Ed Kienholz’ Early Work

Ed Kienholz, Leda and the Canadian Honker, mixed media assemblage, 1957 dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;E/dropcapd Kienholz is an assemblage artist, an installation  artist, and a...

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The Grenfell Legacy

The fire at Grenfell tower last year shocked the UK and the world, where are we one year on after the re-election of the tory council?...

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Images in the Head

The Beano, ‘Numskulls’ (c.1960) dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;A/dropcap famous philosopher told his infant daughter that the crocodile she had dreamt was in her head....

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He’ll Be Back: Skynet One Step Closer to Reality…

X–ray vision has long seemed like a far-fetched sci-fi fantasy, but an MIT team has gotten us closer to seeing through walls. ...

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The Great British Tattoo Show 2018

Now an established entry in the tattoo enthusiast’s calendar, the Great British Tattoo Show caters for the curious newcomer as well as seasoned, heavily-inked punters....

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The Eclipse of Postmodernism?

What are the key contenders to postmodernism and can they really end the epoch?...

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Loitered Lens: Camden Rocks 2018

A selection of our favourite snaps from Camden Rocks' 2018 instalment....

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A Grand Day Out At Camden Rocks

Team Trebuchet visit a few of our favourite Camden haunts to soak in this year's Camden Rocks....

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Postcards from the Lost Generation: Picasso 1915-1925

Review of 'Pablo Picasso: Between Cubism and Classicism 1915-1925' Ed. Berggruen and von Liechtenstein. ...

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Looking for the Next Generation

It is the time of the season. The young ones are putting their artwork on show at the outset of what they hope will be a long and successful vocation as artists....

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The Rise of the Curator

New forms of power emerge all the time and for a while they escape criticism, but not forever!...

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Sci-Fi Politicism Meets Erudite Poetry

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;I/dropcapmagine another world in which extra-terrestrials roam or slide with their cyborg affiliates. Imagine their futuristic habitats, their disasters...

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Equivalence & the Loss of the Engaged Human

Does postmodernity gradually traumatise the population, and is this happening in such a way that our senses cant quite grasp it?...

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An Explosion in the Hayward

We are creatures. We flourish as bits of nature. However, it has been claimed that we survive our natural life to live in the spirit world, or something like it. There is something uncanny about the...

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A Damn Fine Cup of Coffee Helps Teams Work Together

A new study has found that people give more positive reviews for their group's performance if they drink caffeinated coffee beforehand. ...

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Stealing Stanley Spencer

Stanley Spencer is an important British artist and any excuse to pay tribute to him is worth while, following the recovery of a stolen painting he is in the news. ...

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Postmodernism & Its Discontents

Lenin is given a kitsch shell by artist Alex Milov, is this an act of vandalism or preservation?...

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Depictive seeing, Pictures, and Imagination

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;R/dropcapichard Wollheim, some-time Grote Professor of Mind and Logic at University College London, regards our looking at pictures as a special kind of...

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Downfall of Nothing! (Nervosa)

Thrash Metal is a scene dominated by the same old household names... Can some fresh faces in Brazilian upstarts Nervosa clamber onto that level, too, with new album 'Downfall of Mankind'?...

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Rossana Martinez Artist

An insight into the practice of artist Rossana Martinez....

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Snuggle or Die: Sociable Monkeys More Likely to Survive Winter

A new study is the first to show that social huddling may be a mechanism that connects social bonding to higher fitness....

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All the World’s a Stage: Ian McKellen Plays His Part

Frank self-analysis offers some fascinating insight into Ian McKellen's career trajectory; an essential watch for both fans and those interested in an experienced actor’s perspective....

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Emilio Vedova, Icon of Radical Italian Art

The hero of radical Italian art in who painting is reinvigorated as the premier medium encompassing all others. ...

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Only The Support: How To Steal The Show

Bristol Indie-Rockers Coasts made for a stellar night with their headline appearance at Kentish Town's O2 Forum... But how did openers Only The Poets fare in navigating the crowd?...

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No More Organ Noises For You (Bleeding Through)

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”W/dropcapell, Bleeding Through are back I guess. Properly this time, too! ‘Love Will Kill All’, Bleeding Through’s first studio effort...

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Postmodernism: Living a Lie Dreaming the Truth

The modern subject is a self obsessed narcissist that masochistically imagines the truth as a destructive monster. ...

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Madame Moustache

Mistress of Beautiful Intoxicating Street Art...

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(H) oli Ep (p) iphany

Oli Epp, sold out before the private view. Semiose is a gallery opened in 2005 in Paris....

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Are pain tolerance levels similar among groups of friends?

A new study is the first to apply social network analysis to pain tolerance, contributing to understanding the effect of social factors on pain....

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How did Michael Jackson challenge our understanding of spine biomechanics?

New forms of dancing inspired by Michael Jackson have begun to challenge our understanding of the modes and mechanisms of spinal injury. ...

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