Ben Eastham

Desecrate the Flag: Faith Ringgold’s American Dream

Ben EasthamArtReview24 May 2022

‘American People’ at the New Museum reveals the structures of power that underlie the mundane

Drugs, Porn and Dolls: Sidsel Meineche Hansen’s War of the Self

Ben EasthamArtReview10 March 2022

The Danish artist’s work explores our bodies as the front line of resistance against a policed state

Anna L. Tsing on Creating ‘Wonder in the Midst of Dread’

Ben EasthamArtReview29 November 2021

Through her writings and the collaborative curatorial platform Feral Atlas, the anthropologist is offering new ways of imagining – and representing – our relationship to nature

Bus Poems: Lauren Elkin’s ‘No. 91/92: Notes on a Parisian Commute’ – Review

Ben EasthamArtReview19 November 2021

Written during the author’s daily commute through Paris, this collection channels the experiments of Georges Perec and the Oulipo into a moving reading of personal and public trauma

From Sneering Catastrophism to Cosmic Creativity: 7th Athens Biennale – Review

Ben EasthamArtReview16 November 2021

In ‘Eclipse’, a number of artworks play with the line between information revealed and meaning withheld, what can be decoded and what must remain unknowable

Climate Crisis Opera ‘Sun & Sea’: What Did You Do at the End of the World?

Ben EasthamArtReview05 November 2021

The natural expectation when experiencing catastrophe – whether personal or planetary – is that everyone should stop what they’re doing to focus on this turning point in history. But, of course, this doesn’t happen.

Bleak Projections at Syros International Film Festival

Ben EasthamArtReview10 September 2021

Outdoor screenings on the Greek island set an ageing medium amidst the ruins of the century that defined it