The Absence of Polygnotos
Hellenistic art is defined by our academic fetishization of names. The summation of our Grecian canon relies much on the shadowy and, if...
Ride or Die: Skateboarding the National Gallery
From the standpoint of the mirror I discover my absence from the place where I am since I see myself over there. – Michel Foucault, Des...
A Divided History And Its Present: Hong Kong 1967/2017
Confrontation between rioters and the police during the 1967 Riot, 1967, Hong Kong. (Photo: 香港舊照片Old Hong Kong photo) Last year was the...
An Icon Reborn
‘An Icon Reborn’ the words stencilled onto hoarding near Blackwall Station. The Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, East-London, was a...
Cucumbers, Coal and the Curriculum: The Oddities of Local Heritage
Illustration by Anna Seibæk Torp-Pedersen For the better part of my primary education our school trips would, invariably, be to the...
The Art of Destruction: Metzger, Matta-Clark and Bonvicini
In February 2001, the artist Michael Landy gathered together all his belongings, catalogued them and destroyed them. All 7,227 of his...
Returning to the Philippines: Medalla and I
Installation view, David Medalla, A Stitch in Time, 1968 – 2017. Viva Arte Viva, Arsenale, Venice Biennale, 13 May–26 November 2018....