United Kingdom
I am a London-based art journalist and writer working in broadcast, printed media and online, specialising in writing about artists’ lives and practices in tandem with the issues that affect artists and artistic production. I cover art and where it intersects with architecture, design, fashion, law, politics and social change.
I have collaborated as journalist and interviewer on films for Hania Rani, Do Ho Suh and Salomon and curated exhibitions in London and Venice.
Contrib. to: Artnet News, Wallpaper*, Monocle & Monocle Radio, The Guardian, The Art Newspaper, The New York Times, ES Magazine, Harper's Bazaar Art, Dazed Digital, The Quietus.
Artists face months of waiting and uncertainty around eligibility before they may receive payments
May 30, 2020Culture & Music Most of us know our Truffaut from our Goddard, our Breathless from our 400 Blows, and some might have gone through a phase that involved wearing berets, smoking filterless cigarettes and traversing les rues. So it may be shocking to learn that an un-self-consciously radical young woman instigated this movement in the 1960s.
The legendary photographer talks us through her current London expo, a slideshow shot in Greece showing children singing obscure songs
We spoke with Isaac Julien about his nuanced and moving new work, now on view at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia.
Marina Abramović talks women artists, pricing performance, lockdown and legacy.
In his exhibition at the Warburg Institute, artist and filmmaker Edward George creates a visual essay from a civil-rights-era image archive
Kyoto's prestigious photography festival sets the tone for the year ahead - featuring work from Linder and Anton Corbijn
In Annie Colling's photo book, she explores the sweet and strange world of being a parent|default()|default()|default(In her new book, 'Ask Alexa when we are all gonna die tomorrow :-)', Annie Collinge turns her offbeat gaze to parenthood)|default()|default(The latest Feature,/features,,features, breaking news, comment, reviews and features from the experts at %site%)|fteTrans({"category":"","site":"Wallpaper*"})
Marcel Dzama, So they say, everything gonna be alright, 2021. Pearlescent acrylic ink, watercolor, and graphite on paper © Marcel Dzama. Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Marcel Dzama lives the dream life of an artist. Based in New York, he lives with his wife and son, works long hours in the studio and focuses [...]
artnet.com - He's still not Banksy, despite what the rumors may have said. Robert Del Naja, aka 3D, a member of the groundbreaking Bristol-based band Massive ...
The Roxy Music co-founder Bryan Ferry and contemporary artist Amelia Barratt have collaborated on a new album, "Loose Talk."
Pour le programme " Pourquoi Paris ? " de Julie Boukobza, la sculptrice brésilienne investit l'Hôtel Balzac avec une installation mêlant sculptures et vidéo.
The Peruvian-American artist transforms One Wall Street with a luminous installation, inviting visitors to step inside Printemps New York and experience its art-filled world.
Madge Gill, Minnie Evans, Anna Zemánková and Nellie Mae Rowe drew upon nature and spirits in their otherworldly works
The boutique event brings together around 150 works from more than 20 exhibitors in the striking Neo-Gothic mansion Two Temple Place
Having created a visual narrative of her work for Toni Morrison's Black Book, the Pulitzer winner talks fan letters, the 'Black global village', and feeling bored by the language around race
At Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, acclaimed artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils the world premiere of the video installation, Sunshine State, staged alongside iconic works
The Liverpool Biennial 2023 turns its lens on the legacy of slavery in the city, and asked South African curator Khanyisile Mbongwa to take on this challenge. The city of Liverpool, famous for it
"Tree of Life" is made of 110,000 fabric pieces crafted during lockdown from materials that were already in the artist's studio
In Gary Simmons' new show, 'This Must Be the Place' at Hauser & Wirth, London, the artist explores the process of cultural erasure, and the traces it leaves behind
Hashim Sarkis' main show 'How Will We Live Together?' at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale opens a year later than originally expected, but ponders on questions that are more timely than ever
Albanian artist Anri Sala's hypnotic film and sound installation, Time No Longer, in Houston's Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, pays homage to African American astronaut and saxophonist Ronald McNair
Built on the vision of late curator Okwui Enwezor, the Sharjah Biennial 15: 'Thinking Historically in the Present' offers a critical reframing of postcolonial narratives through major new commissions, until 11 June 2023
The inimitable work of Louise Bourgeois is seen through the eyes of Jenny Holzer in this potent meeting of minds at Kunstmuseum Basel
Adam Rouhana focuses on the 'quieter moments' of everyday life for young people living in one of the world's most unstable regions
American artist Howardena Pindell reflects on an art career filled with socio-political bite and aesthetic mastery, ahead of 'A New Language', her newly opened show at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
We take a look through the archive of Gordon Raphael, The Strokes' producer at the heart of the 00s in-crowd
Beatrice Bulgari's new foundation, championing time-based media, takes over a disused hospital with a surreal group exhibition during the Venice Biennale 2022
The Zimbabwean-born artist, who explores identity through vivid cartoon-inspired collages, headlines our January 2021 Next Generation issue. Writer Amah-Rose Abrams interviewed Hwami ahead of today's announcement that she has joined the roster of Victoria Miro Gallery
Artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien's Tate Britain retrospective 'What Freedom Is to Me' questions histories, explores activism, but is also full of joy and beauty
Sign up to Monocle's email newsletters to stay on top of news and opinion, plus the latest from the magazine, radio, film and shop. Monocle on Culture - latest episodes Is there such a thing as a 'beach read'?
