KUWAYAMA / NAITO AT THE MAYOR GALLERY
Radical neutrality, as described by art historian Michio Hayashi, is the core of Tadaaki Kuwayama and Rakuko Naito's latest exhibition....
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REVIEW | PHEADRA AT THE NATIONAL
Euripedes' Hippolytus is one of the most unpleasant tragedies ever produced by the ancient Greeks, and that's including The Oresteia....
'ROLLING WITH THE HOMIES' AT ELIZABETH XI BAUER
Deptford may seem like a a surprising choice for the home of a contemporary art gallery, but it's a burgeoning artistic hotspot. The...
THE UNLUCKY POLITICS OF GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE
90% of sex workers want to quit their job. Leo Grande is not one of them. Leo Grande is the new lover of Nancy (played by Emma Thompson),...
FETCH FAVES | JANUARY 2023
New year, new art. Fetch London presents our favourite January London-based shows, exhibitions, music and more. SHOWS & EXHIBITIONS © DAN...
FETCH FAVES | SEPTEMBER 2022
Discover this month's favourite shows, exhibitions, music and more in London. Kevin McNamee-Tweed | Cornela Parker | Adamma Ebo...
REVIEW | 'THE SEAGULL' FAILS TO TAKE FLIGHT
I will be neither the first nor the last to make the claim that the greatest sin in bringing any of Chekov's plays to life is to forget...
CITY OF LONDON'S FIRST CONTEMPORARY ART LAUNCHES WITH BANKSY EXHIBIT
There is something deliciously appropriate about Red Eight Gallery's first exhibition. Tucked away in the heart of London's prosperous...
NFTs AT AUCTION: SO WHO'S ACTUALLY BUYING THIS STUFF?
It’s been almost a year since the sale of the first NFT at auction (Beeple’s Everydays: The First 5000 Days sold for a staggering $69...
OPINION | FUCK OFF, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
The release of In The Heights's trailer is further proof that Lin-Manuel Miranda's art relies on the musical fetishisation of working...
REVIEW | 'MUSIC' IS A HOT MESS OF A MOVIE
Sia's dive into directorship was essentially doomed from the start. From her casting of neurotypical Maddie Ziegler to her tokenisation...
REVIEW | CYBERPUNK ATTEMPTS EVERYTHING AND ACHIEVES NOTHING
This article is spoiler-free. In the ultimate blow to capitalism, I purchased Cyberpunk 2077 the day after Sony pulled the game from...
REVIEW | 'REIMAGINING NOWHERE' AT THE WILLIAM MORRIS SOCIETY
Benjamin Deacon's landscapes are a delightful and thought-provoking examination and recreation of Victoria-era science-fiction. writes...
ARTificial INTELLIGENCE | THE WEIRD WORLD OF AI ART
Can a machine be creative? In the world of self-driving cars, automatic checkout machines and those weird message suggestions on...
AWARD WINNERS CLOSE OUT LONDON SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2020
As the 17th London Short Film Festival comes to a close, we are left with those films which astonished and amazed critics the most. In...
'RAVENS: SPASSKY VS. FISCHER' IS THE PERFECT COLD WAR PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
I don't play chess. I know the rules and could probably name a few of the more famous maneuvers if you put a gun to my head, but my...
PRE-NAZI LIFE, LOVE AND ART ARE CELEBRATED IN CHARLOTTE SALOMON'S POSTHUMOUS 'LIFE? OR THEATRE'
Charlotte Salomon was 26 years old and 5 months pregnant when she was killed in Auschwitz in 1943. It's no secret that the Nazi regime's...
REVIEW | 'THE DUCHESS OF MALFI' AT THE ALMEIDA
There is nothing of Daphne, Syrinx, or Anaxarete in Lydia Wilson's Duchess. She is defiant despite her destruction, vivacious despite her...
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IT'S A MANS' WORLD BUT A WOMANS' BATTLE IN 'SWIVE [ELIZABETH]'
'Swive [Elizabeth]' at the Globe is a powerhouse of a play that offers a savage depiction of the patriarchal power struggles and intense...
'FORGOTTEN MASTERS' EXPLORES THE ARTISTIC IMPACT OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
The very nature of colonialism makes it easy to assume that any social impact of British-led initiatives on Indian art, identity, or...
Interview:
Yanjun Chen
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