Lena Dunham
One of a new breed of directors who find their first audience on YouTube, Lena Dunham used self-starring internet shorts as a springboard to her first feature ‘Tiny Furniture’, shot in her parents’...
View ArticleCosey Fanni Tutti
Nik Void and Cosey Fanni Tutti represent two generations of do-it-yourself art and noise. Cosey’s CV ranges from confrontational performance-art actions with COUM Transmissions in the early 70s to the...
View ArticleKaterina Jebb
Fake TV ads for companies that help you plan your afterlife? Welcome to the mind of Katerina Jebb, the contemporary artist constantly challenging you to think again, says FRANCESCA GAVIN. Katerina...
View ArticleSkye Gyngell
When the arrival of a Michelin star and mobs of customers became unpalatable, Skye Gyngell decided to walk away from it all. But that doesn’t mean she’s hung up her chef’s hat for good, says CHARLOTTE...
View ArticleJulia Leigh
The Australian writer and film-maker Julia Leigh’s imagination has been taking her and her audiences on journeys to all kinds of uncharted territories for more than a decade. As the growing success of...
View ArticlePenny Martin
Grown weary of magazine coverlines shouting at you to “wear this, do that, be her”? Then take a leaf through the pages of the title that, for the past two years, has quietly been sharing everything the...
View ArticleWomen Who Inspire
The world is an infinite tangle of stories which connect and sustain us in their creation and re-telling. In addition to the existing Aesop newsletter, Aesop Register is our new online publication...
View ArticleThe Dardenne Brothers
In the course of six extraordinary features, the Dardenne brothers have made a bleak industrial town in Belgium a microcosm of all human life. By Jonathan Romney. La comedie humaine At one point...
View ArticleJeremy Deller
He doesn't paint and he doesn't sculpt – but Jeremy Deller's politically provocative installations and 'happenings' have just been selected to represent Britain at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Matthew...
View ArticlePhilippe Vergne
If art and wealth have got a little too cosy for you, salvation is out there in the form of Dia Art Foundation and its director Philippe Vergne. But he does require audiences to take a risk, finds...
View ArticleGeorge Megalogenis
While the rest of the world reels from recession and revolts against austerity measures, Australians have lot to smile about. And, according to the prominent economic journalist and Melbourne native...
View ArticlePeter Singer
When is anti-capitalism not anti-capitalism? When it’s dissected by the mind of ethics commentator and philosopher Peter Singer, says MARK FISHER. ‘Without ethics, how would we know what systemic...
View ArticleJoseph Dirand
OWEN HATHERLEY delves into the monochrome, minimalist world of the architect Joseph Dirand to discover the inspiration behind his achingly hip interiors. ‘I still have the vision in my mind of...
View ArticleIntelligent Men
Intelligence is a fiercely debated attribute in contemporary society. Does sagacity denote diligence in academic study? Incisive wit? Original thought? Or the ability to connect ideas and concepts...
View ArticleJoseph Dirand
OWEN HATHERLEY delves into the monochrome, minimalist world of the architect Joseph Dirand to discover the inspiration behind his achingly hip interiors. ‘I still have the vision in my mind of...
View ArticleAshley Gilbertson
Sometimes it’s possible to convey the horrors of war without actually showing any dead bodies or graphic scenes. Sometimes, as the photojournalist Ashley Gilbertson’s work proves, it’s enough just to...
View ArticleEmmanuel Santos
Intimate, touching, human – such is the insight into the globe’s scattered Diasporic communities that the Filipino lensman Emmanuel Santos has granted us. And, but for a kind stranger giving Santos his...
View ArticleBart Hess
Repulsive or fascinating? Performance art or photography? With his otherworldly and alien oeuvre, where materials always triumph over models (even Gaga), Bart Hess doesn’t mind what you think – just as...
View ArticleDeborah Turbeville
Throughout her 40-year career Deborah Turbeville has never considered her work picture perfect until she’s had the chance to mess it up. So how will her sometimes-controversial style now translate into...
View ArticleEsther Teichmann
With her compellingly beautiful, painstakingly created and autobiographically led work, Esther Teichmann is keeping critics and audiences hooked. FREIRE BARNES joins her as she takes her narrative...
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