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APPETITE AND THE AESTHETICS OF DESIRE AT MAXIMILLIAN WOLFGANG GALLERY
Where do the boundaries between consumption and desire begin to blur? Zoë Goetzmann looks back at APPETITE , held last year at Maximillian Wolfgang Gallery , to explore how closely sex and food are entwined in our visual language of want. Photography courtesy of gallery Last fall and winter, Maximillian Wolfgang Gallery ’s exh ibition, APPETITE (November 2025, featuring artists Angel Qin, Adrián Coto, Barney Pau, Guta Galli, Parks Sadler, and Rachel Alexandrou ) presente


MEXICO'S FERIA MATERIAL ENTERS A “NEW CHAPTER” AT MARAVILLA STUDIOS
Mexico City Art Week has become an essential February pilgrimage for the international art world, and for London visitors it’s increasingly the week that sets the tempo for the year ahead. Feria Material , now entering its 12th edition, Vol. 12 of the art fair sits at the centre of that ecosystem: Latin American representation, a clear curatorial identity, and a programme that treats the city as part of the experience. “Material has changed venues several times over its 12-y


DEPTFORD LITERATURE FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2026 PROGRAMME
The Deptford Literature Festival returns this spring with a week of events across Lewisham and South East London, culminating in a full festival day at Deptford Lounge on Saturday 28th March 2026 . Now in its fifth edition, the locally rooted festival brings together discussions, workshops, interactive talks and spoken word, connecting established writers with emerging voices from the borough and beyond. Produced by London Writers Centre (formerly Spread the Word) with crea


LONDON ART FAIR 2026: CRITIC'S DIARY
FETCH 's in-house art spy AVM finds herself cresting a wave of show-boaters, unaroused and Sipwrecked on dry stands at the London Art Fair 2026. Photography courtesy of LAF/Mark Cocksedge DAY ONE Flumes of Italian milk fire with water park precision from the Illy machines. Forgive me for thinking that a titan of the coffee world might result in a fair awash with hand-crafted crema . Alas, this art is reduced to the teat of convenience, forced to watch whilst a machine cuckol


ACME SECURES ACME PROPELLER FACTORY IN DEPTFORD
Acme Co-Founder and Chair of the Board David Panton in front of Acme Propeller Factory, January 2026 © Hydar Dewachi, courtesy of The Acme Archive Acme has completed the purchase of Acme Propeller Factory (APF) in Deptford, securing “in perpetuity” what it describes as the largest affordable artist studio building of its kind in London — a major win at a moment when artists’ workspace across the capital is increasingly threatened by rising rents, redevelopment pressure, and


'MS. HOLMES AND MS. WATSON': VERY LITTLE IS AFOOT
Reda Belhadfa looks back at the now-ended Christmas production of Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson to dissect how the cannibalised feminism of Kate Hamill's retelling of Conan Doyle's classic evacuates both the art form and the movement of any material force. Photography courtesy of Arcola Theatre/Alex Brenner At first glance you might assume - from it's title at the very least - that the Arcola Theatre production of Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson would be a (very) simple 21st century


'ARTS OF THE EARTH' AT MUSEO GUGGENHEIM BILBAO
What happens when a museum stops pretending to be above the world and starts behaving like part of it? Arts of the Earth at the Guggenheim Bilbao gets its hands dirty enough to suggest that even greenwashing can, occasionally, grow something real. writes Victoria Comstock-Kershaw. Isa Melsheimer, Wardian Case , 2023. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. There’s a moment walking into Arts of the Earth when the Guggenheim Bilbao stops feeling like a titani


THE METAMODERNISM OF KAARI UPSON
“The parody just never fully cancels out the ache.” In her reading of Kaari Upson's House to Body Shift at Sprüth Magers , Arina Baburskova reframes the late artist's work as a study in metamodern oscillation and the restless movement “back and forth between irony and sincerity, critique and care.” Exhibition shot courtesy of Sprüth Magers Flesh-toned furniture slumps scattered under Sprüce Magers 's cold light, sharp and clinical, as if under inspection. Staircases curl in


"IT'S A COMPLETE MYSTERY WHAT A PERSON IS": IN CONVERSATION WITH MAL FOSTOCK
At the beginning of Frieze Week, Mall Galleries hosted the first joint solo show between artists Bushra Fakhoury and Mal Fostock . Fostock’s show, INCLUSION , included one hundred pieces from the past twenty years, varying in medium: line drawings, prints, paintings, photography and sculpture. Megan O’Neil speaks to him about how the show came together, the nature of influence, and his creative practice. MO: Your photography really reminded me of Brassaï. I wondered if he


"IT WAS A WAKE UP CALL": BILLY SHAKESPEARE FOR PROPHETIK BY JEFF GARNER SS26 AT THE TOWER OF LONDON
September 17th, 2025: a palpable feeling of anticipation, an intense atmosphere of secrecy, and the sense that a veil was about to be...


BRITISH ART FAIR: CRITIC'S DIARY
"Some fine, some genuinely good, and one floor that should be sealed off like asbestos. " Three of Fetch's finest and freshest take on...


S'RANOUIR'S 'VOIE DE L'ÉVEIL II' EXHIBITION & COLLECTION
Taiwanese brand S’ranouir opened its door to the brand’s Exhibition & Collection Presentation during London Fashion Week S/S 2026. Zoë...

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