Philippa Snow is a writer whose reviews and essays have appeared in Artforum, ArtReview, the New Republic and many other publications. Her most recent book, Trophy Lives: On the Celebrity as Art Object, is published by MACK Books.
Dorothy Stratten is remembered less for her acting than for the terrible circumstances of her death. Cristine Brache’s paintings put her back in the spotlight for all the right reasons
Ruth Ellis, Diana Dors, Barbara Windsor and Pauline Boty star in Lynda Nead’s fascinating study of the blonde in British culture
In what now seems like a warning from history, the artist’s only feature film is about a magazine editor who is forced to work at home
