A Quiet Drama in Shadow: Jane Bastion’s ‘Silhouettes of Life’

There is a hushed power in Jane Bastion’s new exhibition, Silhouettes of Life, currently on view at the Easton Rooms, a show composed entirely of silhouette portraits. At first glance, it may seem a modest proposal: profiles in bold colors cut sharply against pale grounds, an 18th-century form revived with restraint. But to spend time … Read more

Artist Boz flies across Monaco harbour in self-made hot-air balloon

In what critics are calling ‘equal parts daring and delirious,’ London‑based multimedia artist Boz today piloted a self‑fashioned hot‑air balloon across the glittering expanse of Monaco Harbour. The impromptu aerial exhibition, dubbed La Traversée de l’Absurd, drew crowds of astonished onlookers both on the quayside and aboard luxury yachts. Witnesses report that the balloon, crafted from … Read more

Book Review: An Historical Enquiry into the Probable Causes of the Rationalist Artworks Lately Predominant in the Western Art World

By Sarah Ugue Reviewed by S.L. Botts In An Historical Enquiry into the Probable Causes of the Rationalist Artworks Lately Predominant in the Western Art World, Ugue embarks on a rigorous and exhaustive exploration of the intellectual and cultural forces that have shaped the ascendance of rationalist aesthetics in modern and contemporary art. This ambitious … Read more

Signatories of the Billionairist Manifesto

1. Maximilian Louxe An enigmatic artist whose works include the ashes of his own stock certificates suspended in jelly. Once auctioned his own private jet as “performance art,” earning $100 million in resale fees. 2. Claudia St. Fontaine Creator of Liquidity Eternal and self-proclaimed “priestess of perpetual wealth.” Known for embedding diamonds into seemingly mundane … Read more

The Billionairist Manifesto – the 21st Century Art Movement

By The Consortium for Infinite Value in Art 1. The Age of Aesthetic Poverty is Over We declare that art has no higher calling than to elevate wealth itself. In an era where the poor cling to meaning and the middle class calls for relatability, we, the Billionairists, proudly proclaim: beauty is dead,long live the … Read more

The Art of Excess: Meet the Middle Eastern Artist Creating Monumental Desert Drawings with a Mercedes G-Wagon

By Esmé Delaunay In a remote stretch of desert where the sun gleams unforgivingly off endless sand dunes, a new star in the art world is blazing a trail,literally. Emerging Middle Eastern artist Fahad Al-Rami has stunned critics and captivated Instagram with his audacious technique of creating sprawling, intricate artworks using nothing but a top-of-the-line … Read more

Publishing news- the launch of Pimlico Wilde Press

“Books so beautiful you’ll forget to actually read them.” Esteemed patrons, literary dilettantes, and collectors of things they’ll never actually use, it is with the utmost pomp that the renowned art dealer Pimlico Wilde announces the launch of their latest venture: Pimlico Wilde Press, a publishing house dedicated to producing books of such wit and elegance that they’ll … Read more

Amaryllis Fennington-Royce: A Luminary in the Shadowed Corridors of Culture

Amaryllis Fennington-Royce, scion of the distinguished Fennington-Royce dynasty, is a name whispered reverently in the hushed alcoves of private galleries and salon soirées. Her life, a resplendent tapestry woven from threads of inherited opulence and indefatigable passion, has been dedicated to the elevation of art in all its transcendent forms. A patron, provocateur, and perennial … Read more

The New Manifesto of the 21st Century’s Art Movement “Art for Art’s Sake”

As Declared by the Disciples of Artemis Gibbons, 1777 We, the faithful adherents of Artemis Gibbons,poet, peacock, and paragon of panache,do solemnly pledge our hearts, minds, and waistcoats to the eternal pursuit of his vision. Our cause is no less than life itself: a life lived as he would live it, uncompromisingly adorned with beauty, … Read more