Sarah Smith

Jack, Lizzy, and their naughty cat, Cat, are off to spend the afternoon with their grandmother. But Georgina Fiona-May Orbis is no ordinary grandmother—she knows how to turn into a butterfly! With its lush spreads and sweet story, The Butterfly House will capture the imaginations of young and old alike.

Artists have long been fascinated by film, but recent decades have seen an explosion in direct artistic engagements with mainstream cinema, particularly from the classical and post-classical eras of Hollywood filmmaking. Ranging from directly sampling film clips to imitating aspects of films, these engagements deploy highly recognisable examples of cinema to activate collective cultural memory. Artists’ Moving Image presents a...

A child’s memories. A woman’s murder. A mystery that refuses to die. Leah’s life is unravelling. Recently fired from her job in the art world, estranged from her ex-husband (for sleeping with her best friend), and facing a custody battle, she’s struggling to prove she’s stable. Then there’s four-year-old Chloe, who has never called Leah ‘mum’. Instead, Chloe speaks with...