Matthew Collings “By the way, I don’t think of myself as a major art critic at all.”
Matthew Collings has been an inspiration to me for many years and this interview has been a fantastic opportunity to cover his successful career in the arts.
INTERVIEWS
Find all the interviews we have carried out over the last 10+ years. We have interviewed artists both well known and up and coming famous and soon to be famous.
Tom Howse Interview – “If my only goal was to paint happy cats and pretty plants, I would have achieved that goal years ago”
London based artist Tom Howse recently sat down with art historian, writer and curator Hector Campbell to discuss his interest in prehistoric plant species, his life-sized paintings, his affinity for folk art and outsider art, and his current solo exhibition ‘Moonwort Gorge Replica’ at Lychee One
Ken Taylor “If a flag can reveal the wind, I like to think a painting can reveal the soul.”
We caught up with Los Angeles-based artist Ken Taylor at the close of his latest exhibition Mountains and Roses, the… Read More
Jin Angodoo ‘To me, painting on walls is all freedom and no pressure. ‘
Jin Angdoo is part of the Group show Allez la France which has just opened at Saatchi Yates we managed… Read More
The Upcoming: Amy Beager
Artist Amy Beager spoke to Lee Sharrock about her career to date, the ‘Cassandra Syndrome’, her inspirations ranging from classical… Read More
Gretchen Andrew: ‘ I’m at a moment of particular convergence where my work has snapped into a personal and conceptual place, where everything seems to make sense, including the dead-ends and burned bridges.’
The relationship between Gretchen and Google is like a modern-day David & Goliath. In kung-fu fashion, Gretchen observes how Google’s… Read More
Mathieu Julien: ‘My challenge was to keep the same methodology on a canvas as on a wall, to preserve the energy, emergency, qualities, and even mistakes of my graffiti.’
Mathieu Julien is part of the Group show Allez la France which has just opened at Saatchi Yates we managed… Read More
Hams Klemens – ‘the paintings truly exist and so do the gallery owners’
Hams Klemens is part of the Group show Allez la France which just opened at Saatchi Yates we managed to… Read More
Tighe-Mearns-Smith: Leaders of redemptionism – “Revolutionary new world artists”
Its always been a thing of London that the really cool stuff bubbles up on the outskirts in the suburbs away from the prying eyes & the clutches of the vampiresque cultural elite
Ben Elliot: The Artist Is Online, My Little Friend, $BENELLIOT, NFTs, Perfect Paintings & more…
We caught up with the artist Ben Elliot during The Artist Is Online: Painting & Sculpture In The Post Digital Age
A group show presented by König Gallery in Decentraland, to talk about the show his art practice and the future.
An Rong Director of Art and Cultural Program at SuperRare.
We managed to catch a virtual chat (aren’t they all nowadays) with one of the most important players in the digital /NFT world An Rong Director of Art & Cultural program at SuperRare ahead of their exhibition Invisible Cities which opens today April 2nd on SuperRare, Decentraland and Hook Art.
From Fyre disaster to Flipkick NFT joy?
FAD met with the founding artists of physical NFT marketplace www.Flipkick.io – Ja Rule, Ben Katz, Lady Jday and Studio Dan.
WEBB talks about the intersection of video games & art, the digital identity + the potential of creating new worlds online.
In the first of this new FAD series of interviews with digital talent in the crypto-art space, MOOGZ aka Matthew O’Donnell talks to artist WEBB, aka Thomas Webb about the intersection of video games and art, the digital identity, and the potential of creating new worlds online.
The Upcoming: Devon DeJardin
Lee Sharrock connected with self-taught Los-Angeles-based artist Devon DeJardin in advance of his upcoming solo show with DENK Gallery in… Read More
ARKET Artist Edition by Nina Chakrabarti
This spring season, ARKET introduces a new chapter in the Artist Edition series, this time in collaboration with illustrator and… Read More
John Robb is an English music journalist and lead singer of the Membranes.
John Robb is an English music journalist and lead singer of the Membranes. Robb also writes for and runs Louder… Read More
The Upcoming: Celine Ali
In a week that kicked off with International Women’s Day celebrating women all around the world, Lee Sharrock talks to upcoming artist and interior designer Celine Ali
Masha Keryan’s works are concentrated punches of colour that hit you with a real force.
Masha Keryan’s works are concentrated punches of colour that hit you with a real force. Keryan’s understanding of colour is… Read More
The Upcoming: Travion Payne
In the first of this new FAD series of interviews with upcoming talent, Lee Sharrock talks to 27 year old artist Travion Payne about his love of Caravaggio, redressing the cultural imbalance in art by putting black people in the forefront, and the power of Instagram in gaining exposure for unsigned artists.
Matty Small
I came across Matt’s work many years ago when he had a solo show in Leonard Street, in Shoreditch. I… Read More
Romina De Novellis paves the way for a new, more inclusive feminism
This week I interviewed the performance artist Romina De Novellis about her exhibition at Alberta Pane Gallery, Paris which closed… Read More
Remi Rough talks art, music, fantasy projects plus his latest creative partnership
Having kicked off with D*Face and Bradley Theodore Haig Club continues its collaborative releases by uniting with global artist and FAD friend Remi Rough for its latest partnership.
Silvia Sasso – beauty, food, and the naked body
Today I interviewed Silvia Sasso, an Italian photographer based in Rome. Sasso will soon present a solo-show at Fondamenta Gallery… Read More