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Seth Price did his art education backwards, starting with experimental film and only recently turning to paint. Staff writer Jacob Wilson spoke with Price about going back to basics, testing out new tech and making “cool shit.”
Features Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Photographs: Milly Cope – 14 min read
Where do you start with Seth Price?
Where do you start with Seth Price?
Words: Jacob Wilson
Photographs: Milly Cope
Jacob Wilson breaks a personal rule and walked down Oxford Street to try and understand what Frank Auerbach saw in the city
Features Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach
Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach
Words: Jacob Wilson
The first London launch of New York literary magazine Heavy Traffic promised to draw a crowd to Camden Art Centre. Photographer Isabel MacCarthy and staff writer Jacob Wilson went along to see what went down
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – Photography: Isabel MacCarthy – 11 min read
Plaster Shoots: Heavy Traffic at Camden Art Centre
Plaster Shoots: Heavy Traffic at Camden Art Centre
Words: Jacob Wilson
Photography: Isabel MacCarthy
Staff writer Jacob Wilson stares into the abyss of disaster when he turns up on the wrong day to Chatham, Kent to review Ralph Steadman’s ‘INKling’, and finds the abyss staring back at him
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 11 min read
Fear and failing in Chatham
Fear and failing in Chatham
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
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 – 13 min read
The Midwest ain’t mid
The Midwest ain’t mid
Words: Jacob Wilson
Jacob Wilson finds out what it takes to rawdog an art fair
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
I rawdogged Frieze VIP day
I rawdogged Frieze VIP day
Words: Jacob Wilson
We talk to fashion photographer Nick Knight about SHOWstudio’s provocative new group exhibition, ‘SHADOW-BAN’, which squares up to censorship on social media
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 11 min read
Nick Knight exposes all
Nick Knight exposes all
Words: Jacob Wilson
Artists' estates are increasingly turning art into intellectual property and collaborating with fashion brands, what do experts make of it?
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 11 min read
What’s the deal with all the artist × brand collabs?
What’s the deal with all the artist × brand collabs?
Words: Jacob Wilson
Why can’t the art world today be honest with itself?
Column – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
Seen Report: false columns and fake friends
Seen Report: false columns and fake friends
Words: Jacob Wilson
Imagine a world where rent is $150 a month and artists are paid even when their work doesn’t sell…
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 13 min read
Michael Findlay’s memoir of 1960s New York makes today’s art market look like a joke
Michael Findlay’s memoir of 1960s New York makes today’s art market look like a joke
Words: Jacob Wilson
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 – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
Seen Report: why does the media love Banksy?
Seen Report: why does the media love Banksy?
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
There are some (really) hot gallerists in your area. Jacob Wilson asks the burning question, how are they staying cool?
Column – Words: Jacob Wilson – 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
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 – 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
Jamie Hawkesworth takes time out of the darkroom to talk about his new show, 'The British Isles'
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 9 min read
Jamie Hawkesworth doesn’t know where he’s going (and that’s a good thing)
Jamie Hawkesworth doesn’t know where he’s going (and that’s a good thing)
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
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 – Words: Jacob Wilson – 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
Staff writer Jacob Wilson spends five days in the art market, out of his depth, trying to sell a Damien Hirst
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 18 min read
I became a Gmail art advisor
I became a Gmail art advisor
Words: Jacob Wilson
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 – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
Seen Report: penile microplastics and shovelling shit
Seen Report: penile microplastics and shovelling shit
Words: Jacob Wilson
Joel Meyerowitz looks back on his 1966 European road trip and offers some life advice
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 12 min read
How Málaga made Joel Meyerowitz
How Málaga made Joel Meyerowitz
Words: Jacob Wilson
In the days ahead of Glasgow International festival, Jacob Wilson visited the city to find out what makes it city tick
Features Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 17 min read
Three trippy days at Glasgow International
Three trippy days at Glasgow International
Words: Jacob Wilson
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 – 7 min read
Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats
Seen Report: porcelain monkeys and dead cats
Words: Jacob Wilson
Move over, Clarkson! Plaster goes full Top Gear as staff writer Jacob Wilson ranks BMW Art Cars
Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 11 min read
A totally subjective ranking of the worst and the best BMW Art Cars
A totally subjective ranking of the worst and the best BMW Art Cars
Words: Jacob Wilson
Japanese photographer Sakiko Nomura talks about working with Noboyushi Araki, and her fascination with male nudes and hotel bedrooms ahead of Photo London
