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A picture of BJ Nilson album Eye of the Microphone

BJ Nilsen : Eye of the Microphone

29/01/2014

At times Nilsen conjures a tone picture of a Satanic London that Blake might have recognised....

A picture of Leonid Tishkov, Private Moon

Arts Catalyst : Republic of the Moon

17/01/2014

An exhibition about the moon that proposes a Manifesto should by rights fall apart in great steaming chunks of hubris, but it doesn’t, it has value and holds interest by raising lasting questions. ...

Mlada Fronta : Every Thing

26/11/2013

Every Thing really does do what it says on the tin: the set includes every track, every remix, every video and even digital versions of all the artwork, press and live photos from the last two...

Novelty : Asylum Chapel

18/11/2013

Is an artwork good just because it exhibits newness?...

Nils Frahm Releases Video of ‘More’

18/11/2013

Loo brushes ahoy! Nils Frahm and Erased Tapes records release live video of Frahm at the keyboard....

Gillian Carnegie Prince 2011–12 © Gillian Carnegie courtesy the artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Painting Now : Tate Britain

18/11/2013

“The state of painting now” is a tired topic. The premise – that painting has lost its lure because of new media, which in their very newness enable their users to conquer new territory in the...

Burton Morris : Poptastic

04/11/2013

When I paint a coffee cup it is because it represents the coffee shop culture as a whole. Something that is very much a part of my daily life....

Bring to Light/Supersonic

23/10/2013

The inaugural Bring To Light event presented by Supersonic Festival shall commence this weekend (25-27 October) at the recently launched, new Library of Birmingham. ...

A picture of Gromit at the RWA exhibition in Bristol

Gromit Unleashed (RWA, Bristol)

18/09/2013

The Gromit trail acted as an excuse to explore the diverse areas of Bristol. It encouraged us to walk round the city, disguising exercise as fun entertainment. ...

A picture of Martin Bedard by Caroline Campeau

Martin Bedard : Topographies

17/09/2013

Anyone seeking innovative and forward-thinking electronic music need look no further; the energy and imagination displayed in this collection puts many younger producers to shame...

Amazon ’s Newest Venture: Selling Art

19/08/2013

This grouping together of 100 odd fine art galleries selling expensive artwork through one of the world’s largest corporations creates a very different experience for the buyer....

Polar Bear London Gig

24/07/2013

On October 4 Polar Bear will play a headline show at Bishopsgate Institute, their only London date of 2013. The band will be performing entirely new material....

Erased Tapes Anniversary Boxset

17/07/2013

Erased Tapes celebrate five years with a stylish boxset of 7 inch vinyl....

Luca Forcucci : Fog Horns

03/07/2013

a hissing, radioactive sea full of semi-conductors and digital junk...

In Defence of Art

20/05/2013

They would then stalk, with a suitably knowing sneer creasing their upper lips, around the space and direct small troops of eager attendants to move paintings a little to the left or a little to the...

Metal Machine(gun) Music : DISARM

18/04/2013

DISARM, currently showing at the Lisson Gallery in London features playable musical instruments created from illegal firearms and artworks of sci-fi sonic weapons...

Miranda Donovan : Walls [Review]

05/04/2013

The viewer comes away seduced - seduced by surface, seduced by tactility and seduced by craftsmanship – and all there was to be seen were walls....

Hanging Offence : Jester Jacques

26/03/2013

Not being able to have a physical gallery space has been challenging. But it in a way it is good, as it forces us to always look for projects that we wouldn’t otherwise and some pretty cool...

Counterpoint : Reich Bach at Ya!

01/03/2013

The truth of music in 2013 is that we don't really need a masterpiece right now. We need a higher grade of ordinary....

Hanging Offence : James Hyman Gallery

18/02/2013

Controversy assumes that what artists are producing really matters. Otherwise, all it is is marketing or publicity....

Matthew Houlding: Ceri Hand Gallery

22/01/2013

Leaving the cold of snow-strewn January for one evening, to view far flung landscapes imbued with warm yellows, enhanced with rich sea blues and framed with complex shapes was a nice diversion....

Claudio Parentela

04/01/2013

The rigidity of conventional responses to sexual imagery takes a beating in Parentela's collages - their brutal exposition of the flawed humanity beneath and beyond the adland exterior is made...

Hanging Offence: Degree Art

24/12/2012

Certain elements of the Art World feel the need to exclude others by making them feel unworthy of enjoying it. Great art will never require smoke and mirrors to achieve its deserved attention....

Hanging Offence: Debut Contemporary

17/12/2012

Opportunities are immense, they are global and with a little bit more planning and strategizing, a bit more knowledge, information and know-how when it comes down to how to navigate the art system,...

Ultraista: Cable Club [live]

13/12/2012

Trouble is, I’d rather see RADIOHEAD instead. And I don’t even like Radiohead....

Hanging Offence: Breese Little

10/12/2012

We work on the premise that the gallery should always operate with increasing momentum, growing in step with the careers and aims of the artists we work with...

Vhils: Devoid

07/12/2012

Regardless of any predisposition against doors, Vhils latest exhibition is deep, rich and amazingly crafted. ...

Leviathan: Matadero Theatre, Madrid

30/11/2012

without the progression of a story, or identification with a protagonist, the sequence of juxtaposed imagery and sound can alienate an audience and reduce the performance to circus turns...

Singapore’s Affordable Art

26/11/2012

I’ve been slowly unraveling the mazes of subtle complexities in the art world here, and one of the first events to land on Singaporean soil as I did was the Affordable Art Fair....

Lazarides: A Street Art Empire

03/11/2012

“You either close up a shop and cry behind closed doors for the next five years or you have a go and see what you can do next.” Steve Lazarides refuses to be daunted by economic crisis....

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