In her treatise on UK drill, the underground musical sub-genre that is believed to have originated in the neighborhoods and council estates of South London (specifically Brixton) in the early-to-mid 2010s, writer and artist Ad猫le Oliver pinpoints the cause of its vilification.
Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic, picks his top 5 art exhibitions to see in London in mid 鈥 April. Check out last week鈥檚 top 5 if you鈥檙e after more shows to visit.
In a room stinking of industrial bleach and cooled to the temperature of a morgue, the artist explores pop culture鈥檚 voracious appetite for violence 鈥 by trapping the viewer in front of 101 hours of drill videos.
To take stock of the past year, Artforum asked an international group of artists to select a single exhibition or event that most memorably caught their attention in 2023.
This year鈥檚 edition of London Gallery Weekend suggested something that initially surprised me: that the joy of seeing multiple shows in one weekend can be less in new discoveries than in meaningful re-encounters.
Jamaican musician and artist Lee 'Scratch' Perry's untimely passing in August 2021 left an unrivalled legacy in the world of dub and reggae music鈥攏ot to mention an unrealised show at Cabinet Gallery in South London.
The ellipsis suggests dilation, a space for curtailed retrospection or future elaboration, a surfeit of meaning to be uttered or a disintegration of speech altogether.
For its 50th anniversary edition, Art Basel, the world鈥檚 largest art fair, has revealed the 288 galleries that will participate in its upcoming edition in Switzerland, slated to run from June 18 to June 21.