Southbank Centre bans street art event celebrating skate park’s salvation
27 January 2015 • Mark Westall
After a ceremonial event to mark the preservation of the hallowed undercroft is blocked, skaters must question how open the space really is
Tag: music
Kanye West and Paul McCartney ring in 2015 with new collaboration, Only One
1 January 2015 • Staff
Rapper releases first new material since acclaimed Yeezus album and tour, potentially to be featured on his upcoming LP
A history of Sony’s successes and failures
20 December 2014 • Mark Westall
Founded in 1946, the Japanese company has broken Hollywood, changed the world of music and invented the robot dog, but it wasn’t always plain sailing
Wu-Tang Clan’s one-of-a-kind album may debut @Art Basel Miami Beach
2 December 2014 • Mark Westall
Member RZA has hinted that their unique Once Upon a Time in Shaolin record might get a public airing at the December instalment of the esteemed exhibition
• Wu-Tang Clan producing one copy of new album
• Wu-Tang Clan: 10 of the best
EVENT: MODEST MOUSE Photographs by Pat Graham @HouseOfVansldn
26 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Opening tonight (Thursday 27th November) ‘Modest Mouse: an intimate collection of photographs by Pat Graham + the official book launch + photographs from Pat Graham’s extensive archive: over 100 original hand prints and polaroids from 1992 – 2010, most of which have never been seen in public.
REVIEW: Transmitting Andy Warhol – white light and black angels in an immersive explosion
8 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Tate Liverpool
The first major Andy Warhol exhibition in the north of England recreates the world of the Factory and the Exploding Plastic Inevitable – and Warhol is revealed in all his compassion and searing insight
Debbie Harry by Chris Stein: a life in pictures
3 November 2014 • Mark Westall
Blondie’s Chris Stein and Debbie Harry talk about a new book of intimate photos taken by Stein during the band’s post-punk glory days
FADNewYork – Something For The Weekend: Lucky Dragons and more @MoMA PS1
17 October 2014 • VC Maurer
A day-long exploration of electroacoustic music in all its forms, featuring collaborations between legends, luminaries, and newcomers as they examine the interplay between human and machine sounds.
FRIDAY TREAT: Brubeck’s ‘Unsquare Dance’ Updated by LA Director
3 October 2014 • Hannah Hayes-Westall
LA Director Stewart Maclennan has brought together a cast of dancers and musicians, casting a new light on the classic Dave Brubeck piece
Lady Gaga : ARTPOP : autonomous performance artist?
15 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Has Lady Gaga used the music industry as a mere platform for her work as a performance artist?
Something For The Weekend : Tate Britain Special Event : TIME LOOP
2 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Free weekend of live music, performance, sound and dance Tate Britain
Hannah Barry opens New Space with The Beautiful Game an exhibition from Tom Barnett
1 November 2013 • Mark Westall
Hannah Barry opens New Space
PREVIEW: Jake and Dinos Chapman: Come and See at Serpentine Sackler Gallery
31 October 2013 • Mark Westall
Come and See will demonstrate the range of Jake and Dinos’s output – from painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture, to film, music and literature – providing a unique insight into the complexity of their practice and their prolific career.
Larry Achiampong: Sankofa and Samples of me
18 August 2013 • Yvette
‘You have to understand where it is you’re coming from before you can create something for the future’.
UNORTHODOX LND ‘music, visual art and fashion’ Thursday 15th August @ Blackall Studios
15 August 2013 • Mark Westall
UNORTHODOX is an all-day pop-up exhibition cross-pollinating music, visual art and fashion
Daft Punk to launch new album … from Wee Waa agricultural show, Australia
11 April 2013 • Mark Westall
French duo’s hotly anticipated new album, Random Access Memories, will debut in farming community in New South Wales
Andy Warhol’s iconic New York anti-films come to London
5 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Warhol’s most famous movies – including Sleep, a five-hour film of his lover dozing – perfectly capture the avant garde New York of the Velvet Underground and the Chelsea hotel
Madonna sells Fernand Léger painting to raise money for girls’ education
4 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Sotheby’s announces auction of Cubist work to support projects in Afghanistan and Pakistan
David Bowie Is becomes the Victoria and Albert’s fastest-selling event ever
19 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Exhibition spanning the artist’s career shows how Ziggy Stardust has cast his influence over everyday life
Read fashion editor Jess Cartner-Morley’s verdict on the exhibition
V&A exhibition shows how David Bowie shaped fashion history
18 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The Starman leotards and Ziggy Stardust bodysuit are still dazzling, but tailoring is the real star of this show
Read music critic Alexis Petridis’s verdict on the exhibition
David Bowie heads for No 1 and breaks V&A records
17 March 2013 • Mark Westall
The new album and his museum exhibition are both hits – and tour rumours are growing
Ai Weiwei to release heavy metal album
11 March 2013 • Mark Westall
Chinese artist has written nine rock-tinged tracks for music debut hot on the heels of Gangnam-style video
Mikhail Karikis: Voicing the Invisible
22 February 2013 • Yvette
I have always been very interested in making sound, in the experience of sound, the impact of sound.
Punk fashion celebrated at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
12 February 2013 • Mark Westall
Organisers hope exhibition of punk fashion at the Costume Institute has the power to shock – and draw the crowds