Actress Laia Costa on Making One-Take Film Victoria
When you enter a cinema knowing that you're about to watch a film shot entirely in one take, you could be forgiven for bracing yourself for a gimmicky ride, or for harbouring a secret desire to pick...
View ArticleCapturing Colour and Chaos on the Streets of Dublin
Dublin-born photographer Eamonn Doyle is a case in point for the advantage of sticking to what you know. Having long lived on Parnell Street in the Irish capital’s north inner city, the people he...
View ArticleThe Scent of Grace Coddington
Chapter one of Grace Coddington’s eponymous 2012 memoir features a candid photograph of a young Grace, standing hand-in-hand with her older sister Rosemary in cream knitted separates hand-woven by her...
View ArticleUnearthing Nature’s Flower Pots
Where on Earth?Turnip Rock, MichiganGPS Coordinates: 44°04′N 82°57′WSlowly etched over the years by the constant action of the waves, Turnip Rock and other geological formations stand like natural...
View ArticleRewriting the Language of Fashion Photography
Who? Canadian artist Vikky Alexander came of age artistically in the 1980s New York of Richard Prince, Barbara Kruger, and Sherrie Levine. She was the youngest and least recognised of this famous...
View ArticleDecoding Benjamin Clementine's Surrealist Music Video
When Benjamin Clementine won the Mercury Prize at the end of last year, it came as a surprise to music fans and industry alike (Jamie xx had been hotly tipped to pick up the award). Even the...
View ArticleElla Kruglyanskaya on Painting Modern Womanhood
Ella Kruglyanskaya’s work is punchy and powerful. The moment you see one of her paintings, you can’t help but be swept up by the dizzying colours, cartoonish forms, and effervescent female energy that...
View ArticleThe All-Seeing Photographer with an Empathetic Eye
Who? The story of Colin Jones’ life, which has seen him go from evacuee, to ballet dancer, to photographer and then to treasured and prolific photojournalist, has more than a hint of Billy Elliot about...
View ArticleThe Power Moves of Dancer Marie-Agnès Gillot
French dancer Marie-Agnès Gillot is the living definition of a powerhouse. Known for her intensity, athleticism, and modernity, she has proven that a contemporary ballerina need not be creatively or...
View ArticleLife Lessons with the Inimitable Martin Creed
Martin Creed's summer is about to explode. The London-based artist has just unveiled an exhibition of new work at Hauser & Wirth's Somerset gallery, while in New York he is shortly to open a...
View ArticleFANPAGES: The New Hardback Zine Celebrating Fandom
When Kira Jolliffe founded Cheap Date back in 1997, to be joined by editor Bay Garnett in '99, it was as a result of conversations held around a kitchen table; there was nothing polished about it. The...
View ArticleBaroness: The New Erotic Volume That Women Can Take to Bed
Considering that the emancipation of women has supposedly been and gone, and we are apparently living an era of "post-feminism," the lack of erotica available for women is a thoroughly disappointing...
View ArticleThe Bauhaus Artist Who Still Inspires Contemporary Fashion
The title of the Guggenheim New York's 2016 major exhibition – “Moholy-Nagy: Future Present” – says it all. The influence of this Bauhaus teacher and artist goes far beyond the historical, often...
View ArticleEnduring Images of Anti-Nuclear Demonstrations
Political demonstrations are powerful things – and never more so than at moments when the global population finds itself poised on the precipice of change. Few agree more vigorously than photographer...
View ArticleYour First Look at Open Source Art Festival 2016
Dalston occupies a unique place in the hearts of Londoners. A gritty, spirited and culturally diverse mélange of family-owned food markets, unusual organic cafés, tobacco-stained newsagents and...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Geoffrey B. Small's Handcrafted Slowness
Slowness is one of the most luxurious words in the English language. It implies inherent devotion, restraint, and patience; the absolute antidote to fast-paced, instantaneous gratification. Geoffrey B....
View ArticleWhat AnOther Loves This Week: Cashmere Mules & Hockney Pools
In terms of summer footwear, what could be better than a pair of cashmere-covered mules that bear a remarkable resemblance in colour to pistachio ice-cream? Beautifully handcrafted by London-based...
View ArticleDilara Findikoglu: Uniting Punk, Politics and Fashion
Arriving in Dilara Findikoglu's studio is somewhat like entering a teenager's bedroom: there are Motorhead posters and paintings of the Virgin Mary lining the walls, copies of fetishwear books strewn...
View ArticleTurning an Edwardian Council Chamber into a Floral Paradise
If you’ve ever stepped foot in the imposing Council Chamber at east London’s Town Hall Hotel, you’ll know that, bar Buckingham Palace, it’s as regal an interior as you’re ever likely to find in the...
View ArticleA Masterclass in Designing Across Disciplines
Kia Utzon-Frank’s practice covers a lot of ground, in terms of scale, and physical and thematic context. A graduate from the Royal College of Art’s MA Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalworks &...
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