The Nigerian-born multidisciplinary artist will have a solo show at the London gallery next year
Dot.ateliers resembles the types of cultural spaces the Ghanaian artist says he wishes existed when he was younger
Scottish artist PJ Harper turned his early fascination with dolls into sculptures that celebrate Blackness.
Arts institutions in London have been left scrambling after the U.K. government announced last Friday that it will reallocated its cultural funding for the next three years to support organizations in regional centers rather than around the capital.
The new international fair in the Art Basel constellation, Paris+ par Art Basel, opened its doors to VIPs in yesterday in a dynamic atmosphere. The early mood was buoyant and familiar art collectors in the crowd included Maja Hoffmann, Alain Servais, Xavier Niel and Patrizia Sandretto re Rebaudengo with her son and daughter-in-law.
f you don't have the cash to splash on a Hockney or an Emin, don't sweat it, because there are plenty of free activities to delight in all over the capital this Frieze Week. At multiple spots around Tate Modern, long-standing non-profit Artangel, behind innovative exhibitions such as Steve McQueen's Year 3, is presenting , a new feature film by creatives Mika Rottenberg and Mahyad Tousi.
I regularly contribute culture round-ups to Monocle24's morning show The Globalist.
As the summer comes to a close, so has the drawn-out, bitter battle over leadership of the U.K.'s Conservative Party, with Tuesday's appointment of Liz Truss as the country's new Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary comes into office with a reputation for switching her position on a dime, on issues ranging from the cost of living to her core political beliefs.
Steve McQueen's 'Sunshine State' illuminates the cavernous halls of Milan's Pirelli HangarBicocca At Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, acclaimed artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen unveils the world premiere of the video installation, Sunshine State, staged alongside iconic works Steve McQueen's 'Sunshine State' is a new exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan.
Cornelia Parker's work has been described as "violent," and it's not hard to see why. She has blown up a shed, thrown things off cliffs, steamrolled musical instruments, and painted with a lethal poison. The artist does not shy away from the difficult or the strange.
Isaac Julien has a history of working with the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance. So it makes sense that his latest commission, for Philadelphia's Barnes Foundation, circled back on writer, philosopher, and "father" of the Harlem Renaissance Alain Locke. Locke and Albert Barnes had a history.
The market for modern and contemporary African art has steadily grown for the last few years. The success of the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair -whose latest, online-only edition opened earlier this month-and a steady increase of prices reached at auction has felt long overdue.
On April 8th, the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art (CPGA), France's main association of art dealers, released the results of a poll of its nearly 300 member galleries about the toll of the coronavirus on their businesses, and the results were shocking.
A special "Woven" section at the fair celebrates an art form that was long undervalued as a result of sexism and snobbery. LONDON - The Frieze London fair opened on Thursday, and art dealers from all over the world have gathered for what organizers are calling the most international edition in the fair's history.
If the UK has enjoyed a period of relative calm over the past decade, the protests over Brexit in 2018, Extinction Rebellion in 2019, Black Lives Matter in 2020 and Kill the Bill in 2021 have changed all that.
Germany's new culture minister, Claudia Roth, has announced a 2022 budget of €2.3 billion ($2.4 billion). The figure is an increase of €148 million ($156 million), or 7 percent, over last year's budget, and the additional funds will be distributed to a variety of causes and organizations, especially those focused on colonialism and climate change.
Masterpieces and decorative art from the estate of legendary couturier Hubert de Givenchy fetched a gargantuan $86,810,521 at an auction held at Christie's France on June 14, the opening night of six sales to be held this week.
Anri Sala's subterranean installation is out of this world Albanian artist Anri Sala's hypnotic film and sound installation, Time No Longer,in Houston's Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, pays homage to African American astronaut and saxophonist Ronald McNair Anri Sala's work explores the moment between the tangible and intangible.
