Ruth Millington is an art historian, critic and author, specialising in modern and contemporary art. She has had work featured in Thisistomorrow, TIME, Dazed, AnOther and The Independent. She appears as an art expert on radio and tv, including the BBC, Sky Arts, ITV News and Channel 4. Most recently, Ruth co-presented a documentary on Birmingham’s Surrealists for BBC R4. In 2022 Penguin published her first book ‘MUSE: Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history’s masterpieces’.
About Ruth Millington
Ruth Millington is an art historian, critic and author, specialising in modern and contemporary art. She has had work featured in Thisistomorrow, TIME, Dazed, AnOther and The Independent. She appears as an art expert on radio and tv, including the BBC, Sky Arts, ITV News and Channel 4. Most recently, Ruth co-presented a documentary on Birmingham’s Surrealists for BBC R4. In 2022 Penguin published her first book ‘MUSE: Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history’s masterpieces’.
Articles with Ruth Millington
Encrypted beauty in Rita Rodner’s ‘Universe for Beginners’
‘Universe for Beginners’ is a pattern-rich cosmos conjured up by British-based, Polish artist Rita Rodner. Brooding black-and-white paintings, photographs and drawings appear, on first glance, to be traditional landscapes evoking notions of the sublime. But, lines of code dotted across the surface invite audiences to question if these images are, in fact, virtual. Using experimental techniques, and working directly from source code, Rodner encrypts beauty into her layered realms, reflecting the connections between art and science, dark and light, chaos and code.