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16 April 2020 by Mark Westall in FILM

Black White + Gray A Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe

Yale-educated and born with a silver spoon in his mouth, Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively probed in Black White + Gray.

22 May 2019 by Irene Machetti in ART, EXHIBITIONS

Charlap Hyman & Herrero first solo exhibition opens in Venice

ALMA ZEVI Projects presents Charlap Hyman & Herrero’s debut solo show Ouvrez-moi. Organized by Clara Zevi, it takes the spectators into a parallel mindset.

16 December 2018 by Mark Westall in NEWS

Opening in March: MAPPLETHORPE

Releasing in March a new film about Robert Mapplethorpe arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century.

29 November 2018 by Mark Westall in ART, Art Reviews.

Steve McQueen’s Widows: heist movie feels like a strange move for this director – but it isn’t

At first glance, Widows feels like a strange pick for a director like Steve McQueen.

17 August 2018 by Mark Westall in ART

Exclusive UK film premiere of DOUBLEPLAY

DOUBLEPLAY began as a collaborative film by Gil De Ray and Kirsty Allison, shot in New Orleans, where Kirsty chalked up a graffiti poem around Crescent Park which she then recited, and Gil created music as an accompaniment. It creates an echo to the track to his first half of the film, some of which was shot in the UK’s Hellfire Caves.

8 July 2018 by Mark Westall in Art Openings, EXHIBITIONS

The Anti Trump Art Show

In response to Donald’s Trump’s planned visit to London on 13th July, Creative Debuts have joinced forces with over 50 artists to show their collective disdain of the, ‘dangerous racism, sexism and narcissism that flow daily from the White House,’ through a unique art exhibition.

19 June 2018 by Mark Westall in ART

The slow destruction of Robin Hood Gardens estate, a film by Joe Gilbert

In 2017, demolition began. Joe returned to document its slow destruction.

9 August 2017 by AJ Dehany in Art Reviews., EXHIBITIONS

FUCK YOU WHERES MY SUGER? – 4-5 August, Cafe Oto, London

Artists Lucy Stein and Mark Harwood have fomented a technique of combative curation that militates against against the normal pleasantries of social events.

27 June 2017 by Mark Westall in Art Reviews., EXHIBITIONS

Diamond Reynolds: the woman who streamed a police shooting becomes a Renaissance Madonna

She put the shooting of her boyfriend on Facebook live. Now artist Luke Willis Thompson has turned Diamond Reynolds into a different kind of screen star

31 March 2017 by Ben Austin in INTERVIEWS

We Interview British Artist David Austen on Man Smoking | StrangeLove Festival

We interview British artist David Austen on his film ‘Man Smoking’.