal arts’ systemic underfunding and undervaluing
Review
Eve Connor and Joe Short visit the Isherwood exhibition space and reflect on his lasting cultural legacy
Space Invaders
Loveday Cookson gets an inside look on the living quarters of Varsity‘s own Editor-in-Chief, Alice Mainwood
Jay Palombella looks at the work of Mark Rothko, the poetry of John Taggart, and their recurrent theme of mindfulness
Review
Murray Edwards’ lastest exhibition fuses the natural and supernatural
Looking for a laugh this exam term? Seyan Dattani recommends some of his favourite comedy novels
Interview
Felix Armstrong talks to the American poet about her trailblazing blend of poetry, autobiography, and visual art
Review
Robin Stephens reviews the Fitzwilliam’s recently recalibrated display of their collection
How pioneering students are reforming a department
Review
Clementine Lussiana reviews ‘After News Before Bed’, the latest exhibition by prize-winning Enej Gala
Your formal pics and Insta brunches have a place in art history
From hard-hitting journalism to mushy romances, the Arts Section gives you their top picks this term
Why does academic writing become detached while poetry is reserved for moments of intimacy? Anna Wythe ponders the divide between the personal and impersonal in writing her dissertation.
Feature
How do we attribute meaning to the art around us? Anna Wythe muses on our lack of independence in the way we consume the aesthetic
Interview
Laura Potomova explores the spooky secrets behind the seemingly quaint, idyllic bookshop tucked away in St Edward’s Passage, and discusses its otherworldly connections with owner, Phil Salin
Interview
Anna Wythe enters the spiritual sphere of the Cambridge zine scene, and discovers how ‘The Cambridge Cult’ and ‘Lunalae’ fill the void between darkness and the ethereal
