Film

We sent multi-disciplinary artist and all-round icon Jenkin Van Zyl to Madame Tussauds
Features Interviews – Words and photography: Dora Densham Bond – Reading time 8 min read

Jenkin van Zyl in Madame Tussauds: “That was a lot, I need a vape”

Jenkin van Zyl in Madame Tussauds: “That was a lot, I need a vape”

Words and photography: Dora Densham Bond
“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”
Opinion – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 9 min read

“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”

“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Kyle MacNeill explores why the flying rats are taking over the art and fashion industries
Opinion – Words: Kyle MacNeill – Reading time 9 min read

How pigeons clawed back their cultural cachet

How pigeons clawed back their cultural cachet

Words: Kyle MacNeill
Abel Ferrara talks blood-dripping crucifixes, black-and-white cinema and the “forever” of da Vinci
Interviews – Words: Livia Magyar – Reading time 9 min read

Abel Ferrara: “It’s a constant battle against mediocrity”

Abel Ferrara: “It’s a constant battle against mediocrity”

Words: Livia Magyar
Do artists make the best horror film villains?
Features Opinion – Words: Oskar Oprey – Reading time 8 min read

“I make art until someone dies”: In defence of on-screen art villains

“I make art until someone dies”: In defence of on-screen art villains

Words: Oskar Oprey
Drawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin Westover Drawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin Westover
Matthew Barney’s ghostly stadium dissects the brutality of American Football and our insatiable appetite for trauma
Column Features Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 8 min read

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
We look at how art has been represented, and misrepresented, in the Romance genre
Features Opinion – Words: Isabel Walter – Reading time 7 min read

Art on film: is romance dead?

Art on film: is romance dead?

Words: Isabel Walter
Nan Goldin’s guttural ode to rebellious girls and chosen family arrives in London
Reviews – Words: Eloise Hendy – Reading time 9 min read

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Words: Eloise Hendy
Three writers and 36 hours later, we bring you a 360 review of Harmony Korine’s latest film, and paintings and unpack the myth behind the cult maestro 
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Finn Constantine – James Jessiman – Reading time 12 min read

36 hours of Harmony Korine

36 hours of Harmony Korine

Words: Jacob Wilson
Finn Constantine
James Jessiman
Ahead of his Venice Biennale moment, filmmaker John Akomfrah speaks to Harriet Lloyd-Smith. This interview appears in the limited-edition Venice special issue of Plaster – buy now
Features Interviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 15 min read

John Akomfrah in Venice: a long time coming

John Akomfrah in Venice: a long time coming

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Osman Can Yerebakan reviews Arthur Jafa’s concurrent New York shows, which recast Taxi Driver and envelop visitors in a black mirror of images
Opinion Reviews – Words: Osman Can Yerebakan – Reading time 8 min read

Arthur Jafa retells New York film history

Arthur Jafa retells New York film history

Words: Osman Can Yerebakan
Harriet Lloyd-Smith visits an exhibition about glitches. She leaves with a mild headache and a mind blown
Opinion Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 7 min read

Picture a glitch: when art goes wrong

Picture a glitch: when art goes wrong

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Amah-Rose Abrams explores how artists working in traditionally ‘uncommodifiable’ practices market their work
Features Opinion – Words: Amah-Rose Abrams – Reading time 10 min read

Priceless: how do you sell unsellable art?

Priceless: how do you sell unsellable art?

Words: Amah-Rose Abrams

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