How this era’s art is debunking body shamers.
The story of painting rascal Ide André
“Everyone can say what they want, but I do hope that my work comes across as fresh, dirty, firm, crispy, dirty, clean, fast, strong, smooth, messy, sleek and of course cocky.”
The Decline of Conscience by Nick JS Thompson
We are proud to announce the launch of our first exhibition: ‘The Decline of Conscience’, a photo series confronting us with gentrification in London in the most antagonizing way.
Dylan Thomas – The Curse of the Myth of the Artist.
Dylan Thomas was a British poet as known for his precisely obscure poetry as for his drunk, womanising behavior. October 27th would have been his 100th birthday...
Ilse Moelands : A touch of heart, a mark on paper
Dutch illustrator Ilse Moelands’ drawings awaken emotions in an utterly beautiful way. Freshly graduated, she’s on the verge of publishing a book and continues to translate her fascination for the Far North into stunning drawings.
Paul Solberg - Ten Years in Pictures, Lifetimes in Print.
Ten Years in Pictures, Paul Solberg’s fifth photographic compendium, is a catalogue of ethnographic encounters with a startling diversity of artistic topography; drawing together sepia sailors, haunted soldiers, priests, Wild West horses, flower petals and Ai Weiwei that have gathered together in his lens across the years.
Liggers & Dreamers : a new book by Josie Demuth
Artists are doing it for themselves – or are they?... Tales from the London Art Scene
Cindy Rizza – The Beauty of Nostalgia on Canvas
Has a painting ever been so realistically close to your memories, it reminded you of your own past?
Like Father Like Son.
In conversation with Seun Anikulapo Kuti, son of the renowned and fearsome Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti .
A Gentle Misinterpretation, curated by Andrew Nicholls
INTERVIEW: Andrew Nicholls delves deep into the ‘Chinoiserie’ culture in his curating of ‘A Gentle Misinterpretation’ which discusses the impact and influence of appropriated Asian cultures in art.
Ai Weiwei – Creating Under Imminent Threat
Photograph by Harry Pearce Pentagram 2015
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is as well known for his art as for his activism. A steadfast critic of the Chinese government, Ai has been denied a passport for over four years and has been unable to leave or exhibit work in his native country.
Behind the Lens: Simon Butterworth
An insight into the life and work of award winning photographer Simon Butterworth.
The work of Javier Martin holds up a mirror to society – and on occasion, the mirror is literal
Javier Martin works with paint and sculpture in a manner that explores our current social climate incorporating fashion portraiture, recognisable brands, gun violence, climate change and money.
Future fossils, the art legacy of the internet
With rapidly evolving technological advances, post-internet art discusses how humanity goes forward alongside machines.
Charles Avery alternative reality at Edinburgh Art Festival 2015
This year's Edinburgh Art Festival brings the immersive and complex conceptual world created by Charles Avery to engulf us.
Guillermo Mora – not your usual acrylic painter
“It would be amazing to see all the paintings of the world separated from their canvases and falling on the ground.”
An interview with illustrator Davide Bart Salvemini
Italian artist Davide Bart Salvemini lets us in to his weird and wonderful world of illustration. Keep your eyes peeled and your screen brightness dimmed.
Interview with artist and filmmaker Anna Franceschini
For Anna Franceschini, film is more than just a medium. It’s a living, breathing form in itself – it’s modernity manifested behind a silver screen.
Xavier Chassaing’s DRY LIGHTS
DRY LIGHTS: A new project released by French artist Xavier Chassaing, a member of the Antivj group, is an awe inspiring video piece of pure beauty but much more than that alone.
Portrait Artists: from Threads to Acid Heads
With new technologies the art of portraiture has been completely redefined. I look at four interesting portrait artists of this new generation who have bent this change to their will.