Recent Articles

Never Again Peace

Chris Clarke encounters an art festival that accepts war is inevitable

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

From the Back Catalogue

Photography as Work

Stephanie Schwartz questions the utopian potential of digital photography

We Are the Robots

Aoife Rosenmeyer asks how should we coexist with robots and intelligent machines

Art Engagement

Lizzie Lloyd asks whether an artist needs to describe themselves as socially engaged in order to engage socially

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.