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 8 min read
Sakiko Nomura’s intimate, inky nudes
Sakiko Nomura’s intimate, inky nudes
Words: Jacob Wilson
The Virginia-born, Carolina-raised photographer talks about her projects across the American south and how her work and life has changed since her early fame
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 7 min read
Kennedi Carter is on the road again
Kennedi Carter is on the road again
Words: Jacob Wilson
Jacob Wilson reviews Richard Serra at David Zwirner, Jim Shaw at Gagosian and Barbara Kruger at Sprüth Magers
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
The meal deal: Richard Serra at David Zwirner, Jim Shaw at Gagosian, Barbara Kruger at Sprüth Magers
The meal deal: Richard Serra at David Zwirner, Jim Shaw at Gagosian, Barbara Kruger at Sprüth Magers
Words: Jacob Wilson
The art dealer turned author talks to Jacob Wilson about his new book, 'All That Glitters', which lays out the dramatic rise and fall of his former friend and business partner Inigo Philbrick
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 12 min read
Orlando Whitfield sets the story straight on Inigo Philbrick
Orlando Whitfield sets the story straight on Inigo Philbrick
Words: Jacob Wilson
This week, Plaster staff writer Jacob Wilson reviews Marria Pratts' cartoonish paintings at Carl Kostyál, Theodore Ereira-Guyer's archaic objects at Cedric Bardawil, and Allan Gardner's tacky memorials at Cob Gallery
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
The meal deal: Marria Pratts at Carl Kostyál, Theodore Ereira-Guyer at Cedric Bardawil, Allan Gardner at Cob Gallery
The meal deal: Marria Pratts at Carl Kostyál, Theodore Ereira-Guyer at Cedric Bardawil, Allan Gardner at Cob Gallery
Words: Jacob Wilson
Richard Billingham's photobook 'Ray's a Laugh' caused a sensation when it was published in 1996. Nearly 30 years later, a new 'director's cut' edition has been released by MACK
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
30 years after its shocking release, Ray’s a Laugh still captures the dark reality of alcoholism
30 years after its shocking release, Ray’s a Laugh still captures the dark reality of alcoholism
Words: Jacob Wilson
This week, Plaster staff writer Jacob Wilson reviews 'Hovering on the Edge' at Timothy Taylor, Judith Bernstein at Emalin, and 'With Urgency' at Ilenia
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
The meal deal: ‘Hovering on the Edge’ at Timothy Taylor, Judith Bernstein at Emalin, ‘With Urgency’ at Ilenia
The meal deal: ‘Hovering on the Edge’ at Timothy Taylor, Judith Bernstein at Emalin, ‘With Urgency’ at Ilenia
Words: Jacob Wilson
So you want to build an art collection? Whether you're new to everything, or already a committed collector, you should definitely be looking at prints. So, we spoke to experts to find out what you need to know
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 10 min read
Want to buy art prints? Here’s what to know
Want to buy art prints? Here’s what to know
Words: Jacob Wilson
Jacob Wilson reviews Nick Waplington's domestic photographs at Hamiltons Gallery, Renata de Bonis' painted interiors at Lamb Gallery and HelenA Pritchard's sculpture at TJ Boulting
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
The meal deal: Nick Waplington at Hamiltons Gallery, Renata de Bonis at Lamb Gallery, HelenA Pritchard at TJ Boulting
The meal deal: Nick Waplington at Hamiltons Gallery, Renata de Bonis at Lamb Gallery, HelenA Pritchard at TJ Boulting
Words: Jacob Wilson
Matt Connors is a trouble maker and problem solver. He talks to Jacob Wilson about his exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA, which puts his work alongside that of 21 other artists: friends, collaborators, and those he simply admires
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 10 min read
Matt Connors: “I’m not satisfied with something unless there’s a problem”
Matt Connors: “I’m not satisfied with something unless there’s a problem”
Words: Jacob Wilson
This week, Jacob Wilson returns to the Courtuald Gallery to review Jasper Johns, drops in to Paolo Gioli at Amanda Wilkinson and goes to Stepney Green to Stuart Middleton at Carlos / Ishikawa
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 8 min read
The meal deal: Jasper Johns, Paolo Gioli and Stuart Middleton
The meal deal: Jasper Johns, Paolo Gioli and Stuart Middleton
Words: Jacob Wilson
This week, staff writer Jacob Wilson went east to see three shows on his lunch break: Konstantin Zhukov at Neven, Kaye Donachie at Maureen Paley and Ruby Dickson at Nicoletti
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
The meal deal: Konstantin Zhukov, Kaye Donachie and Ruby Dickson
The meal deal: Konstantin Zhukov, Kaye Donachie and Ruby Dickson
Words: Jacob Wilson
Ten years after a study by the Mayor of London revealed a crisis in artist studio provision, we spoke to artists and studios to find out if anything’s changed since. What they told us doesn’t paint a pretty picture
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 15 min read
The future for artist studios in London looks very, very grim
The future for artist studios in London looks very, very grim
Words: Jacob Wilson
The art world is growing every year. It's never been easier, and more difficult, to find new artists. With so much to see, where do you begin? Here's our guide to finding new artists
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 8 min read
Looking for hot, young artists in your area? Here’s how to find them
Looking for hot, young artists in your area? Here’s how to find them
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 6 min read
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
Jacob Wilson breaks Dry Jan at Bradley's Spanish bar with painter Josh Raz, chatting about art, philosophy, and jukeboxes.
