Archive - Interior Scroll

Visiting Women in Revolt! at the National Galleries of Scotland a week after my civil partnership.

May 26, 2024 •

Rachel Ashenden

April 2023

Intergenerational Connectivity through Xerography

Reflections from my visit to 'Body Poetics' at GIANT art gallery, Bournemouth.

Apr 21, 2023 •

Rachel Ashenden

February 2023

The Interior Scroll reading group

Monthly discussions on the feminist avant-garde

Feb 18, 2023 •

Rachel Ashenden

50 years since Penny Slinger's 'Bride's Cake'

Free online talk with the artist

Feb 17, 2023 •

Rachel Ashenden

January 2023

Linder's Full-Frontal Photomontage

'These exhibitions include depictions of explicit sex acts'

Jan 21, 2023 •

Rachel Ashenden

December 2022

Penny Slinger's Photocollage Couture

This week Hundred Heroines published my essay on Penny Slinger’s recent collaboration with andagainco, a sustainable and luxury fashion brand.

Dec 23, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

When I write about art

The truth-telling monster

Dec 16, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

November 2022

The 5-year hunt for a book

“You can’t not do it because it’s so core to who you are.” This is what my partner said to me as I pulled on my boots to set off to spend a Saturday in…

Nov 18, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

Here's something beautiful for you

I’m not going to pretend that I have the tools to analyse this video work – I find it much easier to write about subjects stuck in media res.

Nov 11, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

Matters of the heart in the Tate Modern

Imagine getting engaged in Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms.

Nov 4, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

October 2022

I've been writing about art in my sleep

I’ve been writing about art in my sleep.

Oct 28, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

Trusting my gut

This one is about making and losing friends as an adult, Surrealists in bathtubs, and an upcoming photography exhibition in Scotland.

Oct 21, 2022 •

Rachel Ashenden

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