Fionn Wilson

March 2024:

Read about my recent project ‘Paintings for Lucas House’, sponsored by the Responsa Foundation, commissioning nine other artists to produce artwork for a mental health unit in Edmonton, Enfield HERE.

March 2023:

I’m delighted that ‘Scandal ’63 Revisited’ has been selected by art critic Jonathan Jones as ‘Exhibition of the Week’ in The Guardian (Friday 3 March).

The exhibition has also enjoyed extensive national and regional coverage, thanks to an interview with Christine Keeler’s son, Seymour, who opened the show at the Private View at Leicester Gallery on Thursday 2 March, which has been featured by: The Evening Standard, The Independent, The Daily Star, The Western Mail, The Irish Daily Mail, The Daily Express, The Daily Record, The Glasgow Times, The Northern Times, The Irish Examiner, The Belfast Telegraph, The Reading Chronicle, The Northern Echo, The Yorkshire Post, The Leicester Mercury and many more smaller newspapers and new sites.

The Guardian’s feature can be viewed HERE.

You can read more about the exhibition at Leicester De Montfort University’s website HERE.

From The Guardian (March 3, 2023)
Image featured is: Christine, burn, baby, burn by Stella Vine (2012)

From The Leicester Mercury (March 3, 2023)
Image featured is: Christine mesmerises by Fionn Wilson (2017)

January 2023:

My painting of Oscar Wilde (2017) is on the cover of the current issue of ‘Intentions’ the quarterly publication from The Oscar Wilde Society, edited by the general secretary Vanessa Heron. Find out more about the Society HERE. You can also become a member and enjoy all sorts of things Oscar-related).

December 2022:

Writer Tara Hanks has given a superb overview of ‘Fenella Fielding: Actress’, with detailed and sensitive insights in the works and a thorough and well-researched background of Fenella’s career.

You can read it HERE.

October 2022:

It was fantastic to talk to presenter Jo Good on BBC Radio London about the upcoming ‘Fenella Fielding: Actress’ exhibition. If you’d like to hear the interview with myself and Fenella’s close friend and collaborator, Simon McKay, you can do so below:

BBC Radio London (5 October, 2022)

July 2022:

I’m delighted with this interview with composer and film-maker Martin Daniels in Integrity Magazine, which you can read HERE on pages 88-91.

June 2022:

There’s a lovely article recently published at The Broken Spine website by poet Mari Ellis Dunning, who talks about her ongoing interest in Christine Keeler, since being asked by myself to participate in ‘Dear Christine’. Mari explains the influence Christine has had on her writing for her recent anthology Pearl and Bone:

“While Pearl and Bone was initially conceived as a poetry collection focused on early motherhood and the female experience, Keeler continued to play on my mind, particularly amidst the #MeToo movement, and the ongoing politic battle surrounding reproductive rights in the USA. Naturally, sexual violence, violence against women, and reclaiming the voices of marginalised female figures began to sneak in to Pearl and Bone, and consequently, a series of poems in the collection are dedicated to Christine Keeler. These poems explore her adolescence, late-term abortion at sixteen, her role at the centre of The Profumo Affair, and her experience in the public eye afterwards. Throughout the collection, Keeler’s story interweaves with my own, as well as with the stories of countless other women – in the throes of labour, Mary paces the stable; postpartum, Mary Wollstonecraft succumbs to a fever, leaving behind her infant daughter; while above us, the moon laments the number of feet that have stormed her surface.”

More can be read HERE.

June 2022:

An interview with Wetherspoon News about my three portraits of poet Stevie Smith (commissioned by Wetherspoon), now hanging in ‘The Alfred Herring’ (Palmers Green). You can read it online HERE.

December 2020:

A short interview in Garageland magazine about the upcoming ‘Fenella Fielding: Actress’ project, which I’m curating (and painting for) with Fenella’s close friend Simon McKay of the Fenella Fielding Foundation. You can order the issue HERE.

