Sophie Ruigrok is an artist and writer based in London.

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Octagonal Drawing (1976), Ann Churchill.

When the medium is the messenger – the art of communicating with spirits

From Victorian spiritualists to contemporary practitioners, there is a long history of art – and drawing in particular – taking an interest in the unseen

20 Apr 2020
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