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American-born 2011 Slade graduate Julia Vogl won the £5000 Catlin Art Prize 2012 last night at the Londonewcastle Project Space, for her colourful ‘social sculpture’ Let’s Hang Out. ‘Let’s Hang Out’ (great name, we might add – we want to hang out too) invites visitors to create their own communal ‘hang out’ area by selecting... Read more
The best things in life are free, right? Damn skippy they are, and we’re honoured to offer you – our lovely readers – another instalment of 3 for free to make sure you don’t forget that. And boy, oh boy do we have some stonkers for you this time around. My goodness! First up it’s... Read more
Like any leading athlete, when it comes to sportswear, Nike is constantly pushing itself to do better, to go above and beyond the remit – to infinity and beyond! And so, for its latest collaboration, Nike asked artist Tom Sachs to create an artisanal capsule collection labeled NIKECraft that could be worn by astronauts. Known... Read more
So, imagine that you walk into a room, everyone is looking at you and their expressions seem pretty accusatory. How would you feel about that? This is the welcome Johan Andersson’s Stolen Faces exhibition gives us. Andersson has a gift for portraiture – he was the youngest person ever to be shortlisted for the BP Portrait... Read more
‘Post Everything’ is Luke Haines’ astute, and at times hilarious, recollection of his tumultuous journey through the music industry in the late nineties and early noughties. When a copy landed on our proverbial doormat here at Art Wednesday, we were more than keen to get cracking on it, and we weren’t disappointed. Haines manages to... Read more
We’re getting rather excited about festival season here at Art Wednesday, and in our usual ‘sharing’s caring’ kind-of way we thought we’d spread the love a little. We’re giving away a pair of tickets for this year’s Apple Cart Festival – the second coming of this self-proclaimed ‘melting pot’ festival. ‘Melting pot?’ You say? ‘Oh... Read more
In a reality TV saturated culture, Gillian Wearing’s exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery couldn’t have come at a better time. Wearing has been ahead of the game since the late 90s, which is what makes her work all the more fascinating. The Turner Prize winner creates fly-on-the-wall documentaries, performance pieces, takes portraits and makes reality TV... Read more
We apologise in advance because we’re going to get rather gushy, as Hannah Cohen completely and entirely charmed us at her gig on Wednesday night. Everything about the small intimate gig at Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston, was easy and magical. Forget having to stand up and be shoved every five minutes by people crashing... Read more
What with last Thursday being the first Thursday of the month, there was a lot going on in art around London. So we also skipped along to Vyner Street for the monthly collection of exhibition private views. The bodies queuing halfway up the street pointed to where we were meant to be, as we walked... Read more
As you’ll know if you’ve been keeping your peepers pointed at the Art Wednesday feed lately, we popped down to Hearn Street Car Park in Shoreditch to check out some spraying, skating and the spinning of some bumping beats on Sunday at StreetFest 2012. Having neglected the need to wrap up for the not-so-tropical May... Read more
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