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.
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.
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.