Izzy Bilkus
Izzy Bilkus is an editorial assistant at Plaster. She was previously an art features writer at NR Magazine.
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Dora DB and Izzy Bilkus head out on the lash to get the low down of Thursday's London art scene
Features Opinion – Words and photography: Izzy Bilkus – Dora Densham Bond – 9 min read
Plaster’s Thirsty Thursday on the art gallery circuit: “Lollage is power”
Plaster’s Thirsty Thursday on the art gallery circuit: “Lollage is power”
Words and photography: Izzy Bilkus
Dora Densham Bond
Plaster’s Thirsty Thursday on the art gallery circuit: “Lollage is power”Emma Prempeh's paintings are troves of nostalgia, identity and matriarchal strength
Features Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 11 min read
Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touch
Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touch
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touchThe painter talks obsessions, mortality and the American South
Features Interviews – Interview: Pieter-Jan de Paepe – 9 min read
Emma Rose Schwartz: “I start with whatever is irking me most”
Emma Rose Schwartz: “I start with whatever is irking me most”
Interview: Pieter-Jan de Paepe
Emma Rose Schwartz: “I start with whatever is irking me most”The Ukrainian painter’s first UK solo show is a monument to friends, lovers and not rushing
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 7 min read
Sergey Kononov doesn’t like to be rushed
Sergey Kononov doesn’t like to be rushed
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Sergey Kononov doesn’t like to be rushedDonna Huddleston on her first ever painting show at White Cube
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 8 min read
Donna Huddleston’s next act
Donna Huddleston’s next act
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Donna Huddleston’s next actZombie clubbers and airbrushed toilet paper: Izzy Bilkus explores the trend of tasteless art
Features Opinion – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 9 min read
The rise of ‘ugly’ art: “I think the internet has deeply, spiritually poisoned us”
The rise of ‘ugly’ art: “I think the internet has deeply, spiritually poisoned us”
Words: Izzy Bilkus
The rise of ‘ugly’ art: “I think the internet has deeply, spiritually poisoned us”Alexandra Metcalf turns Ginny on Frederick into a time capsule
Features Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 8 min read
Spiralling with Alexandra Metcalf
Spiralling with Alexandra Metcalf
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Spiralling with Alexandra MetcalfOrfeo Tagiuri discusses his latest series about the beginnings of a budding romance
Interviews – Words: Laurie Barron – Izzy Bilkus – 12 min read
Orfeo Tagiuri on etching love’s delicate dance
Orfeo Tagiuri on etching love’s delicate dance
Words: Laurie Barron
Izzy Bilkus
Orfeo Tagiuri on etching love’s delicate danceAt Michael Werner gallery, Raphaela Simon's work has taken a darker turn
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 9 min read
Raphaela Simon’s phantoms of pain
Raphaela Simon’s phantoms of pain
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Raphaela Simon’s phantoms of pain'Le monde comme il va' ('The world as it goes') reveals contemporary artists’ heightened awareness of the present
Features Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 8 min read
Excess, paradox and instability at the Bourse de Commerce
Excess, paradox and instability at the Bourse de Commerce
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Excess, paradox and instability at the Bourse de CommerceGabriel Moses discusses his upcoming book, Regina.
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 7 min read
Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by women
Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by women
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Gabriel Moses on a life shaped by womenIzzy Bilkus speaks with painter Li Hei Di ahead of her first UK solo show
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 10 min read
Li Hei Di: “I become more insane at night – I think everyone does”
Li Hei Di: “I become more insane at night – I think everyone does”
Words: Izzy Bilkus
Li Hei Di: “I become more insane at night – I think everyone does”Paloma Varga Weisz's latest project in Paris involved her studio being watched by the public 24/7
Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – 8 min read
Paloma Varga Weisz on making art like nobody’s watching