Category: Features

Gender equality in Westminster is still a work in progress.

Hundreds of Westminster seats effectively men-only

15/02/2018

Gender equality in Parliament is held back by Westminster’s voting system, according to new research by the Electoral Reform Society. ...

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Tearing Up Social Mores: The Party

14/02/2018

A deliciously bitey satire on bourgeois pretensions, The Party is a reflection on the stage of politics. ...

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China/Art/Soft Power: speak softly and carry a big stick!

13/02/2018

China is developing its soft power portfolio; state propaganda, Confucius institutes, strategic investment and of course, art. ...

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‘Black Book’ Gideon Rubin at Freud Museum

12/02/2018

Gideon Rubin's show 'Black Book' recalls the horror of the Nazi machine and helps us to reflect on that horror in the home of Sigmund Freud who managed to survive occupation. ...

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Sonia Boyce and a Meta Criticism of the Critics

06/02/2018

The Manchester Art museum and the disappearing/reappearing Nymphs, do we benefit from seeing them? or are we perpetuating tired tropes? ...

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Ritratto di Giovane Donna (detail), Amedeo Modigliani

Poetics of the Disquiet: Modern Italian Art at the Estorick Collection

02/02/2018

The Estorick Collection showcases Italy's great modern painters....

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Frank Turner: Unearthing The Underground

29/01/2018

Eclectic singer-songwriter Frank Turner gives Trebuchet the low-down on some of his favourite rising stars....

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Nerdcore: Next Level Hip-Hop?

22/01/2018

Trebuchet explores the Nerdcore Hip-Hop movement, its relationship with modern culture and music, and the issues with rigid genre categorization with help from Mega Ran, Sammus and Ben Knight....

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Art that Bends the Mind: Fiumano Clase Gallery at London Art Fair

19/01/2018

Contemporary gallerists Fiumano Clase showcase their chosen few at the 2018 London Art Fair....

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Depressingly Funny: Daphne

17/01/2018

A refreshingly accurate and wryly funny portrayal of everyday mental illness, Daphne is an impressive feature debut....

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Suggs and a Cat’s Death: My Life Story

10/01/2018

Madness separated their brand of ska-pop from the political leanings of 2 Tone with a schtick of fun, and as their lead man, Suggs was always easy to love....

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Chimerica: Is Ai Wei Wei an Enemy of the State?

09/01/2018

The Symbiosis of China & America ...

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America's Lost Innocence

America, What Have You Done?

03/01/2018

A photographic journey into America's lost innocence...

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American Dream

America, Why Did You Stop Dreaming?

19/12/2017

Chasing the ghosts of an American Dream...

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Bloomberg New Contemporaries

27/11/2017

When the idea is to introduce new voices in contemporary art, it helps not to have the judging panel overshadow the artists...

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Eyes on the Prize for Bloomberg New Contemporaries

16/11/2017

Student artists chase the Bloomberg prize at the Baltic...

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Lillianna Pereira

Artistry in Assembly: Lillianna Pereira

10/11/2017

Human experience (including the artist's) is not necessarily unique...

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Ry Bird

The Feathers and the Fury: Ry Bird [Interview]

02/11/2017

Graphic artist Ry Bird talks art, music and fighting cats...

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Frieze International Arts Fair at Regent's Park, London,UK

Frieze London International Art Fair 2017

12/10/2017

Subverting, and sometimes satisfying expectations, Frieze returns to London...

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And Phil Keeps on Falling: Blade Runner 2049

10/10/2017

Very yellow and not very mellow. Is Blade Runner really due a reboot?...

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Gavin Turk

‘If I was on a desert island I woudn’t make art’: Gavin Turk [Interview]

06/10/2017

Narcissicism or Self-Portraiture: A Problem Solved?...

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“I want to show greatness, fragility, softness and power.”: Alexis Peskine

05/10/2017

Peskine's nail sculptures transform anger into hope and pride...

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Zach Blas, Contra-Internet, 2017. Installation view. Commissioned by Gasworks; Art in General, New York; and MU, Eindhoven. Courtesy of the artist. Photo Andy Keate.

Contra-Internet: Zach Blas at Gasworks

03/10/2017

Gasworks presents Contra-Internet, a major new commission by London-based artist Zach Blas...

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Monira Al Qadiri

Monira Al Qadiri: The Craft

30/08/2017

Kuwaiti-cana? Exploring gender, politics and petro-cultures at Gasworks...

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Franciska Themerson

Franciska Themerson: Designing the Avant Garde

22/08/2017

Whimsical worlds: Revisiting the Avant-Garde...

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Shannon Te Ao

Pensive Moods, Poignant Scenes: Shannon Te Ao

16/08/2017

Disparate narratives for emotive contemplation at this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival...

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A dynasty of design: SHH Architects

01/08/2017

Generations of architectural elegance applied globally...

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The Manicured Wild

The Manicured Wild (Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery)

31/07/2017

Johnny Briggs and Evy Jokhova explore the gap where man and nature meet at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery...

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Treasures from the wreck of the Unbelievable

Treasures From the Wreck of the Unbelievable (Damien Hirst)

25/07/2017

Part fantasy, part Hollywood, all Hirst. The master of spectacles hits Venice...

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Woman of Substances (Jenny Valentish)

12/06/2017

Addiction isn’t gender neutral, and neither is mental health....

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