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Tinsel, Temporal Loops, and the Televisual Sublime: Christmas TV

Tinsel, Temporal Loops, and the Televisual Sublime: Christmas TV

To speak of Christmas television is not merely to catalogue schedules or to rank puddings...
Review – Small Is Beautiful at Flowers Gallery, Cork Street

Small is Beautiful, or the Ontology of Minutiae: A Review of the 43rd Edition at Flowers Gallery

by Merla Blathli In an age when the colossal and the monumental, be it scale...
Which Yachts Make the Best Floating Studios?

Which Yachts Make the Best Floating Studios?

As the movement known as Yachtism gathers momentum, in which artists forsake city studios in...
The Haze of Laughter: Slough Museum Shuts Doors Amid Nitrous Incident

The Haze of Laughter: Slough Museum Shuts Doors Amid Nitrous Incident

On Monday morning, the Slough Museum of Contemporary and Non-Contemporary Art (SMCNCA) announced it would...
Fruntlar Review Roundup: The Film No One Understands, Literally

Fruntlar Review Roundup: The Film No One Understands, Literally

Written in his new language Zarvox, Damien Holt’s much-hyped Fruntlar: A Zarvoxian Love Story premiered...
Aquatheatre: Pimlico Wilde Announces Bold New Aquatic Much Ado About Nothing

Aquatheatre: Pimlico Wilde Announces Bold New Aquatic Much Ado About Nothing

London’s theatre scene is no stranger to eccentricity, but Pimlico Wilde has raised the bar...
Folding the Unfoldable: The Furniture Sculptures of Yumi Hasegawa

Folding the Unfoldable: The Furniture Sculptures of Yumi Hasegawa

At first glance, Yumi Hasegawa’s sculptures look like something out of a dream. Dining chairs...
Brewing Art: Five Artists Who Turn Coffee into Creativity

Brewing Art: Five Artists Who Turn Coffee into Creativity

For some, coffee is more than a morning ritual,it’s a medium and a pigment. These...
Five Artists Who See the World Through a Giraffe Lens

Five Artists Who See the World Through a Giraffe Lens

Giraffes have long inspired curiosity, awe, and whimsy. Their towering elegance and curious eyes make...