Beth Hughes
@figroly.bsky.social
Freelance contemporary art curator
PhD student at Manchester University
Curator for Lubaina Himid
Living between London & Manchester
PhD student at Manchester University
Curator for Lubaina Himid
Living between London & Manchester
Compositionally, it’s giving renaissance crucifixion (poor Mary M being subbed by these two morons)
December 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Compositionally, it’s giving renaissance crucifixion (poor Mary M being subbed by these two morons)
Amazon, what an interesting pairing you’ve put together there 🤔
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Amazon, what an interesting pairing you’ve put together there 🤔
Fascinating elaboration on what homes are and do. My favourite section was on the kitchen ‘we are cooks of the world: we never stop cooking it … everything is in a state of constant reciprocal manipulation’ #BookSky #EmanueleCoccia
December 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Fascinating elaboration on what homes are and do. My favourite section was on the kitchen ‘we are cooks of the world: we never stop cooking it … everything is in a state of constant reciprocal manipulation’ #BookSky #EmanueleCoccia
Holy moly. Just the Courtauld asking for a PhD for an Assistant Curator job.
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Holy moly. Just the Courtauld asking for a PhD for an Assistant Curator job.
Dana Shultz at Thomas Dane is unmissable. Love the mix of the history painting tradition with a totally mad subject matter
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Dana Shultz at Thomas Dane is unmissable. Love the mix of the history painting tradition with a totally mad subject matter
Last week of #JohnLyons at Felix and Spear. John is most definitely an overlooked artist, now 92 years old its so good to see momentum gather around his work
October 30, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Last week of #JohnLyons at Felix and Spear. John is most definitely an overlooked artist, now 92 years old its so good to see momentum gather around his work
Maurizio Cattelan, BEING AN ARTIST IS NOT A JOB, IT’S A MALFUNCTION, 2025 @perrotingallery.bsky.social #ArtBaselParis
October 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Maurizio Cattelan, BEING AN ARTIST IS NOT A JOB, IT’S A MALFUNCTION, 2025 @perrotingallery.bsky.social #ArtBaselParis
And then there is Peter Doig’s show, House of Music, paintings you can take your time over alongside huge 1950s speakers, comfy chairs and soft lighting just being an oasis of calm. Perfect show for Frieze week. @serpentinegallery.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
And then there is Peter Doig’s show, House of Music, paintings you can take your time over alongside huge 1950s speakers, comfy chairs and soft lighting just being an oasis of calm. Perfect show for Frieze week. @serpentinegallery.bsky.social
Outside the big shop in a tent there are lots of great exhibitions open in London this week:
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Outside the big shop in a tent there are lots of great exhibitions open in London this week:
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Cosima von Bonin at Raven Row is pretty special
Some of my favourites from the John Moores Painting Prize this year
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
October 12, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Some of my favourites from the John Moores Painting Prize this year
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
1. Play - What we need right now by Abby Cocovini
2. Agnes’ Hanky by Christina Niederberger
3. Trailblazing by Samantha Fellows
4. Evening Light by Caroline Gorick
@walkerartgallery #JohnMooresPaintingPrize
Wild Uplands - a four-artist sculpture trail across the moors near Haworth.
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
October 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wild Uplands - a four-artist sculpture trail across the moors near Haworth.
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
99 Butterflies by Meherunnisa Asad, carved from pink Pakistani marble. There’s also a sound work with Opera North you can download to go with. It shifts around & adds to that eerie feel of the moors. #bradford2025
Also long been a fan of Zadie Xa, her exhibition really transforms this gallery. Loved these little layered moments. School group in there were proper mesmerised.
#ZadieXa
#ZadieXa
October 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Also long been a fan of Zadie Xa, her exhibition really transforms this gallery. Loved these little layered moments. School group in there were proper mesmerised.
#ZadieXa
#ZadieXa
Turner Prize: Cartwright Hall, Bradford
(The site of my first curatorial job)
Mohammed Sami’s paintings. Incredible use of paint, all that texture disrupting the flow. Gives lots to stare at and try and work out.
✨✨✨✨✨
#MOHAMMEDSAMI
#TurnerPrize @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
@tate.bsky.social
(The site of my first curatorial job)
Mohammed Sami’s paintings. Incredible use of paint, all that texture disrupting the flow. Gives lots to stare at and try and work out.
✨✨✨✨✨
#MOHAMMEDSAMI
#TurnerPrize @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
@tate.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Turner Prize: Cartwright Hall, Bradford
(The site of my first curatorial job)
Mohammed Sami’s paintings. Incredible use of paint, all that texture disrupting the flow. Gives lots to stare at and try and work out.
✨✨✨✨✨
#MOHAMMEDSAMI
#TurnerPrize @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
@tate.bsky.social
(The site of my first curatorial job)
Mohammed Sami’s paintings. Incredible use of paint, all that texture disrupting the flow. Gives lots to stare at and try and work out.
✨✨✨✨✨
#MOHAMMEDSAMI
#TurnerPrize @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social
@tate.bsky.social
The validation I’ve been waiting for.
October 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The validation I’ve been waiting for.
Venetian minimalism in aisle three
September 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Venetian minimalism in aisle three
‘The Secret Painter is so much more than a sentimental rags to riches yarn. Joe uses his uncle’s extraordinary life to tell a broader story about the way that working-class people in the twentieth century were excluded from art-making. [A] thoughtful, funny book’
The Times
The Times
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
‘The Secret Painter is so much more than a sentimental rags to riches yarn. Joe uses his uncle’s extraordinary life to tell a broader story about the way that working-class people in the twentieth century were excluded from art-making. [A] thoughtful, funny book’
The Times
The Times
Litter on the streets of Preston
September 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Litter on the streets of Preston
Tropical F*ck Storm at Electric Ballroom, Camden covering Stayin’ Alive 🪩🕺🪩🕺
September 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Tropical F*ck Storm at Electric Ballroom, Camden covering Stayin’ Alive 🪩🕺🪩🕺