Exhibition Openings
| London | Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley Serpentine Gallery opens Tue 30 Sep |
| London | Jonathan Schofield Vivienne Roberts Projects opens Tue 30 Sep |
| Brighton | Mikael Buck Fabrica opens Wed 1 Oct |
| Southend-on-Sea | Poulomi Basu Focal Point Gallery opens Wed 1 Oct |
| Birmingham | Donald Locke Ikon opens Wed 1 Oct | PV 30 Sep |
| Belfast | Alex Keatinge, Niamh Hannaford Catalyst Arts Gallery opens Thu 2 Oct | PV 2 Oct |
| London | Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien Gasworks opens Thu 2 Oct | PV 1 Oct |
| London | Danny Fox Hannah Barry Gallery opens Thu 2 Oct | PV 1 Oct |
| London | Ugonna Hosten Tiwani Contemporary opens Thu 2 Oct |
| London |
Freelands Painting Prize 2025 Greatorex opens Fri 3 Oct | PV 2 Oct
An offsite exhibition presenting work by nine winning graduates from across the UK, in celebration of the teachers and students keeping art schools alive and thriving. |
Recent Podcasts
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.
14-Jul-25
Talk Show on Resonance FM
Morgan Falconer & Tom Denman
Hosted by Matt Hale
Morgan Falconer asks whether contemporary art is in decline and, if so, why; Tom Denman wonders why there is deafening silence in the art world as the 80th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki looms.
9-Jun-25
Talk Show on Resonance FM
Morgan Quaintance
Hosted by Chris McCormack
Morgan Quaintance analyses the absence of discussion of working-class lives in the arts, and the cultural influence of the middle class in how such lives are understood.
Recent Articles
Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell: Direct Action
Nicholas Gamso finds inherent tensions in this attempt to document radical activism
Letter from Amman
In Jordan Mark Sheerin encounters softly spoken artworks that nevertheless burn with urgency
Nolan Oswald Dennis: throwers
Amrita Dhallu finds the South African artist’s imaginative history of stone throwing has become a foundation for worldmaking
From the Back Catalogue
Art Engagement
Lizzie Lloyd asks whether an artist needs to describe themselves as socially engaged in order to engage socially
Representing Destruction
Matthew Bowman considers the role of archives in recording and representing the destruction of art by artists and by others
Art/Class
Bob Dickinson wonders whether working-class culture can survive in the UK
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.
Not to Scale
Bami Oke examines Garrett Bradley’s embodied video reflection on US culture
The Screen is a Drum
E De Zulueta explores the delirious resistance of Mexican filmmakers Colectivo los ingrávidos
Looking at Palestine
Nevan Spier views Palestine through the films of Mustafa Abu Ali and Elia Suleiman
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
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