Articles & Commentary
Peppa’s writing on photography, curating, and collecting, drawn from twenty years of running Truth and Beauty and The Commotion, and from her ongoing contributions to arts and culture publications outside the gallery itself.
Choosing what stays on the wall
A reflection on the editing process behind twenty years of exhibitions — what makes a body of work ready to show, what a curator’s job actually is once the photographs are already good, and what it means to say no to a piece you admire.
Conversations continued from The Click
Written companions to podcast conversations, expanding on ideas that didn’t fit into a single episode and letting guests answer at greater length than the format usually allows.
Notes for a first-time collector
Practical, unsentimental thoughts on starting a collection — what to look for, what to ignore, and how to budget — drawn from years of private and corporate consulting through the gallery.
From storefront to screen
A short history of the shift from Truth and Beauty to The Commotion, and an honest account of what changed — and what stubbornly didn’t — in the move from a physical wall to an online platform.