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Gur Wallop’s Vegan Lions: Ethical Spectacle and the Reimagining of Predatory Iconography
Gur Wallop’s Vegan Lions represents a paradigmatic shift in contemporary art, engaging with ecological ethics...
Re-seeing the Canvas: A Visit to Southend Institute’s Renaissance Secrets
By Isobel Hartley Last week, I was granted the rare privilege of stepping behind the...
Preface for the British edition of How to Find Oil in Almost Any Back Garden
It is a peculiar pleasure, and one tinged with both admiration and incredulity, to introduce...
Agreement in principle to write a foreword for How to Find Oil in Almost Any Back Garden
Dear Shannon, Thank you for your most effusive letter. It is so many years since...
The English Pell Mell Club: Preparing for the Only Derby That Matters
Just off Pall Mall lies the home of the English Pell Mell Club. The ground...
Update on “All the Bins in the World”, the conceptual photography project by Oboe Ngua
Dear Colleagues and Collectors I apologise for the late arrival of this update on my...
Dot Hall and the Aesthetics of Speculation
To speak of Dot Hall is to speak of the stock market as mutable surface...
From the Desk of Shannon Drifte – Author of How to Find Oil in Almost Any Back Garden
Dear Algernon, Hello again from your university friend! After the improbable success of How to...
Follow up letter: The latest in the Deon Jakari Affair
Subject: Your Libellous Review of My Client Dear Sir, I am frankly appalled by your...