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Amalia Ulman interviewed by Dora Densham Bond in New York Amalia Ulman interviewed by Dora Densham Bond in New York

Plaster joined the artist and filmmaker for an afternoon travelling across new New York City

Interviews Watch – Interview Dora Densham Bond – Reading time 2 min read

Watch: An afternoon in New York with Amalia Ulman

Watch: An afternoon in New York with Amalia Ulman

Interview Dora Densham Bond

Watch: An afternoon in New York with Amalia Ulman

Bruce LaBruce's London premiere for his new film doubled as a sex party and club night

Features Reviews – Words: Bailey Slater – Reading time 10 min read

Bruce LaBruce wants to bring fucking back to theatres: “We’re all cruising tonight”

Bruce LaBruce wants to bring fucking back to theatres: “We’re all cruising tonight”

Words: Bailey Slater

Bruce LaBruce wants to bring fucking back to theatres: “We’re all cruising tonight”

We sent multi-disciplinary artist and all-round icon Jenkin Van Zyl to Madame Tussauds

Interviews – Words and photography: Dora Densham Bond – Reading time 8 min read

Jenkin van Zyl in Madame Tussauds: “That was a lot, I need a vape”

Jenkin van Zyl in Madame Tussauds: “That was a lot, I need a vape”

Words and photography: Dora Densham Bond

Jenkin van Zyl in Madame Tussauds: “That was a lot, I need a vape”

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

Features 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

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

Kyle MacNeill explores why the flying rats are taking over the art and fashion industries

Opinion – Words: Kyle MacNeill – Reading time 9 min read

How pigeons clawed back their cultural cachet

How pigeons clawed back their cultural cachet

Words: Kyle MacNeill

How pigeons clawed back their cultural cachet

Abel Ferrara talks blood-dripping crucifixes, black-and-white cinema and the “forever” of da Vinci

Interviews – Words: Livia Magyar – Reading time 9 min read

Abel Ferrara: “It’s a constant battle against mediocrity”

Abel Ferrara: “It’s a constant battle against mediocrity”

Words: Livia Magyar

Abel Ferrara: “It’s a constant battle against mediocrity”

Do artists make the best horror film villains?

Features Opinion – Words: Oskar Oprey – Reading time 9 min read

“I make art until someone dies”: In defence of on-screen art villains

“I make art until someone dies”: In defence of on-screen art villains

Words: Oskar Oprey

“I make art until someone dies”: In defence of on-screen art villains
Drawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin Westover Drawing Restraint 27, 2024 © Matthew Barney Photo : Justin Westover

Matthew Barney’s ghostly stadium dissects the brutality of American Football and our insatiable appetite for trauma

Features Reviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 8 min read

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Matthew Barney: an anatomy of sports violence

We look at how art has been represented, and misrepresented, in the Romance genre

Features Opinion – Words: Isabel Walter – Reading time 7 min read

Art on film: is romance dead?

Art on film: is romance dead?

Words: Isabel Walter

Art on film: is romance dead?

Nan Goldin’s guttural ode to rebellious girls and chosen family arrives in London

Reviews – Words: Eloise Hendy – Reading time 9 min read

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Words: Eloise Hendy

Are “frenzied women” born or made? Eloise Hendy on Nan Goldin

Three writers and 36 hours later, we bring you a 360 review of Harmony Korine’s latest film, and paintings and unpack the myth behind the cult maestro 

Reviews – Words: Jacob Wilson – Finn Constantine – James Jessiman – Reading time 12 min read

36 hours of Harmony Korine

36 hours of Harmony Korine

Words: Jacob Wilson

Finn Constantine

James Jessiman

36 hours of Harmony Korine

Ahead of his Venice Biennale moment, filmmaker John Akomfrah speaks to Harriet Lloyd-Smith. This interview appears in the limited-edition Venice special issue of Plaster – buy now

Features Interviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 15 min read

John Akomfrah in Venice: a long time coming

John Akomfrah in Venice: a long time coming

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

John Akomfrah in Venice: a long time coming

Osman Can Yerebakan reviews Arthur Jafa’s concurrent New York shows, which recast Taxi Driver and envelop visitors in a black mirror of images

Reviews – Words: Osman Can Yerebakan – Reading time 8 min read

Arthur Jafa retells New York film history

Arthur Jafa retells New York film history

Words: Osman Can Yerebakan

Arthur Jafa retells New York film history

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