Opinion

What's the difference between artistic appreciation and sexual arousal?

Opinion Reviews – Words: Millie Walton – 9 min read

Does this make you horny?

Does this make you horny?

Words: Millie Walton

Does this make you horny?

What happens if you’re dating someone with bad taste? This cuffing season, Olivia Allen explores

Features Opinion – Words: Olivia Allen – 6 min read

Can you ever date a person with terrible taste?

Can you ever date a person with terrible taste?

Words: Olivia Allen

Can you ever date a person with terrible taste?

Janelle Zara finds denial and disillusionment during a wild week in Miami

Opinion Reviews – Writer: Janelle Zara – 12 min read

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

Writer: Janelle Zara

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

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 – 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

When a new exhibition, ‘Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet’ opened at Tate, Harriet Lloyd-Smith thought it would be a fun idea to review it with no internet. It was not…

Opinion Reviews – words Harriet Lloyd-Smith – 11 min read

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

words Harriet Lloyd-Smith

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

Jacob Wilson breaks a personal rule and walked down Oxford Street to try and understand what Frank Auerbach saw in the city

Opinion Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read

Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach

Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach

Words: Jacob Wilson

Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach

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 – 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!

These days, we can’t believe anything we see. So from art, do we want truth or lies?

Features Opinion – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – 12 min read

Art is full of liars

Art is full of liars

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Art is full of liars

Georgia O'Grief, Plaster's resident agony aunt is here to solve your shit

Features Opinion – Words: Georgia O’Grief – 3 min read

Dear Plaster, How do I make friends at exhibition openings?

Dear Plaster, How do I make friends at exhibition openings?

Words: Georgia O’Grief

Dear Plaster, How do I make friends at exhibition openings?

It's 21st century, baby. This is Ai-Da, the first artist robot (apparently)

Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 8 min read

Ai-Da the art robot: art genius or twisted male fantasy?

Ai-Da the art robot: art genius or twisted male fantasy?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Ai-Da the art robot: art genius or twisted male fantasy?

Olivia Allen embraces her Bourgeois Art Woman era in Turin for Artissima art fair

Opinion Reviews – Words: Olivia Allen – 9 min read

Two days in Turin: “It’s a bit like Crufts for art people”

Two days in Turin: “It’s a bit like Crufts for art people”

Words: Olivia Allen

Two days in Turin: “It’s a bit like Crufts for art people”

Politically, the US Midwest is now front and centre of the American mind. But what about its culture? Jacob Wilson explores this misunderstood territory and its fight against the "global non-style of Contemporary Art"

Features Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 12 min read

The Midwest ain’t mid

The Midwest ain’t mid

Words: Jacob Wilson

The Midwest ain’t mid

"The most successful artist you’ve never heard of"

Features Opinion – Words: Phin Jennings – 13 min read

In search of Thomas Kinkade

In search of Thomas Kinkade

Words: Phin Jennings

In search of Thomas Kinkade

What's the difference between artistic appreciation and sexual arousal?

Opinion Reviews – Words: Millie Walton – 9 min read

Does this make you horny?

Words: Millie Walton

What happens if you’re dating someone with bad taste? This cuffing season, Olivia Allen explores

Features Opinion – Words: Olivia Allen – 6 min read

Can you ever date a person with terrible taste?

Words: Olivia Allen

Janelle Zara finds denial and disillusionment during a wild week in Miami

Opinion Reviews – Writer: Janelle Zara – 12 min read

Miami Art Week: “The best Art Basel party is always the one you missed”

Writer: Janelle Zara

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 – 4 min read

Dear Plaster, I’m hiding social anxiety with alcohol

Words: Georgia O’Grief

When a new exhibition, ‘Electric Dreams: Art and Technology Before the Internet’ opened at Tate, Harriet Lloyd-Smith thought it would be a fun idea to review it with no internet. It was not…

Opinion Reviews – words Harriet Lloyd-Smith – 11 min read

I tried to review an art show like it was 1983. It was a disaster

words Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Jacob Wilson breaks a personal rule and walked down Oxford Street to try and understand what Frank Auerbach saw in the city

Opinion Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read

Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach

Words: Jacob Wilson

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 – 4 min read

Dear Plaster: Nobody understands my exhibition text!

Words: Georgia O’Grief

These days, we can’t believe anything we see. So from art, do we want truth or lies?

Features Opinion – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – 12 min read

Art is full of liars

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

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Georgia O'Grief, Plaster's resident agony aunt is here to solve your shit

Features Opinion – Words: Georgia O’Grief – 3 min read

Dear Plaster, How do I make friends at exhibition openings?

Words: Georgia O’Grief

It's 21st century, baby. This is Ai-Da, the first artist robot (apparently)

Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 8 min read

Ai-Da the art robot: art genius or twisted male fantasy?

Words: Jacob Wilson

Olivia Allen embraces her Bourgeois Art Woman era in Turin for Artissima art fair

Opinion Reviews – Words: Olivia Allen – 9 min read

Two days in Turin: “It’s a bit like Crufts for art people”

Words: Olivia Allen

Politically, the US Midwest is now front and centre of the American mind. But what about its culture? Jacob Wilson explores this misunderstood territory and its fight against the "global non-style of Contemporary Art"

Features Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 12 min read

The Midwest ain’t mid

Words: Jacob Wilson

"The most successful artist you’ve never heard of"

Features Opinion – Words: Phin Jennings – 13 min read

In search of Thomas Kinkade

Words: Phin Jennings

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