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Frank Turner brings punk to the folk-core (or vice versa)

19/02/2018

Contemporary Folk-Punk troubadour Frank Turner's Hardcore alter-ego Möngöl Hörde knock London's Scala down a couple of pegs....

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China/Art/Soft Power: speak softly and carry a big stick!

13/02/2018

China is developing its soft power portfolio; state propaganda, Confucius institutes, strategic investment and of course, art. ...

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Hollywood Undead (Live Review)

12/02/2018

Hollywood Undead launched into the lights at Camden's Koko 2018...

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In Search of Selfhood: Eddie Peake at White Cube

09/02/2018

Artist Eddie Peake's autobiographical new exhibition at White Cube....

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Beppe Grillo is a clear example of the line between Comedy & Politics being crossed. But is that a good thing?

‘Is That Funny?’ Comedy and Politics

08/02/2018

Across the globe, the line between Comedy and Politics is growing ever more blurred. This event discusses the implications, and the punchlines, that result....

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Sonia Boyce and a Meta Criticism of the Critics

06/02/2018

The Manchester Art museum and the disappearing/reappearing Nymphs, do we benefit from seeing them? or are we perpetuating tired tropes? ...

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Hayward Gallery reopens with Andreas Gursky exhibition

30/01/2018

The Hayward is re-opening and showing the work of German photographer Andreas Gursky, this promises to be an impressive array of relevant and compelling images....

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Frank Turner: Unearthing The Underground

29/01/2018

Eclectic singer-songwriter Frank Turner gives Trebuchet the low-down on some of his favourite rising stars....

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Art that Bends the Mind: Fiumano Clase Gallery at London Art Fair

19/01/2018

Contemporary gallerists Fiumano Clase showcase their chosen few at the 2018 London Art Fair....

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London Arts Fair 2018 at the Islington Business Centre

18/01/2018

Painting, sculpture, photography, multimedia and dialogue in the heart of Islington, London...

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How Did China Tame The Market?

16/01/2018

To fully understand the impact of China in the modern world its important to have an idea of how the self styled communist state extricated the free market from democracy....

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The Professionals Islington

Album launched, future credit assured. The Professionals

20/12/2017

Loud and proud, regardless of era, history, politics or provenance...

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Looking for a New Islington? Billy Bragg

06/12/2017

Billy Bragg's Bridges Not Walls tour rolls up to the proletarian boulevards of Islington...

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Nick, Find a Cave and Hide Your Face

28/11/2017

What could Po$$ibly make a $eemingly $en$itive arti$t $uch a$ Nick Cave Play I$rael?...

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Bloomberg New Contemporaries

27/11/2017

When the idea is to introduce new voices in contemporary art, it helps not to have the judging panel overshadow the artists...

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Eyes on the Prize for Bloomberg New Contemporaries

16/11/2017

Student artists chase the Bloomberg prize at the Baltic...

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Mega-Rats! Does Accelerated Living = Accelerated Evolution?

10/11/2017

Explosion of rats, clovers, bedbugs, mosquitoes unintended evolutionary consequence of urbanization...

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Fragarak: A Spectral Oblivion

26/10/2017

Indian Experimental Black Metallers Fragarak demand an extended attention span...

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Electronic Rock a Red Wedding? Bloody Beetroots (Interview)

25/10/2017

Interview with Sir Bob of the Bloody Beetroots on the Electronic Con...

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Urs Fischer, Los Angeles

Bread Houses, Dreaming Horses: Urs Fischer

24/10/2017

Haunting or playful? Urs Fischer's unique sculpture proves you can have both...

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Geometry, Dreams and Light: Stuart Forbes [Interview]

23/10/2017

Stuart Forbes on Richard Rogers, Architecture and the Grand Process...

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Frieze International Arts Fair at Regent's Park, London,UK

Frieze London International Art Fair 2017

12/10/2017

Subverting, and sometimes satisfying expectations, Frieze returns to London...

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Capitalism. Either it Goes, or We Do

28/09/2017

The city's pantheon of possibility has been scoured away. Whither now?...

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One More for the Road:The New Roses

27/09/2017

Life ain't easy when you're cheesy. Happily, The New Roses (mostly) aren't. ...

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Carve + Gaze

Carve + Gaze (Wen)

22/09/2017

Cautiously affirmative urban angst meets minimalist structure and Gaze theory. Win!...

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Half Deaf Clatch Tells Tales… That Damage His Bank Account

20/09/2017

Clatch's music won't make him rich, but it'd be a poorer world without it...

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The real cost of music?

18/09/2017

Suffering for your art is common practice, but is it worth dying for?...

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Rocking the World: Présence Autochtone 2017 (Part Two)

05/09/2017

Celebrating the deep rumble of First Nation culture in Montreal...

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Pact Infernal on Stroboscopic Artefacts (Monad XXV)

01/09/2017

Architectural depth and space, dark sonics, incantatory beats - Stroboscopic Artefacts produce the goods once more...

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Carmen Hathaway, Presence Autochtone 2017

What Does Dignity Taste Of? Présence Autochtone 2017

29/08/2017

As cultural expressions, food sit proudly alongside painting at Presence Autochtone...

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