Exhibition Openings
| Salford | John-Paul Brown, Sophy King The Lowry opens Sat 31 Jan |
| London | Aki Sasamoto Studio Voltaire opens Wed 4 Feb |
| Liverpool | Can Meeple Escape the Neurophoria? Fact opens Fri 6 Feb | PV 5 Feb |
| London | Laisul Hoque The Nunnery Gallery opens Fri 6 Feb |
| London | Jill Tate Seventeen opens Fri 6 Feb |
| Swansea | Penny Hallas Elysium Gallery opens Fri 6 Feb |
| Barnstaple | Artists North Devon: A Vibrant Community Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon opens Sat 7 Feb |
| Castle Donington | Refresh 26 Tarpey Gallery opens Sat 7 Feb | PV 7 Feb |
| Nottingham | Dala Nasser, Shahana Rajani Nottingham Contemporary opens Sat 7 Feb | PV 6 Feb |
| Wolverhampton | Joy Labinjo Wolverhampton Art Gallery opens Sat 7 Feb |
Recent Podcasts
10-Nov-25
Talk Show on Resonance FM
Mark Prince
Hosted by Matt Hale
Mark prince argues that in our social media saturated culture, to photograph or film something is becoming a substitute for that same experience.
12-Oct-25
Talk Show on Resonance FM
Chris Clarke, Tosia Leniarska & Virginia Whiles
Hosted by Chris McCormack
Chris Clarke on Austria’s steirischer herbst festival; Tosia Leniarska reports from the Survival Kit festival in Latvia; Virginia Whiles discusses the pairing of Mona Hatoum and Alberto Giacometti’s work at the Barbican.
8-Sep-25
Talk Show on Resonance FM
Lillian Wilkie & Dave Beech
Hosted by Matt Hale
Lillian Wilkie reports on the art scene in Barnsley; Dave Beech explains the lack of discourse around working-class culture in the art world.
Recent Articles
Saidiya Hartman: Minor Music at the End of the World
Vaishna Surjid on a doomsday performance that nevertheless suggests ways forward
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories
Larne Abse Gogarty discovers a pointed layering of references in the American painter’s retrospective
Never Again Peace
Chris Clarke encounters an art festival that accepts war is inevitable
From the Back Catalogue
Empire, Extinction and Ecstasy
Izabella Scott claims the US is obsessed yet in denial about the concept of empire
The New Curation
Mark Hutchinson argues that new approaches to curating aestheticise politics
Photography as Work
Stephanie Schwartz questions the utopian potential of digital photography
Artlaw Retrospective
Art Monthly celebrates its 50th anniversary and 500th issue in October 2026. Henry Lydiate marks the magazine’s 50th year by reviewing his Artlaw column since its first publication in 1976. Throughout 2026, one broad subject is explored each month, noting significant events and issues, and commenting on key changes and developments to date.
About Artlaw
Henry Lydiate on the development of Artlaw over the past half century
Michael O’Pray Prize
The Michael O’Pray Prize is a Film and Video Umbrella initiative launched in 2017 in partnership with Art Monthly, supported by University of East London and Arts Council England. The prize seeks new writing on innovation and experimentation in moving-image art. Read the winning texts below.
One must have blind faith in ideology
Ricardo Reverón Blanco on a Cuban filmmaker suppressed both at home and abroad
Opensecret
Emily Morley examines a new mode of distributed filmmaking
Communist Dislocations
Oliver Dixon revisits the work of experimental documentary filmmakers
Edinburgh Art Festival x Art Monthly Writer’s Award
Edinburgh Art Festival x Art Monthly Writer’s Award is an open call opportunity that supports the winner in attending the Festival then writing a text in response to any part of the EAF programme. Read the winner’s text below.
Shifting Perceptions in Edinburgh
Seán Ward discovers Edinburgh’s radical side via the 2024 art festival
Almanac Prize
The Almanac Prize results in a text commissioned by Almanac Projects in collaboration with Art Monthly and the Black Cultural Archives as part of Almanac’s open call Writer in Residence 2022 initiative. Read the winner’s text below.
Rene Matic
Leanne Petersen responds to Rene Matic’s practice in dialogue with Black Cultural Archives’ collection
Found: The Missing Issue
Issue 16 from May 1978
Issue 15 was dated March 1978
Where is the issue from April 1978?
Get the Art Monthly Missing Issue now!
Digital Back Catalogue
Every Art Monthly
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Artist Prints
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