Behind the Scenes with Simon Castets: Rethinking Institutions Across Generations and the Paris Art Scene
Yuval Aluf LUMA Arles... Photo: Adrian Deweerdt. Courtesy of LUMA Arles. Paris Art Basel hums with the usual urgency; collectors move from booth to booth as conversations drift between languages. Stickers are quickly changed from green to red under the glass ceiling of the Grand Palais Éphémère. Amid the commotion, I meet Simon Castets in a quiet café nearby, where the pace finally slows enough for reflection. After nearly a decade running New York’s Swiss Institute, Castets
Behind the scenes with Pay Matthis Karsten : Breaking the Frame: Risk, Purpose and Berlin’s Art Scene
Yuval Aluf Photo: Galerie Judin, Berlin Most university students don’t really know what they want to do after graduation. Pay...
Sigmund Fraud Will See You Now
Alexandra Patterson Image courtesy of Sigmund Fraud In a fake bookshop in Bangkok, an anti-therapist invites you to confess your 21 st...
Meet the director and head curator of the East Wing Biennial - Video
Tien Albert The East Wing Biennial is the bi-annual student exhibition at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The Courtauldian interviewed...
'The first thing you see is a large phallus' - 'Abstract Erotic' curators at The Courtauld - video
By Tien Albert In the 60s, many celebrated the female nude as an expression of sexual liberation. However, some women artists like Louise...
TikTok Displays and West Bank funding: Elliott Roy's 'real art' at the ICA - video
By Tien Albert This short documentary tells the story of how Elliott Roy, a fine artist, chose to ditch his paintbrush for an iPhone at...
How social media made an accidental performance artist: Gethyn Davies interview
Words by Tien Albert Photos courtesy of Gethyn Davies Gethyn Davies has been a painter his entire life, graduating in 1976 from the...
What Exactly is Bad Taste?
Written by Marie Greindl Slim Aarons, Seafood Smorgasbord , A buffet of Seafood at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. Easy to dismiss, harder...
The Jester of Performance: A Conversation with Caz Egelie
Caz Egelie is featured in Open Space’s exhibition Forum: Bread and Games at the Ugly Duck in Bermondsey. The Dutch artist transcends the...
An Interview with Nikita Pozdnyakov, Contemporary Artist
"Omsk is a dark place" This interview was conducted in collaboration with Ryba Art. Nikita's work will be shown at the Fitzrovia Gallery ...