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"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
Megan O'Neil
Oct 26


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...
FETCH
Sep 30


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...
Zoe Goetzmann
Sep 22


THE V&A REVISIT 'DAVID BOWIE IS' WITH NEW EDITION
First published alongside the V&A South Kensington’s landmark 2013 exhibition, David Bowie Is charts the polymathic force of Bowie’s five-decade career. Now, with the opening of the David Bowie Centre at the V&A East Storehouse and the public release of his vast personal archive (over 90,000 objects), the book returns in a revised edition.
Emma Lee
Jul 18


THE ARTISTS' FAIR 2025
At Somerset House Studios this June, the annual Artists’ Fair returned: twenty artist-led stalls, a weekend of workshops, and the rarest...
FETCH
Jun 19


XU YANG’S ‘FORGET ME NOT’ AT CHÂTEAU DE LANTHEUIL
Xu Yang’s Forget Me Not isn’t content with cinematic—it goes for the baroque, the grotesque, the sentimental, and the absurd, often all at once.


WE'RE ALL HOME ON ME'S BABYDOLLS
“We don’t perceive beauty as a linear concept,” say Sahara Hirani Harji and Zehra Marikar , the duo behind Home on Me Collective . Their...
Ruby Mitchell
Jun 10


REFLECTING ON GENARO RIVAS’ ALCHEMY OF ASHES AW25
I arrived outside the grand doors of the Swiss Church Covent Garden with a craving for something innovative, something...
Daisy Culleton
May 26


MEGA IS WHAT MILAN WAS MISSING
“The aim is to have people say, ‘What are we doing tonight? I don’t know—let’s go to MEGA . There’ll be something interesting happening...


"MOST COLLECTORS WE KNOW COLLECT ART FOR THE LOVE OF IT": MEET THE COLLECTIVE BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS TO ART BUYING
London’s art scene can often feel intimidating to newcomers, but a new initiative is setting out to change that. Home on Me , a small...
Emma Lee
Mar 18


HAS BASEL BEAT FRIEZE?
I have been wary of the term ‘emerging artist’ for a while but this year has confirmed my fears that the phrase has started to lose all...
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Oct 19, 2024


THE BEST PORTRAITS OF FRIEZE MASTERS 2024
This year’s fair showcased a remarkable selection of portraits that break away from conventional portraiture colloquiums, writes Avantika Pa
Avantika Pathania
Oct 15, 2024


FETCH FAVES: FRIEZE 2024
The best and the worst of this year's Frieze show just how delicate the balance between curatorial excellence and art market demands...
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Oct 10, 2024


AMAR SINGH IS CHAMPIONING UNTOLD ARTIST’S STORIES
Amar Gallery's love-letter to abstract expressionist Lawrence Calcagno is a masterclass in interdisciplinary curation.
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Sep 27, 2024


SEX, POWER AND FOOD: FULL FRONTAL THEATRE'S 'TO WATCH A MAN EAT' AT OLD RED LION
Sultry, raunchy, and nail-bitingly agitated, the female-led powerhouse of Full Frontal Theatre 's To Watch a Man Eat is a salivatingly...
Flora Guildford
Sep 27, 2024


TONIGHT ON THE MENU: DREAM SEQUENCE | A TASTE OF LONDON’S NEW EXPERIMENTAL FILM CLUB
Courtesy of @dream_sequence_london via Instagram Imagine your ideal ten-course meal — a sensory journey of flavours, aromas, and visuals,...
Nastia Svarevska
Sep 17, 2024


VIETNAM'S AVANT-GARDE CINEMA SHINES AT THE SAIGON EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
Agnès Houghton-Boyle reviews the playful, independent post-lockdown films of the Saigon Experimental Film Festival , curated by Phạm...
Agnès Houghton-Boyle
Aug 26, 2024


ACME LAUNCH MAJOR FUNDRAISING APPEAL TO SECURE DEPTFORD PROPELLER FACTORY
Acme has launched a major fundraising campaign to secure its future. The lease on the Acme Propeller Factory, the largest remaining...
Emma Lee
Jun 19, 2024


"REMOVING INVISIBLE BARRIERS IS IMPORTANT": MARIE MCPARTLIN ON DIRECTING SOMERSET HOUSE STUDIOS
Photography courtesy of Sugar Factory PR In a world where pursuing a career as an artist can feel increasingly elusive, particularly for...
Agnès Houghton-Boyle
Jun 18, 2024


“ART IS LIKE HAVING A HOT GIRLFRIEND”: ART BASEL IS THE BEAUTIFUL CESSPIT WE DESERVE
I have a much better time sipping spritzers with six-foot Serbian sex workers than sitting through yet another insipid speech about the...
Victoria Comstock-Kershaw
Jun 15, 2024
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