Recent Articles

Bow Gamelan Ensemble: Great Noises that Fill the Air

Morgan Quaintance enjoys the artist sound collective as an enthralling reminder of the experimental alternative to cultural conservatism

Letter from Kampala

George Vasey reports on the Ugandan capital’s energetic but under-resourced art scene

Letter from Korea: One Step at a Time

Chris McCormack reports on the Gwangju and Busan biennales at a tentatively hopeful time in Korean politics

Private Museums

Aoife Rosenmeyer on the current boom in private art institutions

Oberhausen: Leaving the Cinema

Adam Pugh uses the 64th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival to show that cinema is essential today, it being one of the few remaining social structures to enable public assembly

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12-Nov-18

Talk Show on Resonance FM

Alex Fletcher, George Vasey & Maria Walsh

Presented by Matt Hale

Alex Fletcher, George Vasey & Maria Walsh discuss the 12th edition of Manifesta, the roving European biennale, in Palermo, Sicily; the current art scene in Kampala, Uganda; and the work of video artist Lucy Beech.

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8-Oct-18

Talk Show on Resonance FM

Amy Budd, Sara Jaspan & Tom Snow

Presented by Chris McCormack

Amy Budd, Sara Jaspan & Tom Snow discuss the art scene in Rotterdam, the ICA workshop ‘On Cripping’ and Chad Elias’s book on contemporary art in post-civil war Lebanon.

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From the Back Catalogue

Art & Oil

Colin Perry on the greasing of the art industry

The Contract

Seth Siegelaub interviewed by John Slyce Part 2

Art, Lies and Performance

Anna Dezeuze reports on what is still a surprisingly little-known art form

The Ends of the Museum

Brandon Taylor muses on the museum of the future

Foreign Bodies

Francis Frascina on Brexit, the body and the workings of the state

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Found: The Missing Issue

Issue 16 from May 1978

Issue 15 was dated March 1978

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Michael O’Pray Prize

The Michael O’Pray Prize is a Film and Video Umbrella initiative launched in 2017 in partnership with Art Monthly which seeks new writing on innovation and experimentation in moving-image art. Read the winning texts below.

2018 Winner

Adam Hines-Green Bank – Basement – Becker

2017 Winners

Lauren Houlton Heat Sensitive?

Dan Ward A Long Shot

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