May 2020:

Dear Christine: A Tribute in Art, Poetry and Prose is an excellent and thorough overview of the touring exhibition ‘Dear Christine’ written by writer Tara Hanks. It can be accessed HERE.

February 2020:

I was amazed when Athens-based TO VIMA newspaper contacted me in connection with ‘Dear Christine’.

Journalist Marilia Papathanasiou asked some very pertinent questions and my interview with her is now online and in print.

“TO VIMA is a high-quality newspaper in Greece, and arguably the most influential in political issues; it was published daily until 2011, but since publishes only its flagship Sunday edition, whose current managing editor is Stavros Psycharis. TO VIMA is historically the newspaper to which prominent politicians would most commonly provide interviews or write articles.”

Below is an image of the print version of the article. Marilia writes: “The article consists of your answers to my questions and an initial paragraph to remind Greek readers about the Profumo Affair.” A translation of the interview can be read HERE.

February 2020:

A really thorough interview with Tara Hanks for Culture Matters. Tara asked some great questions about ‘Dear Christine’ and why I started painting Christine Keeler. If you want to probe deeper into the project I really recommend reading this, which you can access HERE.

February 2020:

Tara Hanks: ‘Dear Christine‘ Steps Out in London. Read more HERE.

January 2020:

‘Dear Christine’ is selected by London art critic Tabish Khan as one of 17 exhibitions not to miss in London in February. See HERE.

January 2020:

A lovely interview with Jayne Phenton at Her Edit, talking about ‘Dear Christine’. You can read it HERE.

January 2020:

It’s wonderful to get a mention of ‘Dear Christine’ in this Guardian article by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, which looks at the reframing of Christine Keeler in light of the current BBC series ‘The Trial of Christine Keeler’. Read HERE.

January 2020:

I’m delighted to have an image of one of my series of Dennis Skinner portraits illustrating this article by John Dunn from the Orgreave Truth and Justice campaign. Original painting is part of the collection of the Marx Memorial Library.

January 2020:

Writer Julie Burchill selects ‘Dear Christine’ as her cultural high of 2019. Click HERE.

December 2019:

Some writing from myself about my painting of a prehistoric figurine featured in the new issue of Arty magazine. You can buy a copy HERE.

November 2019:

You can read a lovely review of ‘Dear Christine’ by Demi Roberts in the New Welsh Review. Unfortunately, it’s subscription only.

October 2019:

I’m delighted that ‘Dear Christine’ at elysium gallery, Swansea, was selected for The Guardian’s The Guide listings last week.

October 2019:

It’s fantastic to see ‘Dear Christine’ reviewed in The Western Mail.

October 2019:

Thanks to Literature Wales for featuring the ‘Dear Christine’ poetry event at elysium gallery HERE.

October 2019:

A fantastic write up of ‘Dear Christine’ in the Wales Arts Review by writer and critic Craig Austin. Read it HERE.

July 2019:

It’s great to be reviewed at CORRIDOR8, by writer Dr Mike Golding. Read more HERE.

June 2019:

I‘m very happy ’Dear Christine’ is featured in ONLY IN NEWCASTLE, with a review by writer David Whetstone. More HERE.

June 2019:

I’m so delighted to be included in this pertinent article on women and self-portraits by art critic Ian McKay in this summer’s edition of ART NORTH magazine:

June 2019:

A wonderful five-star review of ‘Dear Christine’ in print and online in the Morning Star by writer Jan Woolf.

An edited version of the review also appears HERE in the International Times.

May 2019:

It’s fantastic to be mentioned in The Telegraph by journalist Tanya Gold, who has always championed Christine Keeler’s cause:

May 2019:

It’s wonderful to feature across a three-page spread in the Newcastle Journal with an interview with myself and journalist Mike Kelly, discussing ‘Dear Christine’ coming up soon at Vane:

May 2019:

I’m delighted to feature in issue 22 of Garageland magazine’s (Difficult) Women, talking about ‘Dear Christine’ (a tribute to Christine Keeler), the culmination of a three-year project (ACE supported) to reclaim and reframe Christine Keeler. You can buy a copy HERE.