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A Showcase of Surrealist Artworks by Denis Darzacq
If there’s one thing that the surrealists were masters of, it was juxtapositions: tantalisingly uncanny combinations of objects, which might reveal the secret desires of our unconscious. From Dalí’s...
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The Books That Made Me: Lily Cole
"Impossible came out of a conversation with a friend about the potential we saw for technology to play a greater role in connecting people to trade non-monetarily," explains Lily Cole of her most...
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Yvonne Gold: Queen of the Instagram Triptych
"This is so awkward; it’s like a blind date!" exclaims Yvonne Gold as soon as she picks up the phone. "And I never even did social media before – Instagram woke me up to cyberspace!" She’s not the only...
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Was Maria Lassnig's Work a Painted Precursor to the Selfie?
Who? Austrian artist Maria Lassnig was best-known for her radical and abstracted self-portraits, which pioneered an introspective theory of 'self-awareness'. Born in Kappel am Krappfeldm Austria in...
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Meet Lola Montez: Dancer, Countess, Whip-Wielding Socialist
A kind of restless energy crackles and bristles around the name of Lola Montez. From her life as a rebellious adolescent and runaway bride to that of a celebrated dancer who was the toast of...
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Sonic Matrimony: The Triumphant Return of Bat For Lashes
Sharing stories is an integral part of human nature. Today, immersive installations, epicurean encounters and video games can all be used to spin a narrative, yet music and film still reign supreme,...
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Polly Brown Presents a Photo Study of Sleepovers
Currently of no fixed abode, Polly Brown has captured over six months of bed sharing, duvet swapping and sleeping over. The intimate results are displayed in the following series, evoking, as she...
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Mastering Sprezzatura: The Fashionable Art of Nonchalance
If the fashion industry has ever been consumed by a single ideal, the concept of 'effortlessness' might well be a contender. Terms like 'the natural look', 'minimal simplicity', and 'off-duty wardrobe'...
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Bottling the Scent of Water for Issey Miyake
“I have always been very sensitive to scents,” declares Dominique Ropion as he smoothes out his charcoal-coloured suit and settles into a large leather chair that befits his tall frame. On this...
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New Ways of Seeing with Artist Tom Lovelace
As an artist, Tom Lovelace eludes classification. As a photographer, he defies reason. Pairing style and substance in equal parts, he works somewhere between photography, sculpture and performance to...
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Andrew Steggall on His Sensitive Film Debut, Departure
In the autumn of 2009, British writer and director Andrew Steggall was staying with some friends at their beautiful house in rural France, surrounded by forests and rambling fields, when he was struck...
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What to Buy at Photo London 2016
At the tender age of two, Photo London is in its infancy still – and yet the fair has rapidly established itself as one of the most influential photographic events on the international arts calendar....
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Lessons We Can Learn from The Driver's Seat
Almost all of the obituaries penned upon the death of Elizabeth Taylor in 2011 forgot to mention what is widely considered to be her worst ever film. Between 1968-1974, at a new point in her personal...
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How Laura Knight Exposed War, Sex and Society Through Art
Who? The first woman to be elected a Royal Academician since the founding members in 1768; first female artist to be named a Dame of the British Empire; president of the society of women painters;...
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An Alternative (and Optimistic) Take on Wet Weather
A long-term inhabitant of Tokyo, Japanese photographer Yoshinori Mizutani is at once enamoured and disenchanted by his chosen city, one of the most ultra-modern and yet unexpectedly green in the...
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What AnOther Loves This Week: Utility Chic
When it comes to DIY, nothing motivates more that an inspiring set of tools. What could be better, then, than a sleek wooden penknife with animal characteristics? Including a knife, bottle-opener,...
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Finding Peace in Abandoned Architecture
Abandoned buildings have long captured the imagination of photographers – think Christopher Payne's series of deserted American psychiatric hospitals or Thomas Jorion's study of crumbling Italian...
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Colour in Context: Nude
On the face of it, purchasing ballet shoes should be a straightforward process for a professional dancer. Yet, this simply wasn't so for the likes of Eric Underwood, a black American soloist for The...
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Three Fashion Designers Spearheading a Textural Revolution
For a long time, Britain’s various counties were punctuated by textile mills, each one specialising in fabrics and materials specific to the local region. Then globalisation happened and now they’re...
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Cy Twombly's Celestial Photographs
Cy Twombly’s ethereal photographic studies of flowers, objects and interiors provide a thrilling insight into the late American artist's life and creative outlook. Like his monumental abstract...
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