Art and Magick

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Author: Gillian Mciver

Hi I'm GILLIAN McIVER. I'm a filmmaker, writer and art historian. I blog at The Art Traveller, where I write about travelling the world and looking at art. I'm interested in how the environment and history of a place affect how we see art. I also make art and films and you can see those on www.artsite.org.uk. My work includes documentary film-making, short films and artists' video, often exploring historical events or places. My interest in art history and film led me, in 2016 to write "Art History for Filmmakers" published by Bloomsbury Press, a book exploring how filmmakers can and do use paintings from the past to inspire and create visual story telling.
February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 Gillian Mciver

Invocation to the Light

February 8, 2026 Gillian Mciver

esoteric devotions in museums

January 22, 2026January 22, 2026 Gillian Mciver

Hidden Spain – Espana Oculta by Cristina Romero

December 26, 2025 Gillian Mciver

The museum of Roadside Magic

November 24, 2025November 24, 2025 Gillian Mciver

Ritual and Rite at the Ben Edge Exhibition

November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 Gillian Mciver

Clay Magick

October 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Gillian Mciver

Grand Guignol

October 7, 2025October 13, 2025 Gillian Mciver

Hunters Moon

September 21, 2025 Gillian Mciver

the Mysteries of London

September 21, 2025 Gillian Mciver

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Invocation to the Light

Invocation to the Light

On a cold wet day in February I went to Trinity Buoy Wharf and, at the lighthouse, site of Longplayer, I made an invocation to call upon the light. There’s almost no light in February and it’s extremely difficult, but I know that by this point in time the light will come. At the same…

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver February 16, 2026February 16, 2026

esoteric devotions in museums

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver February 8, 2026
Hidden Spain – Espana Oculta by Cristina Romero

Hidden Spain – Espana Oculta by Cristina Romero

The IVAM presents a wonderful photography exhibition about the strange rights and rituals of rural Spain in the 1970s and 1980s

Gillian Mciver's avatar by Gillian Mciver January 22, 2026January 22, 2026

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