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Oliver Bak’s new works began life in the gloom of a Nordic winter

Interviews – Words: Phin Jennings – Reading time 7 min read

Oliver Bak on paintings that grow in the dark

Oliver Bak on paintings that grow in the dark

Words: Phin Jennings

Oliver Bak on paintings that grow in the dark

Lorena Lohr talks cowboys, tombstone portraits and the ineffable pull of the road in her latest series

Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – Reading time 8 min read

Lorena Lohr and the motel myth

Lorena Lohr and the motel myth

Words: Izzy Bilkus

Lorena Lohr and the motel myth
A painting by William S. Burroughs A painting by William S. Burroughs

Billy Parker heads to October Gallery to review the show

Features Opinion – Words: Billy Parker – Reading time 7 min read

William S. Burroughs: an analysis of destruction

William S. Burroughs: an analysis of destruction

Words: Billy Parker

William S. Burroughs: an analysis of destruction

Milo Astaire meets the iconic painter Rose Wylie at her studio

Interviews – Words: Milo Astaire – Photography: Finn Constantine – Reading time 9 min read

Rose Wylie: “I love a way out. You rarely have a way out with painting”

Rose Wylie: “I love a way out. You rarely have a way out with painting”

Words: Milo Astaire

Photography: Finn Constantine

Rose Wylie: “I love a way out. You rarely have a way out with painting”

For 40 years, the painter has been calling the shots and flipping the script

Interviews – Words: Phin Jennings – Reading time 10 min read

Tim Stoner: “I knew I was fucked but my answer was to paint”

Tim Stoner: “I knew I was fucked but my answer was to paint”

Words: Phin Jennings

Tim Stoner: “I knew I was fucked but my answer was to paint”

#thirsttrap art is a steamy new micro-movement that has been plaguing Billy Parker’s Insta algorithm. So what exactly is it?

Features Opinion – Words: Billy Parker – Reading time 12 min read

The rise of #hotboybadart

The rise of #hotboybadart

Words: Billy Parker

The rise of #hotboybadart

William Hine is hosting painter Nahem Shoa's biggest London show in 20 years

Features Opinion – Words: Will Hine – Reading time 13 min read

Nahem Shoa’s London homecoming

Nahem Shoa’s London homecoming

Words: Will Hine

Nahem Shoa’s London homecoming

‘Skull Fuck’ was a title too controversial for the Grateful Dead, but not for Matthias Groebel

Reviews – Words: Freddie Foulkes – Reading time 5 min read

‘Skull Fuck’: Matthias Groebel’s mysterious painting machine

‘Skull Fuck’: Matthias Groebel’s mysterious painting machine

Words: Freddie Foulkes

‘Skull Fuck’: Matthias Groebel’s mysterious painting machine

Danish painter Tomas Leth dives headfirst into the wild nature of experience, where nothing stays solid for long

Interviews – Words: Pieter-Jan de Paepe – Reading time 7 min read

The disturbing malleability of life, according to Tomas Leth

The disturbing malleability of life, according to Tomas Leth

Words: Pieter-Jan de Paepe

The disturbing malleability of life, according to Tomas Leth

In the painted world of Dominique Fung, not all is as it seems

Interviews – Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith – Reading time 10 min read

Dominique Fung’s surreal blend of opulence and objectification

Dominique Fung’s surreal blend of opulence and objectification

Words: Harriet Lloyd-Smith

Dominique Fung’s surreal blend of opulence and objectification

What's the difference between artistic appreciation and sexual arousal?

Opinion Reviews – Words: Millie Walton – Reading time 9 min read

Does this make you horny?

Does this make you horny?

Words: Millie Walton

Does this make you horny?

Emma Prempeh's paintings are troves of nostalgia, identity and matriarchal strength

Interviews – Words: Izzy Bilkus – Reading time 11 min read

Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touch

Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touch

Words: Izzy Bilkus

Emma Prempeh wants you to feel what you can’t touch

The 84-year-old artist has been labelled many things: a feminist, a lesbian, a woman artist, Jewish. She says it’s all endless and it’s all true

Interviews – Words: Rose Courteau – Photography: Kiernan Francis – Reading time 9 min read

Joan Snyder hates art openings and hates going out

Joan Snyder hates art openings and hates going out

Words: Rose Courteau

Photography: Kiernan Francis

Joan Snyder hates art openings and hates going out

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