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 10 min read
Breaking Dry Jan with Josh Raz
Breaking Dry Jan with Josh Raz
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
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
The idea behind Condo is simple enough: one gallery hosts another, but as Jacob Wilson finds out from those involved, there’s a lot more to it than that
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 7 min read
What does a ‘collaborative exhibition’ look like?
What does a ‘collaborative exhibition’ look like?
Words: Jacob Wilson
You’re not on the list, but you will go to the ball. Here’s how to slip into art-world VIP events with grace and stealth and perceived wealth
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
How to crash art world VIP events
How to crash art world VIP events
Words: Jacob Wilson
We’ve all heard about the usual suspects on Margate’s art landscape, but who is leading the charge for the thriving alternative scene?
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 9 min read
Margate’s alternative art scene is making waves
Margate’s alternative art scene is making waves
Words: Jacob Wilson
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
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
The art of the steal
The art of the steal
Words: Jacob Wilson
Plaster invited the two artists to a pub crawl of Soho to discuss their work and how it deals with masculinity, authenticity, community and memory
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 14 min read
George Richardson and Leon Scott-Engel walk into a bar
George Richardson and Leon Scott-Engel walk into a bar
Words: Jacob Wilson
Social media platforms are flooded with 'how to' guides showing how to improve masterpieces with AI. But there's more than meets the eye to these rage-inducing posts
Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 7 min read
Why is everyone ‘improving’ art with AI?
Why is everyone ‘improving’ art with AI?
Words: Jacob Wilson
The Balloon Museum bursts onto the London scene, promising an 'emotional' exhibition of air-headed art
Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 4 min read
Tired of immersive art? You’ll hate London’s Balloon Museum
Tired of immersive art? You’ll hate London’s Balloon Museum
Words: Jacob Wilson
David Hockney's latest eye-grabbing artwork for Apple's Battersea Power Station HQ doesn't set Jacob Wilson in the festive spirit
Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – 4 min read
Soz Hoz! David Hockney’s Bigger Christmas Trees fail to make a splash
Soz Hoz! David Hockney’s Bigger Christmas Trees fail to make a splash
Words: Jacob Wilson
The Italian artist’s mural, 'Rebirth of a Nation', is the latest installation at Brixton Station as part of Art on the Underground
Interviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
Jem Perucchini sees the past and future in Brixton
Jem Perucchini sees the past and future in Brixton
Words: Jacob Wilson
Jesse Darling's potent commentary on the state of the nation stood out in a lukewarm lineup
Features News – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
Surprise surprise, Jesse Darling wins the Turner Prize
Surprise surprise, Jesse Darling wins the Turner Prize
Words: Jacob Wilson
Form follows emotion in the Japanese artist’s latest series of ceramic vessels
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
Masaomi Yasunaga’s ceramics are containers of souls
Masaomi Yasunaga’s ceramics are containers of souls
Words: Jacob Wilson
Peter Fischli and David Weiss’ new show at Sprüth Magers
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 5 min read
A rat and a bear walk into the art world… Here’s what goes down
A rat and a bear walk into the art world… Here’s what goes down
Words: Jacob Wilson
When artists aren't putting each other down they’re picking up pints, cigs and bags. The latest exhibition at London's OHSH gallery asks why the art world is obssessed with self-destruction.
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
The art world is a poisonous place
The art world is a poisonous place
Words: Jacob Wilson
Jacob Charles Wilson went to the Courtauld Gallery to have his brainwaves read while looking at art, here’s what happened
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
I went to an art gallery and had my mind read
I went to an art gallery and had my mind read
Words: Jacob Wilson
This year's Turner Prize at the Towner Eastbourne leaves Jacob Charles Wilson looking elsewhere for thrills
Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
Knock knock. Who’s there? Turner Prize. Turner Prize who?
Knock knock. Who’s there? Turner Prize. Turner Prize who?
Words: Jacob Wilson
Mike Kelley thought he'd be forgotten by history, ten years following his death, contemporary artists are still engaging with his provocative artistic legacy
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 10 min read
Rituals, cults, conspiracies: the living memory of Mike Kelley
Rituals, cults, conspiracies: the living memory of Mike Kelley
Words: Jacob Wilson
Who said the city is dead? There's a growing cultural renaissance in this historic central London district
Features – Words: Jacob Wilson – 0 min read
The who’s who of the new Bloomsbury Group
The who’s who of the new Bloomsbury Group
Words: Jacob Wilson
Polish painter Barbara Wesołowska on spirituality and the spectral qualities of paint
Interviews – Words Jacob Wilson – 9 min read
Barbara Wesołowska on false memories and the spectral qualities of paint
Barbara Wesołowska on false memories and the spectral qualities of paint
Words Jacob Wilson
Mexican sculptor and metalworker Arlette discusses her first solo show ‘José’ at Rose Easton
Interviews – Words Jacob Wilson – 8 min read
Arlette’s rocky ride through love, faith and masculinity