June Givanni on the PanAfrican cinema archive, Gwen John at Pallant House Gallery reviewed
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Gwen John's Freedom
Ben Luke: Exhibition includes work of her contemporaries at the Slade when she went there. It's telling that their careers end mostly in marriage, don't they? Ida Nettleship becomes Augustus John Gwen's superstar artist brother and basically a mother. She was an extremely talented artist. We heard from that little letter. There's a confidence in her right from the beginning. In the teeth of a whole set of prejudices. You just really feel that presence.
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