‘The Crystal Quilt’, Suzanne Lacy
On Sunday, the American artist Suzanne Lacy will create a new performance piece called Silver Action at Tate Modern in London. She has invited
Category: Winter fires
‘When will we get rid of you?’
Elder Abuse in Kyrgyzstan There is an extraordinary series of photographs in the latest issue of Anthropology and Ageing Quarterly
Winter Fires: Book now available
Winter Fires: Art and agency in old age is published today. Old age haunts the human imagination. Nowadays, it also
Mik Godley’s portraits of older artists
Here are Mik Godley’s final portraits, which are reproduced in Winter Fires. They start with photographs I made, in discussion with the
The second book is (nearly) here
Winter Fires is printed, and copies are on their way to London for the launch on 27 November. The work
An immodest proposal
In 1729, Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal, his brutal satire of English policy in Ireland; in it, he proposed
First words (from ‘Winter Fires’)
A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Aristotle, 335 BCE When Edward Said died
‘Winter Fires’ publication date
Winter Fires, Art and Agency in Old Age will be published by Baring Foundation on 27 November 2012 and will be
Frightening ourselves silly
It is not easy to resist the frightening stories of old age that dominate contemporary culture. Even when programme makers
Nothing about us, without us
The draft text of Winter Fires should be complete by the end of August. Everyone who has contributed to it
Regular Marvels 