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Under: Martina Amati
The pitch-black subterranean cavern of an ex-concrete testing facility in Marylebone, London, seems a suitably vast, yet claustrophobic space for a multi-screen underwater film installation by the...
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Rock Against Racism
"I spent four years in Australia in the early 70s and when I came back to London in 1976, it was a different place," explains British photographer Syd Shelton. "The National Front had got 17% of the...
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Check You Out
Black and white checkered floors have been around for thousands of years; the checkerboard pattern dates back to before the Bronze Age, and for about as long as people have been tiling floors, they've...
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Art, Cruelty and Controversy
In possibly the most infamous image that artist Mat Collishaw has created to date, an enlarged crop of thick brown hair is splayed in all directions by the scarlet wound glistening at its centre. It’s...
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Wim Wenders on European Cinema and the American Western
Wim Wenders is, unquestionably, one of the greatest storytellers of our time. His ability to communicate the depth of the human condition is perhaps unparallelled within contemporary cinema – and was,...
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Fashion Under Dictatorship
In George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, an oppressive and omnipresent super-state watches over the behaviour of its citizens, whose activities, dress, morals and even thoughts are strictly policed....
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Looking for Latin America
How do you put together an exhibition about Latin American photography – a region of the world so diverse and fragmentary that even the label itself presents a dilemma on translation? This was the task...
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How Instagram Has Become Every Young Artist's Secret Weapon
This week, the buzzed-about British artist, Juno Calypso, published an immaculately staged photograph on her thriving Instagram account, @junocalypso. The image – which depicts Calypso emerging from a...
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The Genius of John Galliano
John Galliano is a genius. There, I’ve said it. I not only say it, but I put my money where my mouth is, and am in the midst of amassing a Galliano collection my teenage fanboy self could only have...
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Five Good Things: Guinea Pig Games to Enviable Book Art
To start us off this week we have a little game: Pig or Wig? from Isabel & Helen.read more »
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A Trip into the Tropical Underworld
Where on Earth?Yucatán Peninsula, MexicoGPS Coordinates: 21°24′N 89°31′W It’s a Wednesday morning and we’re swimming beneath Mexico’s vast, flat Yucatán Peninsula, exploring one of its myriad ‘cenote’...
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Allen Jones and Brian Duffy's Fetish Fantasy
The Pirelli Calendar is something of a cultural institution. Dating all the way back to 1964, it was initially created as a corporate gift for important clients and VIPs – but has since become a...
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Palimpsest: The Absence and Presence of Miuccia Prada
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Good Things to Drink With Mr Lyan and Friends
Bemoan the final sun-dappled days of September all you like – Autumn is finally upon us. And what better way to way to banish the winter blues and toast to the turning of the season than with Mr Lyan,...
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Brilliant Things To Do in October
Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty: October 23 – March 20, 2016Irving Penn cut his teeth at Vogue, refined his creative vision in the studio, and broadened his horizons making ethnographic studies in far-flung...
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The Rebellious Artistry of Albertine Sarrazin
If it wasn’t true, one could levy charges of melodrama at Albertine Sarrazin’s life story; certainly, when it comes to author biographies, it’s hard to think of many that are more compelling. Born, and...
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Scents and Sensibility
Often a concept perfume falls short of expectations – scents inspired by the unconventional can often feel forced or unwearable – but when they work, they can really work. Combining bizarre ingredients...
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Woven Dreams: The Fabric of India
The history of fabric production in India is as rich and nuanced as the breathtaking array of intricately spun, woven, dyed and embellished textiles it has borne. Now, a new exhibition at London's...
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The Inimitable Frances Stark
When Mark Godfrey, senior curator of international art at the Tate, and LA-based artist Frances Stark collected their respective prizes at the Absolut Art Awards in Stockholm last week, a small...
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The Art of Alex Gardner
Who? Alex Gardner insists that he is not a surrealist, in spite of a niggling impulse to apply that descriptor to his work. Everyday conversations, commutes and routines form the main inspiration for...
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