A group of people standing outside in a ring, stock-still, eyes closed, in a trance-like state? I’d usually run a mile. But wait a second – these are not the followers of a dubious new cult but regular members of the public. They are stood around the only object in…
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Anyone hooked by television thrillers Forbrydelsen and The Bridge will know already what an eerie and unsettling backdrop rural Scandinavia can provide. Extract the scenery from the drama, isolate the overriding sense of uneasy trepidation it initiates and distil this into concentrated form, and you have the films of John…
It’s that time of year again, when the annual showcase of ‘hot young things’ in the art world returns to London’s ICA. The Bloomberg New Contemporaries show presents the best work from up-and-coming talent across a variety of mediums and since 1949, has been one of the major open-submission exhibitions…
If I were to say to you ‘the Middle East’ – many associations may come to mind but chances are contemporary art would not be one of them. A major exhibition at the V&A is attempting to redress the underrepresentation of photography in the region (in both our minds and…
You thought that summer was over, that hedonistic, festival-style recipe of vibrant colour, costumes and junk food had been shelved until 2013 – and that you wouldn’t be dancing with a dinosaur in a shiny onesie for a few months at least. Right? Wrong. Sparkly Brooklyn import Reed + Rader…
If ever there was an organisation that had its proverbial finger firmly on the pulse of cutting edge contemporary art forms, it is commissioning body Artangel. This month, the team that brought us Roger Hiorns’ sparkling azure ex-council flat grotto and Rachel Whiteread’s full-size casting of her own House have…