This week, Plaster staff writer Jacob Wilson consumed three shows on his lunch breaks: Frank Auerbach at The Courtauld Gallery, Tiona Nekkia McClodden at White Cube Bermondsey and Erwin Wurm at Thaddaeus Ropac

The meal deal: Jacob Wilson reviews Frank Auerbach, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Erwin Wurm

The meal deal: Jacob Wilson reviews Frank Auerbach, Tiona Nekkia McClodden and Erwin Wurm

Words: Jacob Wilson
‘10 Seconds’, a new show by Alexis Hunter serves up bloodied manicured hands, bulging crotches, flaming high-heels and hammer-yielding destruction

Alexis Hunter has ten seconds to get your attention

Alexis Hunter has ten seconds to get your attention

Words: Izzy Bilkus
Ahead of Yoko Ono's major show at Tate Modern, Milo Astaire – Plaster co-founder and diagnosed Beatles superfan – reflects on how the world is finally catching up

Yoko Ono: an artist for our times

Yoko Ono: an artist for our times

Words: Milo Astaire
This week, Jacob Wilson's lunch break reviews are Barbara Kruger at the Serpentine, Wilhelm Sasnal at Sadie Coles HQ and Doron Langberg at Victoria Miro

The meal deal: Jacob Wilson reviews Barbara Kruger, Wilhelm Sasnal and Doron Langberg

The meal deal: Jacob Wilson reviews Barbara Kruger, Wilhelm Sasnal and Doron Langberg

Words: Jacob Wilson
Notorious art insider spittle reports on a January art scene filled with bad romance, damp patches and Dry Jan mingling

The spittle January rewind: “if you haven’t had strep throat… live a little”

The spittle January rewind: “if you haven’t had strep throat… live a little”

Words: spittle
Condo last took place in 2020, but is now making a comeback this year. Alexander Harding looks ahead to this rare beast of a collaborative exhibition, opening on 20th January

Four years on from the ‘worst year ever’, Condo is back

Four years on from the ‘worst year ever’, Condo is back

Words: Alexander Harding
Bethnal Green signs on Three Colts Lane Bethnal Green signs on Three Colts Lane
Bethnal Green is enjoying an art boom thanks to a crop of chic new galleries and a little help from Millie Bobby Brown

All hail the Bethnal Green art boom

All hail the Bethnal Green art boom

Words and photography: Olivia Allen
Artist Victoria Gill is putting on a show of ‘found objects’ people have swiped from their former workplaces, from desk fans to McDonald’s uniforms

The art of the steal

The art of the steal

Words: Jacob Wilson
Monica Sjöö, Creation, 1978. Courtesy: Monica Sjöö Estate and Alison Jacques, London © Monica Sjöö Estate
There’s been an abundance of magic, crystals, witches and tarot-themed art in London of late

How the occult bewitched London art

How the occult bewitched London art

Words: Katie Tobin
An installation view of Sarah Lucas' 'This Jaguar's Going to Heaven' A photograph of Sarah Lucas smoking a cigarette in 'Red Sky Cah'
The British artist’s Tate show leaves Philippa Snow craving a fag

Sarah Lucas is highly addictive

Sarah Lucas is highly addictive

Words: Philippa Snow
A photograph of Pilar Corrias on her bike in Regent's Park, London A photograph of Pilar Corrias on her bike in Regent's Park, London
Pilar Corrias takes us on her London commute as she moves her eponymous gallery from Fitzrovia to Mayfair

The Commute with Pilar Corrias: “I’m finally realising a dream – it’s been a long time coming”

The Commute with Pilar Corrias: “I’m finally realising a dream – it’s been a long time coming”

Words: Jessica Klingelfuss
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Julie Mehretu on her new show at White Cube, Bermondsey, a maze of optical games and political upheaval

Julie Mehretu on haunting, reckoning and accidental magic

Julie Mehretu on haunting, reckoning and accidental magic

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

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