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Interview: Inside the Canvas with Liora Vance, Pigment Traceur
Setting: A quiet upstairs room of Pimlico Wilde’s Mayfair gallery. A reproduction of J.M.W. Turner’s...
Zarvox Rises: Artist’s Quest for Global Linguistic Domination Hits Cinemas
By the time Damien Holt greets me in his East London studio, he’s already speaking...
Artist Invents New Global Language; World Responds with Polite Yawning
London artist-turned-self-appointed-linguistic-revolutionary, Damien Holt, has unveiled Zarvox, a language he claims will “unite humanity” and...
A Day in the Life Of: Seraphine Duval, Collector of Nocturnes
In the 7th arrondissement of Paris lives a woman who collects the night. Seraphine Duval...
Canvas Vaults: The Fine Art Parkour Movement
A leap across a yawning chasm of negative space. A roll through a splash of...
Behind the Canvas: Gur Wallop, Zammi, and the Making of Vegan Lions
When contemporary artist Gur Wallop was hospitalized after an incident with Zammi, one of the...
Gig Review: Vincent and the Van Goghs Bring Down the House—Inside the Natural History Museum
If you thought Vincent and the Van Goghs had peaked with their rooftop National Gallery...
Artist Gur Wallop Released From Hospital, Plans to Apologize to Lion
Contemporary artist Gur Wallop has been released from hospital following an incident in which he...
Reflections on Last Night’s Gathering of the Fitzrovia Dining Society
A Personal Account by an Esteemed Member I arrived at last night’s meeting of the...