We talk to Arcmanoro Niles as he opens his first UK show.
7 December 2022 • Mark Westall
We managed to catch some time with Arcmanoro Niles ahead of his first exhibition in the UK to ask a few questions about the show and his practice.
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.
Meet Artist Raffael Bader, fresh off his debut London Solo Exhibition with BWG Gallery
6 December 2022 • Bella Bonner-Evans
There is something ineffable about the power of Raffael Bader’s paintings. Through a very sensitive use of form and colour, that conjures an idea of place while remaining distant and irreducible, Bader is able to capture and translate a fleeting feeling –
Johnny Straker tells us about Strike Art
2 December 2022 • Mark Westall
Following in the footsteps of art platforms such as Avant Arte, Strike Art was also born from a love of sharing art through Instagram – now with over 400k+ followers.
Artist Eleanor Wang on Memory, Storytelling, Imminent Motherhood and her Recent Exhibition with MAMA
30 November 2022 • Bella Bonner-Evans
There has never been a better time for artist Eleanor Wang to reflect on her practice to date, one loaded with familial relations, negotiations of cultural heritage, personal storytelling and monumentalised memories of incidents that could otherwise be forgotten.
AAF Singapore helps the city state climb away from COVID.
15 November 2022 • Mark Westall
FAD managed to grab some time with Alan Koh Fair Director Affordable Art Fair (AAF) Singapore.
After a three-year hiatus, the 15th edition of AAF Singapore returns to the city-state thisweek from 18th–20th November at the F1 Pit Building.
Ginny on Frederick a little bit of New York in Farringdon.
14 November 2022 • Mark Westall
We caught up with Freddie Powell who runs Ginny on Frederick a gallery in a sandwich bar that didn’t make it through lock down – it’s Freddie’s little bit of New York in Farringdon – its one of a handful of spaces run by a new young group of young gallerists that are making their older more established galleries sweat …
Nokukhanya Langa talks to Mark Westall about her debut exhibition at Saatchi Yates
25 October 2022 • Mark Westall
Nokukhanya Langa’s debut exhibition delves into the world of modern media and internet culture while breaking the rules of traditional… Read More
Holly Hendry talks to Phillip Edward Spradley.
17 October 2022 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Holly Hendry is stimulated by the inner workings of systems, such as our human biology, instruments used in general medicine, architectural… Read More
Check out the new gallery showing all female artists run by women.
5 October 2022 • Mark Westall
Tart Gallery London is a new gallery in London committed to supporting female artists and their artwork.
Multi-disciplinary designer Yasmin Lennon-Chong tells us about Atelier100
29 September 2022 • Mark Westall
Yasmin Lennon-Chong tells us about Atelier100 an entirely new concept, driven by a collective of creatives, makers, manufacturers and design… Read More
AYAYI talks to Mark Westall about exhibitions at the West Bund Museum.
27 September 2022 • Mark Westall
One of the things I love about working at FAD magazine is the variety of people you get to meet… Read More
Multidisciplinary Artist Emmely Elgersma tells us about Atelier100
20 September 2022 • Mark Westall
Atelier100 is an entirely new concept, driven by a collective of creatives, makers, manufacturers and design industry experts. Established to… Read More
Multidisciplinary Artist + Designer Clara Chu tells us about Atelier100
12 September 2022 • Mark Westall
Atelier100 is an entirely new concept, driven by a collective of creatives, makers, manufacturers and design industry experts.
Swoon talks to Phillip Edward Spradely.
2 September 2022 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Brooklyn-based artist Caledonia ‘Callie’ Curry, famously known as Swoon, is one of the most well-known female Street Artists in the… Read More
Richie Culver teams up with 4BYSIX C.I.C.for exhibition to raise money for homeless and underprivileged people.
30 August 2022 • Mark Westall
British artist Richie Culver has teamed up with charitable organisation 4BYSIX C.I.C. for an exhibition curated by gallerist Matt Chung with the aim of raising money for homeless and underprivileged people, an issue close to Culver, who experienced homelessness in 2013.
Questioning the Future of Digital Art with Maxim Zhestkov, the Artist behind W1 Curates and FLANNELS newest Immersive Exhibition
30 August 2022 • Bella Bonner-Evans
In the heart of central London, W1 Curates and FLANNELS have partnered to host an exhibition series championing the world’s most exciting and innovative digital artists. The program currently features an immersive and startlingly beautiful exterior and interior installation titled WAVES by Maxim Zhestkov.
Tunde Olaniran talks to Mark Westall about their new film & exhibition Made a Universe.
18 August 2022 • Mark Westall
I managed to catch some time with Tunde Olaniran (despite them having a bout of covid) in the world of Zoom to talk about the background to Made a Universe the film itself, the exhibition and plans for the future.
KO Art & Antiques presents From Appearance to Exposure featuring four emerging contemporary artists.
1 August 2022 • Mark Westall
KO Art & Antiques recently opened the group exhibition From Appearance to Exposure featuring emerging contemporary artists Sina Sophia Schmidt,… Read More
Outsider Artist turned International Sensation Kristof Santy talks to Bella Bonner-Evans
23 July 2022 • Bella Bonner-Evans
Kristof Santy’s sudden transition from relative obscurity to art world fame is increasingly rare. It isn’t often that an unknown… Read More
Stephanie H. Shih talks to Phillip Edward Spradley
22 July 2022 • Phillip Edward Spradley
Taiwanese-American artist Stephane H. Shih uses foods and beverage staples from households in the East and West to explore the diasporic nostalgia and material lineages of migration and colonization. Her work creates a statement about consumerism and its culture of abundance as well as calling attention to the influence that cultures can have on each other.
Kostya Benkovich
11 July 2022 • Mark Westall
We managed to catch up with the artist Kostya Benkovich who is one of the twelve artists taking part in the KCAW Public Art Trail.
David Böhm and Jiri Franta
8 July 2022 • Mark Westall
We managed to catch up with David Böhm and Jiri Franta who have produced for KCAW Public Art Trail an outdoor large-scale photo series of imaginary city models reflecting on the meaning of borders, neighbourhood, and how indivisible the current world is.
Shireen Ikramullah visits the studio of artist Santiago Pani.
7 July 2022 • Shireen Ikramullah
Santiago Pani’s creative process is meteoric, most of it has to do a lot with the idea and theory of the game, where there is a multitude of rules, yet luck and/or disarray have a big role to play.
10 Questions with artist Rafaela de Ascanio
5 July 2022 • Bella Bonner-Evans
Rafaela de Ascanio’s work feels as if it is from another world. Her practice spans sculpture, painting and installation, forming an interdisciplinary mythos of its own.
