Katrina Brown
@katrinabrown.bsky.social
Art, and all that entails. Director at The Common Guild. Trustee of Art Fund. Live in (and mostly love) Glasgow. Otherwise in the garden 🌱
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The planned dissolution of Antwerp’s contemporary art museum M HKA raises wider concerns about the loss of mid-scale institutions that support artistic development.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The planned dissolution of Antwerp’s contemporary art museum M HKA raises wider concerns about the loss of mid-scale institutions that support artistic development.
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Latest from me in The Guardian: about how Farage, Jenrick etc won't be beaten until their delusional version of the UK's past is exposed. And why this should happen in the culture (a la Rock Against Racism) rather than through, say, Keir Starmer speeches www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In 2026, remember this: Britain is much better than it was in so many ways. Don’t swallow the right’s lies | John Harris
Populists rewrite the history of this nation because they were complicit in much of its ugliness. The progressive fightback must start now, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Latest from me in The Guardian: about how Farage, Jenrick etc won't be beaten until their delusional version of the UK's past is exposed. And why this should happen in the culture (a la Rock Against Racism) rather than through, say, Keir Starmer speeches www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In case you need some fuel for optimism ...
January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
In case you need some fuel for optimism ...
Brought by Santa. Finished by year's end. Loved this by Olivia Laing
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Brought by Santa. Finished by year's end. Loved this by Olivia Laing
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As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of the US – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be
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December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
As we prepare for 2026, remember we have the power to make our future | Rebecca Solnit
I make these regularly and can't recommend highly enough. They are super easy and always disappear very quickly!
Parmesan shortbreads are the perfect accompaniment to any festive fizz you may be uncorking to celebrate the New Year. They’re #RecipeOfTheDay now in case you want a get a head start on them, but they’re neither difficult nor time-consuming to make. www.nigella.com/recipes/parm...
Parmesan Shortbreads
This is an Italian-inspired recipe that comes to me from Australia via Brazil. To explain: a Brazilian friend, and the best cook I know, Helio Fenerich made it for me, and I had to keep (rudely) askin...
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December 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I make these regularly and can't recommend highly enough. They are super easy and always disappear very quickly!
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Recovering the lost history of Gaza, by William Dalrymple. Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements.
Recovering the lost history of Gaza
Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements
www.newstatesman.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Recovering the lost history of Gaza, by William Dalrymple. Decades of conflict and displacement have obliterated the history of one of the world’s oldest human settlements.
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Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
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December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
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🚨 Reminder: DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY
Applications for our Time + Space programme close this Sunday 14 December at 5pm! Get your application in by then to be considered for our early-career artist development and exhibition opportunities.
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Applications for our Time + Space programme close this Sunday 14 December at 5pm! Get your application in by then to be considered for our early-career artist development and exhibition opportunities.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🚨 Reminder: DEADLINE THIS SUNDAY
Applications for our Time + Space programme close this Sunday 14 December at 5pm! Get your application in by then to be considered for our early-career artist development and exhibition opportunities.
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Applications for our Time + Space programme close this Sunday 14 December at 5pm! Get your application in by then to be considered for our early-career artist development and exhibition opportunities.
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RIP, Ceal Floyer. Far too young. Work often written about as between minimalism and conceptualism - but her sharp-as-a-tack wit marked her out. www.artforum.com/events/ceal-...
Ceal Floyer
Ceal Floyer, Plughole, 2017, video projection, color, sound, 3 minutes 53 seconds. Ceal Floyer shares with a handful of her contemporaries, such as Martin Creed and Gavin Turk—all three emerged…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
RIP, Ceal Floyer. Far too young. Work often written about as between minimalism and conceptualism - but her sharp-as-a-tack wit marked her out. www.artforum.com/events/ceal-...
