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This week, Georgia O’Grief deals with a young writer who finds courage at the bottom of a bottle

Column Opinion – Words: Georgia O’Grief – Reading time 4 min read

Dear Plaster, I’m hiding social anxiety with alcohol

Dear Plaster, I’m hiding social anxiety with alcohol

Words: Georgia O’Grief

Dear Plaster, I’m hiding social anxiety with alcohol

The best advice is harsh but true and is born of experience and bitter pain, and there’s plenty of that in Plaster’s agony aunt column. This week, Georgia O’Grief helps an artist lost in translation

Column Features Opinion – Words: Georgia O’Grief – Reading time 4 min read

Dear Plaster: Nobody understands my exhibition text!

Dear Plaster: Nobody understands my exhibition text!

Words: Georgia O’Grief

Dear Plaster: Nobody understands my exhibition text!

spittle shares the latest art world debauchery from Frieze Week

Column Opinion – Words: spittle – Reading time 20 min read

spittle’s Frieze London rewind: “Margs were flowing, thankfully sewage was not”

spittle’s Frieze London rewind: “Margs were flowing, thankfully sewage was not”

Words: spittle

spittle’s Frieze London rewind: “Margs were flowing, thankfully sewage was not”

Why can’t the art world today be honest with itself?

Column Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 5 min read

Seen Report: false columns and fake friends

Seen Report: false columns and fake friends

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: false columns and fake friends

It's Silly Season, and grafitti artist Banksy managed to capture the international news cycle for over a week with his animal artworks around London, but why do we care so much about such crap art? asks Jacob Wilson

Column Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 6 min read

Seen Report: why does the media love Banksy?

Seen Report: why does the media love Banksy?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: why does the media love Banksy?

There are some (really) hot gallerists in your area. Jacob Wilson asks the burning question, how are they staying cool?

Column Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 6 min read

Seen Report: How are London’s gallery workers beating the heat?

Seen Report: How are London’s gallery workers beating the heat?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: How are London’s gallery workers beating the heat?
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 – Reading time 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?
Keir Starmer in Tate Modern doing his victory speech at the 2024 general election Keir Starmer in Tate Modern doing his victory speech at the 2024 general election

Labour’s in, as are a number of big-name artist backers, but what does the election landslide mean for the arts? Jacob Wilson explores in this election special Seen Report

Column Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 4 min read

Seen Report Keir Starmer special: fair-weather friend of the arts or the right man for the job?

Seen Report Keir Starmer special: fair-weather friend of the arts or the right man for the job?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report Keir Starmer special: fair-weather friend of the arts or the right man for the job?
Installation shot of art show ROOTED at Berntson Bhattacharjee which shows a couple paintings and a sculpture of a rural-style, straw-roofed play-house Installation shot of art show ROOTED at Berntson Bhattacharjee which shows a couple paintings and a sculpture of a rural-style, straw-roofed play-house

This in the art world, Jacob Wilson discovers that everyone wants a rural fantasy, but nobody’s prepared to admit it's weird

Column Opinion Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 6 min read

Seen Report: penile microplastics and shovelling shit

Seen Report: penile microplastics and shovelling shit

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: penile microplastics and shovelling shit

This week, staff writer Jacob Wilson goes out and about, taking stock of the London art scene for his new column

Column Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 7 min read

Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats

Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats

Words: Jacob Wilson

Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats

This month's guest agony aunt, Clara Krzentowski is here to demystify the world of contemporary design

Column Features Interviews – Intro: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 10 min read

Who’s afraid of contemporary design? Don’t fear, Clara Krzentowski is here

Who’s afraid of contemporary design? Don’t fear, Clara Krzentowski is here

Intro: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Who’s afraid of contemporary design? Don’t fear, Clara Krzentowski is here

Notorious art-world insider spittle shares all the goss from Venice Biennale opening week

Column Opinion – Words: spittle – Reading time 13 min read

spittle’s first Venice Biennale: “​​It’s not giving Golden Lion, it’s giving golden shower”

spittle’s first Venice Biennale: “​​It’s not giving Golden Lion, it’s giving golden shower”

Words: spittle

spittle’s first Venice Biennale: “​​It’s not giving Golden Lion, it’s giving golden shower”
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Paul Hameline’s latest diary talks heartbreak, heaven and hell, culminating in Arca’s performance in Paris

Column Opinion – Words: Paul Hameline – Reading time 11 min read

“At the end of the day, we’re all looking for a hook(-up)”: Paul Hameline’s monthly dispatch

“At the end of the day, we’re all looking for a hook(-up)”: Paul Hameline’s monthly dispatch

Words: Paul Hameline

“At the end of the day, we’re all looking for a hook(-up)”: Paul Hameline’s monthly dispatch

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