Performing for the Camera at Tate Modern – shifting the focus to subject
The Tate Modern has just opened a new photography exhibition with a twist. Rather than focusing on the photographer, the emphasis has shifted to analysing
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The Art of Hesitation – Looking back at Singapore Art Stage
Usually when there is something very expensive on offer, the wealthy residents of Singapore don’t need to be invited twice. Singapore has after all one
Candid meets TV and film actor Hans Matheson
Boris Pasternak’s Russian novel, Doctor Zhivago, was adapted for television back in 2002. Hans Matheson played alongside Keira Knightley and Sam Neill in a role
Alexander Calder at Tate Modern – a New Modernity for Mobiles
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was one of the truly ground-breaking artists of the 20th century and, as a pioneer of kinetic sculpture, played an essential role
Titian to Canaletto – Drawing in Venice at the Ashmolean in Oxford
Venetian art, from a historical perspective, has a reputation for being bright, bold and dramatic. Many of the best Renaissance artists emerged from the palazzo
John Armstrong: Paintings 1938-1958 – An Enchanted Distance at Piano Nobile
John Armstrong’s paintings are an enigma. Over a period in which many artists turned to abstraction, Armstrong remained firmly figurative, yet his spaces are hard
Raffey Cassidy interview: Tomorrowland, George Clooney and driving at 13
Having just turned into a teenager, Raffey Cassidy has gone above and beyond what most thirteen-year-olds have achieved. She began her acting career in 2009
The Physician review: historical inaccuracies and lopsided debate
In Philipp Stölzl’s The Physician we follow the story of Rob Cole (Tom Payne), a young Christian man from England who, haunted by the
Judy Chicago: Star Cunts & Other Attractions at Riflemaker
‘Star Cunts & Other Attractions’ is a fittingly lurid title for this exhibition of Judy Chicago’s early works on display at Riflemaker in Soho.
Behind the scenes – Rising star Ed Skrein talks The Transporter Refuelled
Best known for his brief role in HBO’s hit TV series Game of Thrones, rising star Ed Skrein, a Londoner of both English and Austrian-Jewish
Girl – Lucian Freud’s Portraits Of His Second Wife
The pale and introvert portraits of the muse that broke Freud’s heart. Lady Caroline Blackwood, despite having suffered a troubled childhood, was the most eligible
MAN OF THE WEEK: NICHOLAS HOULT
Last weekend, Mad Max: Fury Road burst onto the UK cinema screens to take the number two spot on the box office charts, only narrowly
Fanny and Stella, Above The Stag Theatre
It’s not unusual that LGBT rights are the main topic of literature, films or even theatre however the recent release of Fanny and Stella: The
Sheila Rennick, Save Changes at Stour Space until 1st June
As part of a group exhibition called Save Changes, the portraits by Sheila Rennock are beautifully painted reproductions from profile pictures of men found on Tinder.
COBAIN: MONTAGE OF HECK
I had barely turned 14 when Kurt Cobain, front man of Nirvana, took his own life with a gunshot to the head at the age
JOHN WICK
There is a special sub-genre in action films dubbed the “one last job” movie. Pretty much any film about an assassin will feature them on
Guy Bourdin: Image-Maker at Somerset House
Guy Bourdin’s original dark and sexually charged photography works can be distinctively placed between the ‘summer of love’ and the Hitchcock era. Since then it has been countlessly
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
Having toiled for fifteen years as a director of commercials, J.C. Chandor made an impressive feature filmmaking debut in 2011 with Margin Call, a taut
Giovanni Battista Moroni
They are, in short, alive. He captures a sense of his subjects with an intense subtlety. Moroni paid for his meals by painting local high
Editorial: 10 Favourite Films from 2014
Believe the hype, as any avid viewer like yours truly will be able to confirm, 2014 was a bountiful year both in mainstream and art-house
Stuart Semple, Anxiety Generation at Delahunty Fine Art
Elements of popular cultural references, anarchic messages and clever pictorial censorship play out on the walls of Delahunty Fine Art’s new Mayfair premises in London.
BOYS (Jongens) – DVD Review
Along with the mighty Scandinavians, the neighboring Dutch and Belgians keep producing interesting and poignant cinema despite often making their appearance without too much clamor,
Francesca Woodman ZIGZAG at Victoria Miro
Francesca Woodman, born in 1958, has become one of the most talked about, studied and influential of contemporary photographers. The artist who ended her life
FILM CHAT: Jenny Slate and Gillian Robespierre discuss Obvious Child
It’s a chilly and overcast Thursday afternoon in London. I’ve just returned in the UK after spending two blissful weeks back home in Sicily with
Review – Getting Go: The Go Doc Project
Getting Go proves an extremely thoughtful piece of cinema, made all the more poignant in its simplicity. From the start we are faced with something
Boys On Film 11: We Are Animals – DVD Review
Short films are often dismissed as lesser companions to their feature-length siblings, mostly serving the purpose of getting new filmmakers noticed. Though partially true, it’s
Review: Primal Scream – More Light
Opening an album with a nine-minute track declaring the year of release as a hook might be an unusual and bold move for any band,
London Korean Film Festival: Katuri – A Story of a Mother Hen
Whenever I think of animation, especially at the cinema, my mind always rushes straight to Pixar and Disney without much hesitation. We’re so embedded in
Interview – Cosmo Jarvis
Cosmo Jarvis is an editor’s nightmare. Seven hundred words I was asked for, for my recent review of his latest album ‘Think Bigger’. First draft
Carsten Witte: The Disturbing Face of Beauty
When reading the poems from Charles Baudelaire’s collection Les Fleurs du Mal [Flowers of Evil], one can see how his perception of beauty mingles, both
