ST IVES, ENGLAND — For Ithell Colquhoun, the world was alive. Energies, mythical forces, and solar alignments imbued landscapes with powers that wove together human beings, ecologies, and the cosmos, ...
In the rush to rediscover artists who have been unfairly marginalized by art history’s reverence for white men, a new name is coming to the fore. The painter, writer, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun ...
Surrealist, occultist, mystical devotee of the ancient Celts, modern-day druid: The visionary artist Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) seems, at first glance, like one of those unbeatable eccentrics who ...
Burra is a relatively unknown artist who certainly deserves an exhibition at a place as worthy as Tate Britain. Colquhoun is better known, has a cult following and—actually—the work on show here ...