Dua Lipa to Curate London Literature Festival 2026 at Southbank Centre
30 March 2026 • Mark Westall
Now in its nineteenth year, and the longest-running literature and spoken word festival in the capital
Tag: festivals
Crapumenta ! … Anger in Athens as the blue lambs of Documenta hit town
14 May 2017 • Syndicate
The Greek capital has been invaded by talking frogs, dyed lambs and marble tents. But many locals are furious at the ‘colonial attitudes’ of the German art extravaganza
Desert X: the arid biennial that’s bringing land art to Coachella
28 February 2017 • Mark Westall
The likes of Doug Aitken have decamped to the outskirts of Palm Springs to exhibit large-scale works that challenge the history of the western expansion and appear along the route to a certain music festival
Public house music: Mark Fell on making art in a derelict boozer
28 April 2016 • Syndicate
In the dark days of the 1980s, ravers in Sheffield discovered politics, pirate radio and MDMA. Mark Fell explains why he’s channelling Heidegger for his installation on an infamous Sheffield estate
Glasgow rules the waves
11 April 2016 • Mark Westall
From skateboarding clams and swimsuit performance art to QE3’s maiden voyage, Sarah McCrory’s Glasgow International 2016 festival programme is awash with freewheeling energy, but some big shows sink under their own weight
Garma: art and politics come together for a moving Arnhem Land festival
6 August 2015 • Mark Westall
In the historic clan-gathering place, people of all nations enjoy the bunggul sunset dances, clan stories, bark painting and deep soul music
Bedwyr Williams: why I’m taking a space observatory to Venice
15 April 2013 • Mark Westall
As a child he was mocked for his love of model railways. Now Welsh artist Bedwyr Williams is at the Venice Biennale with his tribute to amateur astronomists. Stuart Jeffries meets a champion of the hobbyist
Artist Opportunity: THE 7th ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE
9 September 2012 • Mark Westall
Since its Venice launch at the beginning of June this year, the 7th Arte Laguna Prize has received an overwhelming… Read More
Will you ring Creed’s bell to mark the start of the Olympics?
26 July 2012 • Mark Westall
Artist Martin Creed has asked us all to ring a bell on the first day of the Olympics. Creed believes in public art of the collective, but what does it really mean if we all ring a bell at once?
The dark arts of Los Angeles
15 September 2011 • Mark Westall
This autumn, galleries and museums across the Californian city will celebrate its historic art scene. Just don’t expect rainbows
New Masters fair should end the classic art Frieze-out
20 May 2011 • Mark Westall
London’s influential fair has decided to open a Frieze Masters edition, featuring art from before 2000. Not a minute too soon
Margate Photofest: 31st July – 1st August
27 July 2010 • Staff
Margate’s first annual photography festival. Promoting the best professional and up and coming contemporary photographers, nationally and from the region…. Read More
