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
Other Online Articles
Acts of Defiance
Ren Scateni on artists who are remaking Scottish histories
Shifting Perceptions in Edinburgh
Seán Ward discovers Edinburgh’s radical side via the 2024 art festival
Rene Matic
Leanne Petersen responds to Rene Matic’s practice in dialogue with Black Cultural Archives’ collection
Virtual Studio Visits
Four London-based artists discuss the rise of the online studio visit
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