Fancy a bit of wordplay? A major retrospective of works by US artist Mel Bochner is being hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery this month. Recognised as one of the founding figures of conceptual art, the exhibition traces nearly 50 years of his work from the 1960s up until 2011. Throughout…
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October 2012
Visiting an ex-local authority building on a Saturday evening was not the place I imagined I’d taste my first 20 year old vintage Chardonnay – but if you are one of the 200 guests to be attending the limited edition Waldorf Project this week, then actually, it will be. I…
You may have heard of a performance artist named Leigh Bowery – an iconic figure during the 1980s who blended art, performance, fashion and cross-dressing. But, you may not have heard of his partner in crime, Trojan: a figure too quickly forgotten in the annals of art history. Trojan was…
You may have noticed the wealth of art events currently on offer this autumn. Internationally relevant events are popping up everywhere, creating an artistic pile up somewhere around Warren Street. While the rest of the madding crowd are taking in the mainstream fodder, hows about checking out a contemporary alternative…
How do you stage one of the greatest films of all time? Spoof it, of course. That seems to work for Gilded Balloon, in their comedic production of Casablanca. A three-strong cast take up the iconic roles of Rick Blaine, Ilsa Lund and Victor Laszlo, in a faithful retelling of…
Since Asha Zero’s solo debut in 2008, this ‘former teenage skatepunk’ from South Africa has caught the attention of art collectors worldwide with his distinct works on contemporary urban culture. Zero’s style – which at first glance appears very similar to collages of the modernist and Dadaist traditions – is…