Hilton Als has many strings to his bow. A Pulitzer Prize-winning in-house critic for the , writer of note and curator, his insightful and deep-thinking approach gives him access to the emotionally resonant and profound.
I contributed to the audio guide for this landmark survey of Sophie Taeuber-Arp.
Ian Cheng, Life After BOB: The Chalice Study (still), 2021, Real-time live animation, colour, sound, 48 mins. Commissioned by LAS (Light Art Space), The Shed and Luma Arles. Courtesy of the artist Ian Cheng was one of the first artists working with artificial intelligence to break through into the contemporary art world while most artists engaged in the field were still operating mainly in the tech world.
Suede have often spoken of a Suedeworld, a sonic zone built by the band that speaks of an otherworldly ordinariness, a portal out of the grim everyday that only they can conjure into being.
The Sunday Times has released its annual Rich List of the wealthiest people in Britain-and this year reveals a major shakeup of the art world's power players. In fact, the entire list has been transformed: It now names just 250 people instead of the usual 1,000.
Ragnar Kjartansson's dramatic soap opera inaugurates GES-2 in Moscow Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson inaugurates the much-anticipated V-A-C Foundation's GES-2 House of Culture in Moscow. Santa Barbara - A Living Sculpture is a bold, theatrical work that examines the relationship between Russia and the US 'It's all gone a bit, Santa Barbara '.
An un-burnable copy of author Margaret Atwood's beloved novel The Handmaid's Tale has fetched six figures in a Sotheby's auction supporting PEN America. The sale of the book, which brought in $130,000 for the free speech nonprofit, was also intended to raise awareness about the growing number of book bans plaguing the United States.
Toyin Ojih Odutola, A Forbidden Impulse from A Countervailing Theory (2019) © Toyin Ojih Odutola. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York Toyin Ojih Odutola's A Countervailing Theory is a painting exhibition, but it feels like a world you can step into, inhabit and explore.
A new public sculpture commemorating the Windrush generation was unveiled in east London on Wednesday morning to smiles and curiosity. Warm Shores by Thomas J Price, a 9ft (2.75 metres) bronze of a man and a woman standing outside Hackney town tall, marks the full installation of the Hackney Windrush Art Commission, a project celebrating the contribution made by those who have immigrated to the area.
What do you know about the transatlantic slave trade? It is a huge piece of British history that many people don't seem to really understand, and that has to change. A new project, The World Reimagined, aims to set the record straight about 'the transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans, and its impact on all of us'.
Written by Amah-Rose McKnight-Abrams, CNN Venice, Italy The NSK State has an anthem, passports, stamps, and consulates, but no territory. Founded by the Slovenian artist collective IRWIN in 1992, it's a radical art experiment that challenges concepts of migration, colonialism, history and identity.
Fondazione In Between Art Film: a cinematic celebration of time-based media in Venice Beatrice Bulgari's new foundation, championing time-based media, takes over a disused hospital with a surreal group exhibition during the Venice Biennale 2022 Fondazione In Between Art Film, founded in 2019, looks to establish long-term relationships with artists working in time-based media through commissioning and exhibiting their work.
Tavares Strachan grew up in Nassau, in the Bahamas. Not very many artists come from Nassau. That being said, it is a small place, with a population of 393,244 compared with the 8.3 million people living in New York City where Strachan now resides.
Venice Architecture Biennale 2021: a year late but somehow right on time Hashim Sarkis' main show 'How Will We Live Together?' at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale opens a year later than originally expected, but ponders on questions that are more timely than ever Venice in the pandemic is a different city, a quiet place with children playing in the narrow streets, families dining outside and an empty St.
The way black people are represented-or misrepresented-on the pages of the Guardian newspaper has long been a subject of Lubaina Himid's work. And now, for a commission by Liverpool's Rapid Response Unit, the Turner Prize-winning artist has been into the newsroom of the famously liberal newspaper to understand how its editorial decisions are made.
It's a mid-summer evening in the capital and the queue of London art scene insiders and celebrities is snaking around the courtyard at Somerset House . The buzzing crowd includes Don Letts, Yinka Shonibare, Lulu Kennedy, Clara Amfo and Sabrina Elba. Later on, Grace Wales Bonner will get to work on the decks.
Arthur Jafa, APEX, 2013. Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York / Rome In 2018, we're witness to daily political protests, social justice is very much on the agenda, and there's a new Parliament record out. One could be forgiven for thinking it was still 1974.
London's Mayor Gallery has filed a lawsuit in New York Supreme Court against the authentication committee for the catalogue raisonné of Canadian Abstract Expressionist and Minimalist artist Agnes Martin 's over 13 works the gallery has sold that the estate refuses to include. The gallery alleges this has cost it $7.2 million.
