Tag Archives: Art

Are we too nostalgic for the past? Why do the deaths of celebrities, even those who were the voices of generations long before our own, provoke such public exhibitions of mourning? In all art, we recycle and borrow from the ...

I am a fully-grown adult and I am a geek. Despite actually having money to spend on useless merchandise, I find myself cursing the products that are available – they are all designed for children. Ever so slowly, we’re seeing ...

I recently found myself in a heated argument with a friend about an author’s intentions and whether readers should respect them in always reading the book in the way it was intended to be read: from start to finish. The ...

The alcoves of Southwark hold a nice little gem, The Underdog Art Gallery, which is presently hosting DWAM, a solo show by London-based Sardinian artist Gianluca Pisano. The gallery sells this as a display of paintings that “acknowledge the ‘old ...

On Tuesday, Radio 1 DJ, TV personality, and model Jameela Jamil wrote an open letter to Eminem. She is sick of his ‘misery’ music and his negative attitudes towards women, among other things. Immediately she received an onslaught of attacks from ...

Perhaps there is something in the air during the month of August. On August 4th, 2011, Mark Duggan was shot dead by London police, becoming the main inciting incident for the riots that began on August 6th. On August 9th, ...

Recently, Leena McCall’s Portrait of Ms Ruby May, Standing was removed from the Mall Galleries after being deemed ‘disgusting’ and pornographic’. It’s certainly not the first time an artistic work has been removed from the public eye for similar reasons ...

Every now and then I go flicking through my music collection and listen to something I’ve not listened to in a while. One of the most common artists to get revisited is Eminem. I love him. Always have. I can ...