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What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
As it turns out, not that much
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
What has the ceasefire actually accomplished? | Fiona Katauskas
This was obviously prepared before Scotland qualified. 🏴
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Which nation is most likely to win the 2026 World Cup? We ranked all 64 teams. nyti.ms/3MjW5Po
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This was obviously prepared before Scotland qualified. 🏴
Even against the backdrop of downgrading its culture funding for years, I can't believe this from @glasgowcc.bsky.social
🚨 BREAKING: The Glasgow Film Theatre is expected to lose its main long-term funding support from the city council. 🚨
Full details & reaction: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2566604... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
Full details & reaction: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2566604... @heraldscotland.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Even against the backdrop of downgrading its culture funding for years, I can't believe this from @glasgowcc.bsky.social
Recommended listening www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Enshittification” is the word of the moment. It’s the reason Google is all ads and Amazon serves you crappy overpriced products. Cory Doctorow, who coined the term, joins @nndroid.bsky.social and @rafaelbehr.bsky.social to discuss how we can combat it ➡️ linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnowpod
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If you are U.K. based and angered by Shabana Mahmood's latest efforts to make migrants lives even more difficult (and I know some of you will be), please do take the time to submit a response to the Home Office consultation.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If you are U.K. based and angered by Shabana Mahmood's latest efforts to make migrants lives even more difficult (and I know some of you will be), please do take the time to submit a response to the Home Office consultation.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
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‘Palestinians are told to wait for the next stage of the plan, while Israel’s gains become the baseline for the next round of negotiations. And the waiting never ends. Each phase is temporary, but every loss is permanent.’
Zinaida Miller on Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Zinaida Miller on Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’.
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Zinaida Miller | Temporary Measures
The Yellow Line is supposed to be temporary, but history suggests otherwise. Under ostensibly transient arrangements,...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
‘Palestinians are told to wait for the next stage of the plan, while Israel’s gains become the baseline for the next round of negotiations. And the waiting never ends. Each phase is temporary, but every loss is permanent.’
Zinaida Miller on Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
Zinaida Miller on Gaza’s ‘Yellow Line’.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...
This is just awful.
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
‘No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,’ says US army secretary in sombre meeting
US officials have told Nato allies they expect to push president Volodymyr Zelenskyy into agreeing to a peace deal in the coming days, under the threat that if Kyiv does not sign, it will face a much worse deal in future.
The US army secretary Dan Driscoll briefed ambassadors from Nato nations at a meeting in Kyiv late on Friday, after talks with Zelenskyy and taking a phone call from the White House. “No deal is perfect, but it must be done sooner rather than later,” he told them, according to one person who was present. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is just awful.
Our gorgeous show with Peng Zuqiang is on until 7 December. It's especially good on days like today, late afternoon before the light goes completely. Open 12-5 Sat and 12-4 Sun. thecommonguild.org.uk/programme/pe...
<br/> Peng Zuqiang – ‘Afternoon Hearsay — THE COMMON GUILD
‘Afternoon Hearsay’, the first solo exhibition by Peng Zuqiang in Scotland, centres on a new three-channel film installation of the same name, co-commissioned by The Common Guild and the Rockbund Art ...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Our gorgeous show with Peng Zuqiang is on until 7 December. It's especially good on days like today, late afternoon before the light goes completely. Open 12-5 Sat and 12-4 Sun. thecommonguild.org.uk/programme/pe...
If you ever want an example of BBC News bias, listen to this morning's Today prog on R4. Interviews on the Covid inquiry: M Gove, who was in actual government at the time, allowed to wax lyrical about how individuals really stepped up, without being asked about, say, Michelle Mone, as an individual
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
If you ever want an example of BBC News bias, listen to this morning's Today prog on R4. Interviews on the Covid inquiry: M Gove, who was in actual government at the time, allowed to wax lyrical about how individuals really stepped up, without being asked about, say, Michelle Mone, as an individual
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You want to know if your kitchen table studio will hurt your career. The answer is pretty straightforward: No. Not if you handle it properly.
Art Problems: Do I Need a Studio?
Worried your kitchen studio might hurt your career? Dread not, Paddy Johnson is back.
hyperallergic.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
You want to know if your kitchen table studio will hurt your career. The answer is pretty straightforward: No. Not if you handle it properly.
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Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
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Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all
Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
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Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Four decades back a major label released a debut album that sounded like almost nothing on earth while still sounding incredibly familiar. Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett takes stock of it all
Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
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Happy Birthday to the JAMC's Psychocandy, which turns 40 today!
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Went for a chilly autumnal walk late this afternoon. Think the Burrell Collection at twilight might be my new favourite thing. I don't think I've ever been there in fading light before.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Went for a chilly autumnal walk late this afternoon. Think the Burrell Collection at twilight might be my new favourite thing. I don't think I've ever been there in fading light before.