Paulo Nimer Pjota’s whimsical paintings are a complicated paradise dream
5 May 2026 • Kate McIlwee
Paulo Nimer Pjota’s Encantados is an immersive world of folklore, surreal beauty and quiet darkness — where enchantment and unease sit side by side.
Author: Kate McIlwee
Kate McIlwee is a London-based writer and painter. With a background in art and technology, she explores art, culture, and identity - focusing on emerging communities and the digital climate reshaping what it means to be an artist today.
Konrad Mägi Finally Arrives In London With First Major UK Exhibition
25 March 2026 • Kate McIlwee
As you walk through Mägi’s first major exhibition here, you find yourself rooting for him as he finds his place within Modernism
Areen Hassan and Tatreez Collective: A Gathering of Palestinian Voices Through Embroidery
6 March 2026 • Kate McIlwee
Walking into Gathering is like being welcomed into someone’s home. Staffordshire St, a church-turned-project-space in Peckham, greets you with the… Read More
Brussels’ Art Museum Kanal-Centre Pompidou Announces Opening Programme
24 February 2026 • Kate McIlwee
The €230m redevelopment project, referred to as Europe’s largest museum development, is housed in the transformed 40,000 sqm Citroën factory
Excessive Refinement with Camille Provost
16 February 2026 • Kate McIlwee
In this interview, I join Provost to look over the ledge and discuss her creative process, love for materials, and what being an excessive refiner means to her.
Holding the Doomscroll Still with Mattia Guarnera
31 January 2026 • Kate McIlwee
Guarnera looks towards Black masculinity within digital fragments: YouTube replays, WorldStar moments, and algorithmic traces of street culture.
Everything but the Kitchen Sink with Max Boyla
19 January 2026 • Kate McIlwee
Later, Max will tell me he sees the sink as a portal, and I feel invited through this threshold again on my way to meet him.
No Rush: The Unseen World of Norman Hyams
29 November 2025 • Kate McIlwee
No Rush is the first posthumous exhibition of Norman Hyams at the Hannah Barry Gallery
From Stillness to Spectacle: Two Exhibitions in Deptford
18 November 2025 • Kate McIlwee
Two neighbouring shows – each offering a different way of experiencing art through meditation and performance.
Hacking the internet for beach parties, rosé and Turner Art prizes – interviewing Gretchen Andrew.
7 April 2020 • Kate McIlwee
Now, more than ever seemed an appropriate time to interview Gretchen Andrew, a search-engine artist who uses the internet as a creative medium and its “positive failures” to manifest her desires and ambitions.
“New-Age Zoo” – Interviewing Koen Vanmechelen
20 August 2019 • Kate McIlwee
On July 6th, Vanmachelen’s most awaited project yet “LABIOMISTA” opened to the public. The “new-age zoo” saw over 4,000 visitors on its first weekend. I was lucky enough to be invited for a sneak peek and a chat with Vanmachelen before its opening.