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A Trip to the Mythical West
Dusty roads stretching endlessly across the desert; white clapboard churches topped by quaint spires; dilapidated gas stations in sumptuous colours. These icons of the American west have captivated...
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Gareth Pugh on the Sea
"I grew up in Sunderland and from my house you could see the sea. It’s something that I really miss when I’m in London. I used to be obsessed by the Millais image of Ophelia in the river. You’re not...
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The Death of the Show Report
If we’ve learnt one thing from this season’s pre-collections (aside from the enduring appeal of a pastel), it’s that it might well be the end of fashion as we know it. For resort 2016, the pieces once...
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Frank Auerbach on Art and Life
Frank Auerbach is an astoundingly original artist – not only in terms of the vibrant, stirring pieces he creates but also because of the way he works. A self-professed "darling of the colour...
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The Illustrious History of the Fashion Magazine
This week signals the opening of a brilliant new exhibition at Amesterdam's Rijksmuseum. Entitled New For Now, it is a showcase which locates the contemporary incarnation of fashion magazines within an...
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Five Good Things: Geometric Floors to Snowbound Soviet Ruins
This series, shot by Danila Tkachenko, explores the landmarks and ruins of the Soviet Union's quest for technological advancement. Shot during the winter for maximum apocalyptic bleakness.read more »
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Tomoko Yoneda Goes Beyond Memory
Adopting an investigative approach to her artistic practice, for the past 25 years Tomoko Yoneda has been travelling across the globe, recording the traces that history has left behind. From her native...
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The Bridges of Graffiti: A Story in Street Art
Art or vandalism? Violent expression or expressing yourself? Basquiat or Banksy? Even in the ever contentious world of art, the heated debate surrounding graffiti is more scalding than most. So as a...
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A Glam Rock Dance Extravaganza
Nude-effect ombré spandex juste-au-corps and David Bowie songs are not what one immediately thinks of when it comes to a contemporary dance show. Yet those things are second nature to Michael Clark....
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Lessons We Can Learn From Barbara Hepworth
There are all manner of morals lurking behind the surface of art. Most important are those works that remind us of our place in the world. For this, we should look no further than the British sculptor...
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A Springtime Carnival
Who? A former assistant of Corinne Day, Willem Jaspert’s work is a bold and vibrant take on the traditional sensibilities of fashion and portrait photography – an approach that has resulted in an...
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Jake Chapman on Romance Novels
“Someone said to me the other day, why pick on romance novels – it’s an easy victim, isn’t it? And I said well, if you’re going to pick a fight with someone it’s always going to be someone with a limp....
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Our New Favourite Collage Artists
Collage as a medium has gained momentum in recent years, from the various major retrospectives of its key pioneers – Hannah Hoch, Matisse, Kurt Schwitters – to the emergence of exciting new...
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The Best Banned Films
Until 1978 women could lose their jobs for being pregnant, boys in the 50s would get kicked out of school if their hair touched their ears, female soldiers didn’t exist before 1948 and homosexuality...
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Lipstick Queen's Frog Prince Lipstick
Phallic symbolism has an enduring presence throughout cultural history; from the Greek mythology of Hermes and its ubiquity throughout ancient Rome, all the way through to Vivienne Westwood's Erotic...
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Veronique Branquinho's Quest for Simplicity
The first time that Veronique Branquinho collaborated with photographer Ronald Stoops was at the Antwerp Academy in 1995 – and then, in 2013 after Branquinho took a three-year break from her eponymous...
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Hooped Reflections
Reflections make for great stories. Narcissus fell in love with his own and drowned, plunging into a pool to be with his beloved. The evil queen relied so heavily on her magic mirror’s approval that,...
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Album Covers as Pelican Books
Reimagining classic record covers as Pelican books – an idea so brilliant it's hard to believe it wasn't thought of sooner. Luckily for us London based designer Huw Gwilliam has made it a reality via...
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The Last Women with Bound Feet
It was while reading Wild Swans, in San Francisco in 1995, that photographer and social anthropologist Jo Farrell discovered the ancient Chinese tradition of foot binding. A practice first written...
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On Set with the Hollywood Greats
For almost 40 years, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe has bypassed the great wall of secrecy that shrouds high-profile film shoots to capture cinematic history in the making. Lacombe left school to...
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