The Edit
If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a nasty surprise if artist Stacey Rozich's latest collection is anything to go by. The American may have eaten something she shouldn't have in creating Within Without Me, her re-examination of folk...
Journal
Spring is finally here! Bar a few random hailstorms and bad footwear decisions, we're all feeling a slight more cheery. Hurrah then for razor clams and spring beets, brightly coloured floral motifs and zesty colour palates. What am I on about you...
The Edit
Many artists merit retrospectives, but few offer such an intimate insight into the subject's creative process as the Gary Baseman exhibition The Door is Always Open. As the welcoming title suggests there's a door open into the workings of this...
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The inspiration for Alex Israel's Self-Portraits series came from the Master of Suspense himself, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, but Israel doesn't keep you waiting in revealing what his work is all about. While Hitchcock turned in profile and became a...
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Light artist Chris Bracey is taking us on a journey through his life with Iʼve Looked Up To Heaven And Been Down To Hell, a new exhibition that showcases the talents of a man who manipulates neon like a snake charmer does a cobra. There will...
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It must be a bit of a strange feeling, going around someone's house inserting art installations, but Danish ceramicist Anders Ruhwald picked the right place for such an apparent intrusion: home-turned-museum Saarinen House, the creation and former...
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We're not sure if Richard Woods' name is a lucky coincidence, an creative inspiration or a mickey-take, and since we're too polite to ask we'll just have to keep wondering, but the Chester-born artist does like the look of wood, although a lot of...
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Sometimes, in the interest of decency, it's wise to err on the side of caution when thinking up puns to express ones erudite wit within a write up - when a show goes by the name of Girl on Girl, it's positively tiptoeing around a room filled with...
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With the memory of recent campus shootings still raw in the psyche of America, any art exhibition that uses guns to deliver its message may well be advised to tread carefully lest it be accused of trivialising the weapons and their potential for...
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Tasmanian art-agitator Tom O'Hern produces work that looks like the eponymous opener of Black Sabbath's eponymous 1970 debut sounds: an ominous, creeping, dark and foreboding introduction to another world. As gleefully frightening as the Birmingham...
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It's a popular criticism of art that it takes itself too seriously – not a charge that can be levelled at illustrator Jack Hudson and set/prop-design magicians Lord Whitney regarding their project Mock 'N' Roll. Inspired by famous album covers...
Journal
Everyone collects something, no matter how menial - and yes, your bottle top collection is menial. But then most collections would seem humble in comparison to London-based photographer Antony Nobilo's stockpile of over 300 (and counting) vintage...
City Notes
Reopened in the centre of Megève, Hotel Saint-Georges returns as a thoughtfully reimagined alpine retreat with a new visual language and razor-sharp focus. Set within a traditional chalet, the five-star hotel has been reimagined by Paris-based...
City Notes
The Zetter Group is set to deepen its connection to the UK capital with the opening of The Zetter Bloomsbury in March 2026, a 68 bedroom hotel housed across six interconnecting Georgian townhouses moments from Russell Square. Sitting directly...
City Notes
TOKKIA is a new addition to Covent Garden, and Europe’s first luxury Korean matcha house. Founded by Sooji Im — who previously introduced London to Korean tea culture with be-oom in Exmouth Market — the project brings a focused look at Korean...
City Notes
Bunkhouse Hotels expands its Houston presence with the opening of Hotel Daphne, a 49 room refuge in the historic Houston Heights. Following the success of the exquisite Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, the Austin-based brand continues its mission...
Dispatches
We don’t often feature residential projects, but for Cielo we're making an exception. Located in the heart of Nagpur, Maharashtra, Sanjay Puri Architects' almighty Cielo rises as a compact, climate-conscious building. Designed on a modest 900...
Dispatches
Creative work and predictable income feel like they're supposed to be opposites. Artists, photographers, designers, writers, musicians built their practices around the work itself, not around revenue systems and operational infrastructure. Then...
Dispatches
This is it. The final call. The door is almost shut on the 2025—2026 edition of the A’ Design Awards & Competition, and if your work is sitting on a hard drive waiting for the right moment, this is that moment. With submissions closing on 28...
Dispatches
Inspiration seldom arrives empty-handed. As ideas clarify, books, samples, tools, notes, and references accumulate, and the pile may begin competing for space and attention. What started as inspirational fuel becomes visual noise—debris in the...