Art
Within Gallery Walls, an Artist Channels the Ghosts of Marginalized Women
LONDON — It’s hard to fit the afterlife within a white cube.
Mark Sheerin
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Taking the Branding Out of Brands in a Small British Town
BRIGHTON, UK — In an age of cuddly brands that want to be your friend, these products offer a chance to connect with real people, and the overall look echoes bustling market stalls rather than distant marketing brainstorms.
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The Vibrant Art that Emerged from Socialist Yugoslavia
NOTTINGHAM, UK — Between the early 1960s and mid-1980s, the country once known as Yugoslavia was an anomaly: a socialist state which allowed free travel to the West and promoted “self-management” rather than bureaucratic repression; a dictatorship which promoted decentralization and free expression.
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The Dark Truth at the Heart of an 'Alien Sex Club'
BRIGHTON, UK — To call his work colorful, flamboyant, or camp would be to give the wrong impression of John Walter.
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Journeying Through Landscapes Without Memory
BRIGHTON, UK — Shona Illingworth demonstrates truths about the way we remember — and, more crucially, the way we forget.
Interview
On Drawing with Vapor and Painting with Glass
LONDON — To note that Larry Bell was a player in the California-based movement Light and Space does not prepare you for his latest show in London.
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A Chapman Brother on Making Us Laugh at Human Atrocity
OSLO, Norway — What might for some artists constitute a proud moment, appears to be something of a jape for the Chapman brothers.
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Theaster Gates Meditates on Construction in a White Cube
LONDON — Theaster Gates's latest show at White Cube is, surprisingly, largely limited to paintings and sculptures.
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An Artist's Installations Coax Memories Out of Historic Spaces
BRIGHTON, UK — Brighton Festival and HOUSE 2015, a contemporary visual arts festival, have put up their headline artist in a hotel notable for its design and feng shui.
Interview
365 Poetic Remembrances of the French Revolutionary Calendar
LONDON — The Scottish, London-based artist Ruth Ewan is being perfectly reasonable and polite when she says of the British monarchy: “It's going to have to go at some point. Whether it’s through social struggle, or a natural event, they’re not going to be around forever.”
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From 18th-Century Tool Chest to 21st-Century Public Art Project
ROCHESTER, UK — Thanks to an association with Charles Dickens, North Kent is better known for literature than for contemporary art. But a new project by Adam Chodzko connects the two.
Interview
A Portable Museum Makes Art on the Go
LONDON — Dr. Brad Butler, radical filmmaker, contemporary artist, and international traveller, is bantering with the down-to-earth staff of a bustling London café.