Verity Babbs
Verity Babbs is the author of The History of Art in One Sentence and host of Art Laughs art-themed comedy nights. She has worked as a presenter for Tate, the British Museum, and London Art Fair, and has written for the Guardian, RA Magazine, and Artnet News.
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Verity Babbs finds Stoke-on-Trent's pottery scene is firing on all cylinders for the British Ceramics Biennial
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14 min read
Stoke me up: my potty pilgrimage to Britain’s ceramic capital
Stoke me up: my potty pilgrimage to Britain’s ceramic capital
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Stoke me up: my potty pilgrimage to Britain’s ceramic capital
Invited to a Surrealist-themed art retreat in rural France, Verity Babbs gets a peek behind the curtain of the myths we tell about artists, patrons, and the ordinary lives behind the spectacle
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11 min read
The press trip that burst my art world bubble
The press trip that burst my art world bubble
Words and photography: Verity Babbs
The press trip that burst my art world bubble
Wilfrid Wood tells it how it is
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He painted my soul and my crooked tooth: sitting for Wilfrid Wood
He painted my soul and my crooked tooth: sitting for Wilfrid Wood
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He painted my soul and my crooked tooth: sitting for Wilfrid Wood
Have we seen it all before? Verity Babbs dissects the fading legacy of outrage in visual art
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10 min read
Has contemporary art gone soft?