GWA Newsletter: August + Paperback!

Updates; plus everything you need to see, watch, read, do.

Dear Readers, I hope you are having great summers. I’ve been finishing an exciting project for a slightly younger audience than usual (announced soon…!).

But first: the paperback of The Story of Art Without Men is out 29 August. Look at this gorgeous new cover. Fully illustrated with a new bonus chapter, it can be yours for £12.99 (studio copy, perhaps?). Pre-order here.

And please join us at some events:

Tuesday 17 September, 7.30pm: I will be in conversation with

Pandora Sykes

at the Union Chapel, London. Tickets here (with a 30% discount code!)

Tuesday 10 September, 7pm: I will be at the Garden Museum to discuss art, music, culture and all things Bloomsbury with

Flo Dill

and Charlie Porter. Get your ticket!

Thursday 26 September, 6.45pm: I will be at The London Library to ask curators Dorothy Price (Royal Academy: Making Modernism, Entangled Pasts) and Chris Bayley (Serpentine: Judy Chicago) about curating women artist-focussed exhibitions, and why they still matter in 2024. Tickets here.

Saturday 5 October, 10am: I will be at the Cheltenham Literary Festival to talk through 75 years of women artists, 1949–present day, as part of the festival’s 75th celebrations. Chaired by Jo Baring. Tickets live 5 Sept.

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Stuck for good days-out this summer? I’ve got you covered. Check out my top 15 best-art-days-out in the UK. From Chatsworth to Charleston, plus unmissable exhibitions (Leonora Carrington in Sussex, Magdalene Odundo at Houghton, etc.).

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The GWA Podcast is back this Autumn with a fantastic art and literary line-up. Who would you like to see featured? I’m always on the hunt for ideas.

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While I get back to my desk, I leave you with your top 5/6 shows, listens, reads, artists, events, and more. Enjoy! Xoxo Katy

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5 Great Things To Read

1. Anne Carson on Handwriting and more via the LRB

2. Elif Shafak
   : There Are Rivers in the Sky

3. Tove Jansson: The Summer Book

4. Rosa Lyster on Orlando Whitfield’s All That Glitters via The New Yorker

5. Katherine Rundell: Beware of Sharkless Waters via The New Yorker

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5 Great Shows To See

1. Firelei Báez at South London Gallery

2. Lina Iris Viktor at the John Soane Museum

3. Flora Yukhnovich at the Wallace Collection (come to our talk on Friday 11 Oct)

4. Mabel Pryde Nicholson at The Grange, Brighton

5. Megan Rooney at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge

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6 Great Things To Listen To

1. Amelia Dimoldenberg on Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

2. Rufus Wainwright / Olivia Laing on Digging with Flo

3. The Olympic opening ceremony & Brat Summer on The Rest Is Entertainment

4. Lisa Nandy (Secretary of State for Culture) on The Rest is Politics

5. Blankets and Quilts on Immaterial: The Met Podcast

6. The Story of Joyce and Judith Scott on BBC World Service

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6 Great Things to Watch and Do

1. Friday Late at Tate Modern curated by Little Simz (31 August)

2. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (watch now)

3. Tove (Jansson) via BBC iPlayer (watch now)

4. William Dalrymple on How Ancient India Transformed the World (various dates)

5. Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint (watch now)

6. Daughters on Netflix (watch now)

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5 Great Artists to Know

Eileen Agar (listen to the GWA Podcast)

Elizabeth Catlett (listen to the GWA Podcast)

Yu Hong

Ida O’Keeffe (yes, Georgia’s sister; great article via The New Yorker)

Jazz Grant

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That’s it from me! Happy GWA’ing. Thank you for reading this Substack. If you think someone else might enjoy this too, please spread the word. If you have any feedback, please comment below. Love, Katy.