Matthew Holman
Matthew Holman is a writer and critic. He often writes on art and politics; his criticism has been published by Critical Quarterly, Frieze, Apollo, Burlington Contemporary, and The Art Newspaper, and his long-form essays have accompanied exhibitions at Thaddeaus Ropac, Cahiers d’Art, Nahmad Projects, Waddington Custot, and elsewhere.
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Should artists get a basic income?
Should artists get a basic income?
Should artists get a basic income?
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12 min read
Domestic bliss, disrupted
Domestic bliss, disrupted
Domestic bliss, disrupted
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10 min read
Alice Neel, all skew-whiff
Alice Neel, all skew-whiff
Alice Neel, all skew-whiff
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Ed Ruscha is still playing word games
Ed Ruscha is still playing word games
Ed Ruscha is still playing word games
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Alexis Soul-Gray’s carnival of chaos
Alexis Soul-Gray’s carnival of chaos
Alexis Soul-Gray’s carnival of chaos
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Tate’s Theatre Picasso fluffs its lines
Tate’s Theatre Picasso fluffs its lines
Tate’s Theatre Picasso fluffs its lines
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Dispatches from Eastern Ukraine
Dispatches from Eastern Ukraine
Dispatches from Eastern Ukraine
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How Dick Bengtsson found rot in Sweden’s fairytale
How Dick Bengtsson found rot in Sweden’s fairytale
How Dick Bengtsson found rot in Sweden’s fairytale
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Think what you want: Barbara Kruger and the new media war
Think what you want: Barbara Kruger and the new media war
Think what you want: Barbara Kruger and the new media war
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Anselm Kiefer and the ghost of Van Gogh
Anselm Kiefer and the ghost of Van Gogh
Anselm Kiefer and the ghost of Van Gogh
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White noise and dark silence: Ryman meets Rothko
White noise and dark silence: Ryman meets Rothko
White noise and dark silence: Ryman meets Rothko
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Crossfire No. 1: Is art criticism dead?
Crossfire No. 1: Is art criticism dead?
Crossfire No. 1: Is art criticism dead?
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Oliver Osborne: old master, new tricks
Oliver Osborne: old master, new tricks
Oliver Osborne: old master, new tricks
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16 min read
Painting is dead. Long live painting
Painting is dead. Long live painting
Painting is dead. Long live painting
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15 min read
Don’t knock Sheffield: “There’s a sense that everything in the arts is closing, but we are just opening up”
Don’t knock Sheffield: “There’s a sense that everything in the arts is closing, but we are just opening up”
Don’t knock Sheffield: “There’s a sense that everything in the arts is closing, but we are just opening up”
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Domestic bliss with Jonas Wood
Domestic bliss with Jonas Wood
Domestic bliss with Jonas Wood
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Megan Rooney’s blue fortnight
Megan Rooney’s blue fortnight
Megan Rooney’s blue fortnight
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Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French Riviera
Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French Riviera
Here be dragons: work, wealth and art on the French Riviera
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Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnival
Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnival
Pol Taburet’s dark-romantic carnival
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18 min read
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
Meet the Ardwick Realists: the new northern soul of British painting
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8 min read
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”
Adam Pendleton: “Abstraction is a big question”
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Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”
Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”
Sabine Moritz: “Everybody has an August, everybody has a midnight”
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AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?
AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?
AI is catching up with artists. So, are we really irreplaceable?
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Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patience
Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patience
Anthony Cudahy’s lessons in perseverance and saintly patience
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Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian London
Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian London
Richard Prince’s hall of smoke and mirrors at Gagosian London
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Perron-Roettinger thinks outside the box
Perron-Roettinger thinks outside the box
Perron-Roettinger thinks outside the box
