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Emalin hosts their private view of British fashion icon Pam Hogg’s ‘Of Gods and Monsters’
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Photography:
Isabel MacCarthy
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Laurie Barron
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6 min read
Plaster Shoots: Pam Hogg’s apocalypse at Emalin
Plaster Shoots: Pam Hogg’s apocalypse at Emalin
Photography: Isabel MacCarthy
Words: Laurie Barron
Plaster Shoots: Pam Hogg’s apocalypse at Emalin

Laurie Barron explores the rise and epic fall of Zombie Formalism, a decade on
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Opinion
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Laurie Barron
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14 min read
Zombie Formalism: an autopsy
Zombie Formalism: an autopsy
Words: Laurie Barron
Zombie Formalism: an autopsy

Orfeo Tagiuri discusses his latest series about the beginnings of a budding romance
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Words:
Laurie Barron
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Izzy Bilkus
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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 dance

Guglielmo Castelli speaks to Plaster ahead of mounting his most ambitious exhibition to date in Venice
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Laurie Barron
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10 min read
Guglielmo Castelli in Venice: “I want visitors to enter like a liquid”
Guglielmo Castelli in Venice: “I want visitors to enter like a liquid”
Words: Laurie Barron
Guglielmo Castelli in Venice: “I want visitors to enter like a liquid”

“Don’t bring up politics before the main course”. Our guide to the dos and don'ts of the art gallery dinner
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Opinion
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Laurie Barron
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9 min read
What’s the point of an art gallery dinner?
What’s the point of an art gallery dinner?
Words: Laurie Barron
What’s the point of an art gallery dinner?

Recent collaborators Sean Thomson and Rhys Coren talk American modernism, public toilets and the cutthroat fashion world
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Words:
Laurie Barron
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Photography:
Finn Constantine
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12 min read
The Exchange: Sean Thomson and Rhys Coren
The Exchange: Sean Thomson and Rhys Coren
Words: Laurie Barron
Photography: Finn Constantine
The Exchange: Sean Thomson and Rhys Coren

Paul Hameline has curated ‘Happy Accidents’ at Galerie Sultana in Paris
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Laurie Barron
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Izzy Bilkus
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7 min read
Paul Hameline’s Happy Accidents: “The world is kind of fucked, kind of messy. (So are we, no?)”
Paul Hameline’s Happy Accidents: “The world is kind of fucked, kind of messy. (So are we, no?)”
Words: Laurie Barron
Izzy Bilkus
Paul Hameline’s Happy Accidents: “The world is kind of fucked, kind of messy. (So are we, no?)”

Karlo Kacharava at S.M.A.K., Ghent
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Words:
Laurie Barron
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6 min read
Karlo Kacharava comes out from the shadows
Karlo Kacharava comes out from the shadows
Words: Laurie Barron
Karlo Kacharava comes out from the shadows

Why are art books still so important?
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Words:
Laurie Barron
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8 min read
Is publishing art books always a labour of love?
Is publishing art books always a labour of love?
Words: Laurie Barron
Is publishing art books always a labour of love?![Picture of James Jessiman tulip sculpture 'Tulipa Porta Desiderii' [Gate of Desire] (Terraformer 6), (2023) which is a sculpture of tulips](https://plastermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/James-Jessiman-Terraformer-2023-4-square-1000px-jpg-700x700.webp)
![Picture of James Jessiman tulip sculpture 'Tulipa Porta Desiderii' [Gate of Desire] (Terraformer 6), (2023) which is a sculpture of tulips](https://plastermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/James-Jessiman-Terraformer-2023-4-square-1000px-jpg-700x700.webp)
Ahead of his solo presentation with The Artist Room at NADA, Miami Beach, James Jessiman talks to Laurie Barron about his latest painted bronze sculptures
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Laurie Barron
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7 min read
“Are we using flowers, or are they using us?” James Jessiman on sci-fi, antiques and tulips
“Are we using flowers, or are they using us?” James Jessiman on sci-fi, antiques and tulips
Words: Laurie Barron
“Are we using flowers, or are they using us?” James Jessiman on sci-fi, antiques and tulips

Gray Wielebinski tell us about the first and last photos on his phone
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Gray Wielebinski
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4 min read
Gray Wielebinski’s First and Last
Gray Wielebinski’s First and Last
Words: Gray Wielebinski
Gray Wielebinski’s First and Last

From grad shows to blue-chip galleries, there is a deluge of rusty painting right now. Laurie Baron explores why
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Opinion
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Laurie Barron
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8 min read
What’s with all the rusty painters?
What’s with all the rusty painters?
Words: Laurie Barron
What’s with all the rusty painters?

Be the first to know… read Laurie Barron on art world gossip
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Laurie Barron
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6 min read
Can the art world keep a secret? xoxo