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'The first rule of Fight Club' meme featuring Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt in Fight Club by David Fincher, wearing his 'Hustler' shirt photoshopped to say 'Artist' across the chest

Are celebs "too dumb" to make art? Philippa Snow explores

Features Opinion – Words: Philippa Snow – 9 min read

Why do so many celebrities get the art calling?

Why do so many celebrities get the art calling?

Words: Philippa Snow

Why do so many celebrities get the art calling?

Jacob Wilson spoke to art forgers and authenticators, lawyers and victims to tell the story of how forgeries end up on the art market, and what happens once the scam's revealed…

Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 34 min read

Art forgers and experts reveal the true story of fake art

Art forgers and experts reveal the true story of fake art

Words: Jacob Wilson

Art forgers and experts reveal the true story of fake art

Peter Blake, the ‘Father of British Pop Art’, discusses his biggest rejections

Features Interviews – 10 min read

Peter Blake’s Rejection Letter: “I suppose that counts, getting rejected by the Queen!”

Peter Blake’s Rejection Letter: “I suppose that counts, getting rejected by the Queen!”

Peter Blake’s Rejection Letter: “I suppose that counts, getting rejected by the Queen!”

The 20th century was laced with tales of opulant travel. But what does holidaying mean for artists today?

Features – Words: Kitty Grady – 12 min read

The death of the artist holiday

The death of the artist holiday

Words: Kitty Grady

The death of the artist holiday

Clive Martin meets David De Min - the tech bro turning a napoleonic fort into an art-tech utopia

Features Interviews Opinion – Words: Clive Martin – 14 min read

The art-loving tech bro turning a Napoleonic fort into a blockchain bunker

The art-loving tech bro turning a Napoleonic fort into a blockchain bunker

Words: Clive Martin

The art-loving tech bro turning a Napoleonic fort into a blockchain bunker

The Radar: spotlighting the hottest contemporary artists

Features – 7 min read

The Radar: Gonçalo Preto, Kevin Brennan and Konrad Żukowski

The Radar: Gonçalo Preto, Kevin Brennan and Konrad Żukowski

The Radar: Gonçalo Preto, Kevin Brennan and Konrad Żukowski

Installation shot of Asad Raza's art work which turned the inside of the church San Paolo Converso in Milan into a tennis court, 2016.

Installation shot of Asad Raza's art work which turned the inside of the church San Paolo Converso in Milan into a tennis court, 2016.

As the art world winds down for the summer break, Jacob Wilson turns his eye to sport, and asks what art could learn from athletes

Column Features Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read

Seen Report: Fine art, fast balls. Are sport and art that different?

Seen Report: Fine art, fast balls. Are sport and art that different?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: Fine art, fast balls. Are sport and art that different?

Do artists make the best horror film villains?

Features Opinion – Words: Oskar Oprey – 9 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

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

Press photograph of Gemma Collins' book signing for her 2013 memoir: Basically...: My Life as a Real Essex Girl

Here's a guide to what the Plaster team is actually reading right now (and what we're just pretending to read...)

Features – Words: Plaster Staff – 11 min read

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Words: Plaster Staff

Your no-bullshit guide to summer books

Social media is lighting up with tributes to pioneering American video artist Bill Viola who has passed away aged 73

Features – 9 min read

The world remembers Bill Viola (1951-2024)

The world remembers Bill Viola (1951-2024)

The world remembers Bill Viola (1951-2024)

Running clubs have been hailed as the new night clubs and dating apps, but could they also be the new art galleries? Staff writer Jacob Wilson ran The Line, London’s first dedicated public art trail, to find out

Features Watch – Words: Jacob Wilson – 9 min read

Are running clubs the new art galleries?

Are running clubs the new art galleries?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Are running clubs the new art galleries?

How gore in art has swung between taboo and trend

Features Opinion – Words: Doron Beuns – 8 min read

Gorecore: how art got a new taste for gruesomeness

Gorecore: how art got a new taste for gruesomeness

Words: Doron Beuns

Gorecore: how art got a new taste for gruesomeness

Were you papped? See who we spotted this week at Studio Voltaire's party

Features – Photography: Jamal Springer-Lynch – 6 min read

Plaster Shoots: a night at Studio Voltaire

Plaster Shoots: a night at Studio Voltaire

Photography: Jamal Springer-Lynch

Plaster Shoots: a night at Studio Voltaire