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Nicolas de Staël: Trauma Olympics
A mistake - seen in discourse concerning the legacy of de Staël and others - is the romanticising of melancholy in art.
Adam Valle
Nov 22, 2024


Rehearsals for Retirement: Gestures and Alchemy in GTA
Phil Solomon's found footage films look away from the violence of Grand Theft Auto to find stillness, melancholy, and grief.
Harry Bayley
Oct 5, 2024


Poor Artists in the City of Lungs: A Conversation with The White Pube
In their first book 'Poor Artists', The White Pube blend fiction and non-fiction, delving into the desires of the art world.
Luisa De la Concha Montes
Oct 1, 2024


What's Caught The Tiger's Eye?: A Conversation with Hannah Lim
Hannah Lim's sculptures collide myth and mysticism to reimagine the ornamental objects of history.
Bryson Edward Howe
Aug 18, 2024


The Dandy & Dionysus
Art is the Pagan snag on England's tapestry. Ransack the house.
Caleb Carter
Aug 8, 2024


The Exhibition Match: Rivalry for Unity
Exhibition Match explores the intersection of football and art. Competition in the name of Community.
Misha Krynauw
Feb 21, 2024


Marina Abramovic: A Ritual in Six Steps
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT EXPERIENCES TASTE BETTER WHEN THEY ARE TOLD BY A BODY THAT IS NOT YOURS?
Luisa De la Concha Montes
Feb 6, 2024


Negating the Canvas: A Conversation with Mark Leckey
"It's like you deny the existence of God in order to affirm God, right? I deny the existence of art in order to make art."
Bryson Edward Howe
Jan 23, 2024


Mark Leckey: All That Glitters is Gold
What is in the depths of your Snapchat memories? Some funny, forgotten video from a drunken night out? Or the key to transcendence?
The Big Ship
Sep 20, 2023


Hilma af Klint - Forms of Life
Botanical renderings of the good witch and theosopher Hilma af Klint.
Caleb Carter
Apr 21, 2023

Hew Locke's The Procession: Where is Your Renaissance?
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? The sea has locked them up.
Bryson Edward Howe
Feb 18, 2023


Book of Hours: Bruegel's The Seasons
If clocks are its science, then the seasons are time’s poetry.
Caleb Carter
Jan 14, 2023

Graffiti in the Mother City: Two Truths, and A Tired Lie
Cape Town is a city that bleeds ink. Intoxicated with aerosol fumes, seeping fresh colours and new stories, here is a graffiti renaissance.
Misha Krynauw
Nov 19, 2022

Carolee Schneemann: Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Following her new retrospective at the Barbican in London, we look at the art of pleasure in Carolee Schneemann's 'body' of work.
Bryson Edward Howe
Sep 24, 2022


Herbert List: Metamorphoses
Herbert List's photos are developed in sweat and salt and sand, a coarse mixture that produces tectonic images of modern myths.
Samuel Bilcliff
Sep 17, 2022

Leonora Carrington: The Great Creator
As Leonora Carrington reflects on her time in a mental hospital in Spain, she too reflects upon the act of creation as a whole.
Caleb Carter
Jun 26, 2022


This Is Not An Essay: René Magritte's Restructuring of Reality
What lies beyond the veil of mystery? What secrets? What unknowns? qu'est-ce que c'est?
Bryson Edward Howe
Mar 23, 2022


Yayoi Kusama: Obsession
The legendary Yayoi Kusama finds catharsis in taking her obsessions to infinity.
Celia Madeley
Feb 15, 2022


Headbuilder: An Interview with Artist Wilfrid Wood
I recently visited artist Wilfrid Wood in his studio, where we discussed his process, inspirations, and a lifelong fascination with faces.
Bryson Edward Howe
Nov 17, 2021


Interface: Interview with creator Justin Tomchuk (UMAMI)
I sat down with animator, musician and creator Justin Tomchuk to discuss his web series 'Interface', his process, and his inspirations.
Caleb Carter
Oct 30, 2021
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