Opinion

Janelle Zara finds denial and disillusionment during a wild week in Miami
Features Opinion Reviews – Writer: Janelle Zara – Reading time 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
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 – Reading time 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
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…
Features Opinion Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 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
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 – Reading time 6 min read

Braving Oxford Street for Frank Auerbach

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 – Words: Georgia O'Grief – Reading time 4 min read

Dear Plaster, Nobody understands my exhibition text!

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 – Reading time 13 min read

Art is full of liars

Art is full of liars

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith
Georgia O'Grief, Plaster's resident agony aunt is here to solve your shit
Features Opinion – Words: Georgia O'Grief – Reading time 4 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
It's 21st century, baby. This is Ai-Da, the first artist robot (apparently)
Opinion – Words: Jacob Wilson – Reading time 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
Olivia Allen embraces her Bourgeois Art Woman era in Turin for Artissima art fair
Features Opinion – Words: Olivia Allen – Reading time 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
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 – Reading time 13 min read

The Midwest ain’t mid

The Midwest ain’t mid

Words: Jacob Wilson
"The most successful artist you’ve never heard of"
Features Opinion – Words: Phin Jennings – Reading time 13 min read

In search of Thomas Kinkade

In search of Thomas Kinkade

Words: Phin Jennings
Are you a Disgruntled Fairgoer? Our Basel connoisseur has your back
Features Opinion – Words: Basel Brush – Reading time 12 min read

Art Basel Paris: a practical guide for the disgruntled fairgoer

Art Basel Paris: a practical guide for the disgruntled fairgoer

Words: Basel Brush
“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”
Opinion – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 9 min read

“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”

“In the end, all we’ll amount to is a sack of bloody slop”

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

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