Archive - Trebuchet

LEGO Launch Andy Warhol Pop Art Set

08/07/2020

A new LEGO® ART set allow adults to recreate Andy Warhol's 1967 print of Marilyn Monroe or reimagine it in three different colours....

La Breiche: Le Rite

07/07/2020

La Breiche's new album is a force of nature, immersive and carefully constructed, combining unorthodox elements but retaining a careful touch....

Benji Reid: Beyond This Space

06/07/2020

The transcendent choreo-photolist work of Benji Reid...

Receive & ReAct

03/07/2020

David Hoyle, pioneer of the avant-garde, questions the reliability and authenticity of our leaders in a surreal moment of modern history....

Benji Reid announced as cover artist for Trebuchet Eight

02/07/2020

No gravity, upward visions. Manchester artist Benji Reid announced as cover artist for Trebuchet Eight: Contemporary Surrealism...

The Golden Age of Spanish Modern Art

02/07/2020

Colnaghi, London, present a survey of painting by Spanish artists of the late 19th and 20th centuries....

Soho House Announce Inaugural Art Prize

01/07/2020

The prize winner will receive the funds to realise and present a major solo showcase at Soho Beach House Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach 2020. ...

Always-On, All-the-Time: COVID in the World of 24/7 News

01/07/2020

Two decades into a fundamentally new media environment, we’re still discovering the impact of the Internet on the information we consume — COVID-19 exposes some of the damage done....

Paintings Showing First Gay Kiss in UK Theatre Acquired for the Nation

30/06/2020

Leonard Rosoman’s paintings of John Osborne's 1965 play A Patriot for Me shine light on a stage production that was an important chapter in LGBTQ+ history....

British Art Show 9: List of Artists and New Dates

29/06/2020

Hayward Gallery Touring announce the artists for British Art Show 9, now opening in Wolverhampton in March 2021 and touring to Aberdeen, Plymouth and Manchester....

Petr Davydtchenko Eats Live Bat in Big Pharma Protest

26/06/2020

According to a spokesman, the video shows the performance artist eating a bat that was procured from a cave in the south of France....

Amon Tobin’s Two Finger Step Out With Nomark

26/06/2020

An interview with electronic pioneer Amon Tobin on his venture away from seminal label Ninja Tune to stand by his own beats. ...

DYN: A Self-styled Rival to Surrealism’s Gaudy Dominance

23/06/2020

Farewell to Surrealism - The Dyn Circle in Mexico traces the attempts of artist Wolfgang Paalen to escape history and reshape experience from the unlikely location of Mexico City, during the Second...

© Nicola Anthony, date stamp drawing, 2006

Surviving Lockdown: On Community and Inclusivity

19/06/2020

Part five of Surviving Lockdown talks creating strong community groups to help rebuild society post-pandemic, with anti-racism as an intrinsic part of a new future. ...

Bartholomew Beal (1989-2019)

18/06/2020

Beal passed on Boxing Day 2019, aged 30. His legacy is an incredible body of work from 2012 onwards, and an outstanding inspiration to his contemporaries. ...

Painting With Velocity

18/06/2020

Marcus Aitken is a gestural artist and drummer who sweeps his paintings with the same spirit and energy as the music he listens to. ...

Vincent van Gogh, The Yellow House (The Street), 1888

Van Gogh and Gauguin Brothel Letter Sells for €210,000

17/06/2020

The letter will be part of an exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum this October entitled Your Loving Vincent: Van Gogh’s Greatest Letters....

Trebuchet Talks – Episode 10 – Real Portraiture – Charlie Schaffer

16/06/2020

This episode features an interview with 2019 BP Portrait Award winner Charlie Schaffer talking about how and who he paints in 'Real Portraiture', and a snippet from our next print issue on...

Radical Black Resistance

16/06/2020

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, a new show explores the impact of Angela Davis' visit to East Germany in 1972. ...

StoryFutures Academy Funds VR Violence

12/06/2020

Shola Amoo's new virtual reality work re-contextualises the notion of violence, by examining it through the lens of state oppression against marginalised and subaltern groups....

21 Years in Hell: Marilyn Manson by Perou

12/06/2020

A stylish photo study that's at least as much of a charm thanks to how photographer Ralph Perou places each image into context in his own inimitable way. ...

Study Suggests Brain Unable to Distinguish Digital Reproduction of an Artwork From the Real Thing

10/06/2020

Analysis found the differences in brain activity were insignificant, suggesting the aesthetic experience is not denigrated by being filtered through AR and VR....

Sadiq Khan to Review “The Diversity of London’s Public Landmarks”

09/06/2020

Statues of slavers could be pulled down under the mayor’s new diversity plan, which will include historians as well as arts, council and community leaders. ...

Black Sabbath: The Besmirched of England

08/06/2020

Notwithstanding the likelihood of the gradual declines of both Black Sabbath and the Church of England as cultural touchstones, their impact will linger on for generations....

When Gonzo Met Farce

05/06/2020

Conception unknown, The Buried Spitfires of Burma: A ‘Fake’ History is a tortured love child of Thompson’s Rum Diary and Poe’s "Gold Bug". ...

The Healing Power of Painting

04/06/2020

Abstract artist, Mona Lerch, shapes her paintings with her life experiences. She explores her emotions whilst working and embodies them into her artwork. ...

Unknown Hemingway Story Published for First Time

03/06/2020

"Pursuit As Happiness" will be included in a new edition of The Old Man and the Sea, which was originally written in 1951....

Isolation Walks: A Visual Meditation

03/06/2020

If we are ever to emerge from this dystopian vision with poise, we will have to be extra humble, strong and empathetic. ...

Kraftwerk’s Home Computer Gets Video Makeover

02/06/2020

The video incorporates elements previously used by Kraftwerk, including an animation of a computer, taken from the cover image of their classic 1981 album, Computer World....