On entering William Farr’s home studio in Islington, visitors are greeted by an abundance of greenery, contained in what look like warped Plasticine pots, appearing like still-soft orange terracotta, a creation of the artist’s for a now deinstalled project. Walk further, and brightly lit by a skylight, an enormous heap of materials, including miscellaneous found…
Art, technology and activism converge in unexpected ways at Hyphen-Labs. Spearheaded by an international team of women of colour, the company pioneers projects engaging art and technology to tackle social issues. The creators of Hyphen-Labs—Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, Ece Tankal, and Ashley Baccus-Clark—joined together in 2014, each bringing with her a unique perspective and background…
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of London’s Royal Academy of Arts, acclaimed British architect David Chipperfield has updated the institution’s design. In his upgrade of the RA, the architect has renovated gallery space and built a new auditorium. Perhaps his most consequential alteration to the RA, however, is unifying the institutions 6 Burlington Gardens building…
It’s safe to say that people usually prefer to spend as little of their time as possible doing their laundry. Entrepreneurs and sister-duo Theresa Williams and Corinna Williams have overturned this attitude, fashioning a laundromat that could easily be confused for a neighbourhood hangout. With Celsious, a sustainable laundromat in Williamsburg, these creatives have revolutionised…
Hailing from bucolic New York State, fashion designer Edwin Mohney’s Central Saint Martins graduate collection received much attention during its debut at London Fashion Week AW18. An unexpected jolt among the line-up, Mohney’s memorable and satirical series of looks, which took on modernity with an unrestrained sense of humour, comprised condom dresses, an inflatable swimming…
Opening on 29 June, Chisenhale Gallery presents the first solo exhibition in a UK institution by Istanbul-based artist Banu Cennetoğlu. Cennetoğlu’s work incorporates methods of mapping, collecting and archiving in order to question and challenge the politics of memory, as well as the distribution and consumption of information. For her commission at Chisenhale Gallery, Cennetoğlu…
New York-based Rita Ackermann is a contemporary Hungarian-born American painter, celebrated for her abstract, corporal works touching on notions of anthropomorphism and femininity. Often featuring nymph-like women and allusions to fairy tales, her paintings examine adolescent ennui through a particular language of gestural mark-making. Born in 1968 in Budapest, Hungary, she studied at the Hungarian…
In 2016, London’s Southbank Centre announced Bengi Ünsal’s appointment as its new Senior Contemporary Music Programmer. Leaving her previous role as Director of Salon at the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, she leads on programming Southbank Centre’s wider gigs programme, including the arts centre’s hallmark contemporary music festival, Meltdown, and a new late-night electronic…