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Blaxploitation and Black Beauty: Mickalene Thomas – beautés du mois

This essay looks at the conception of black beauty in the 70s in terms of contemporary art. Mickalene Thomas' work draws upon popular culture and makes beautiful paintings from it....

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Punk Rock Fight Club: The Beat Down at CBGB

Anarchy is a return to the natural order. Might makes right. If you are a punk in the pit, you might get hit. ...

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London’s Lost Bohemia and the Three Graces of Soho Pt. III

A recent interview with cult novelist Laura Del Rivo triggers memories of a lost poetess and a mysterious countess. ...

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London’s Lost Bohemia and the Three Graces of Soho Pt. II

A recent interview with cult novelist Laura Del Rivo triggers memories of a lost poetess and a mysterious countess. ...

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London’s Lost Bohemia and the Three Graces of Soho

A recent interview with cult novelist Laura Del Rivo triggers memories of a lost poetess and a mysterious countess....

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Portraits in Photography, Film and Drawing

Oona Grimes: Hail the new Etruscan. A dialectic form of drawing. ...

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An Election Waiting to Happen with Billy Bragg

Every generation has to find its own way to deal with the problems it faces. Red Wedge was our generation and it came out of a specific set of circumstances. Other generations will find other ways....

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Andrew Renton on Roy Oxlade

Andrew Renton discusses the work of Roy Oxlade at the Alison Jacques Gallery London. ...

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Henry Hussey, We Live in the Remains of the Gods

The transformative power of creative practice and its potential to remodel the artist and his audience are explored in Henry Hussey's new show. ...

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Joker, a Film to Fall Out Over?

The most affecting film of 2019 has created debate and controversy, Trebuchet takes a closer look examining these and the underlying message at its core. ...

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Amy Bessone at the Alison Jacques Gallery

Amy Bessone imbues the campy and kitsch with a soft and enigmatic humanity bringing depth where there was none. ...

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James Rosenquist: Visualising the Sixties

This essay looks at the work of James Rosenquist in terms of the pop art movement. Broadening its scope, we look at this artist's work against that of Ed Kienholz and Joseph Cornell....

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Pacific an Exhibition by Sax Impey

The work draws upon the unique experiences of the 60 day voyage, including both extraordinary landfalls and the time spent sailing one of the most remote parts of the ocean....

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Helen Beard Largest Solo Exhibition to Date

It's Her Factory introduces a new body of Beard’s large-scale, vibrant works that examine contemporary portrayals of sexuality, and reclaim ownership over the body from the male gaze....

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No Plastic – Folking Fantastic

Returning this year with an ‘Outstanding’ A Greener Festival Award, Cambridge Folk Festival today furthers its sustainability commitment and announces the ban on single use plastics. ...

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Nostalgia and Vibrant Imagery at 50th Rencontres d’Arles

This year, the organisers undertook the unprecedented task of identifying, ranking, and inventorying their vast archives to turn them into a major retrospective exhibition....

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Any Port in A Storm – Brothers Osborne Make Land

Drunken shanty renditions of Drank Like Hank would be heard throughout the streets of London into the early morning....

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Jonesin’ For Home – Dale Watson Has A Sting In His Tail

Country music is a snake that started eating its own body. I suspect in that time, it will eat its own head. There’s no identity to the sound anymore. You used to know when you hit the Country...

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The London Original Print Fair at the Royal Academy

Andrew Edmunds deals in antique political prints. In this show at the Royal Academy, the works he shows stand up well to contemporary art and its political ambitions. ...

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Occupying: Les Enragés to Los Indignados

Occupying Space Across Time: Prof. Martin Lang investigates occupation from Les Enragés to Los Indignados...

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Photo London 2019

Now in its fifth edition, Photo London was founded in 2015 to give the city an international photography event befitting its status as a global cultural capital....

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Psychohorology: Jordan Baseman on using time as a canvas

Jordan Baseman's latest work Radio Influenza uses his technique of time and reportage to describe the progression of events that marked the Spanish Influenza Pandemic of 1918...

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Precious Nothing Pt 3: I Ching

Space-time contains value on all human levels of understanding so where do we sit with it? ...

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Nun More Anarchist Activist

The documentary is an overall misfire, yet an interesting portrait of self-reliant defiance in the face of opposition from all sides....

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“Are We Going to Be the Last Generation on This Planet?”

Extinction Rebellion is a moving reminder of the strategy by the environmental coalition of protesters to engage in peaceful protest around the world....

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Desperately Seeking The Miraculous

Clad in black, with a grave yard bottle of Cherry B. Eyeliner tears streaked our faces as we listened to 'What Difference Does It Make'. Do you remember? Desperate Journalist takes us back there....

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Black Sabbath: Master of Couplets

The Doom Duo, of course, is Black Sabbath and Paranoid. “Black Sabbath”’s first minute is THE ore of all metal. ...

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Black Sabbath: Heavy Metal’s Big Bang

500 words on Black Sabbath - is there anything left to say? - Trebuchet's Lester Bangs Tribute...

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Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition

A major global museum exhibition tour debuts in London on 8 February, featuring many previously unseen artefacts in the centenary of Mandela’s birth....

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The Perfect Gift – The Wedding Present Play Tommy

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”A/dropcaps you will be aware music lovers, The Wedding Present have been playing a series of concert dates during 2018 to commemorate the...

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