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1970s

A selection from my archive in Subscribe, the exhibition about artists and alternative magazines at the Art Institute of Chicago

Beginning in the early 1970s—as under-represented groups were demanding new forms of visibility following the emergence of political movements such as Black Power and the Stonewall Rebellion—a handful of British and American photo-driven alternative magazines came on the scene. The Face, i-D, Rags, Out/Look, and other new publications amplified marginalized voices, especially those of queer […]

January 21, 2022

1960s

‘A somewhat oblique exposée of the Young Ones’: How Ark 33 hit the moment in the turbo-charging of 60s youth culture

//Wild youth: Scenes of abandon from Twist Drunk/Drunk Twist in Ark 33. Photos: Keith Branscombe// The publication of issue 33 of the Royal College of Art’s magazine ARK in the autumn of 1962 hit the moment in terms of the turbo-charging of contemporary youth culture.

June 20, 2018

2010s

‘Art is the capital of capitalism’: Derek Boshier’s What Do Artists Do All Day? on BBC iPlayer

Film-maker Zara Hayes has captured the British artist Derek Boshier’s wit, intelligence and apparently boundless creative energy in her documentary for the BBC strand What Do Artists Do All Day?.

August 25, 2015

1960s

BBC Four Goes Pop in August: Derek Boshier commissioned to create new channel ident and also appears in What Do Artists Do All Day? and Pop Goes The Easel

//Boshier features in these panels from BBC Four’s Pop Art-style run-down of the season elements// British artist Derek Boshier – subject of Rethink/Re-entry, the monograph I have edited which is published this autumn – is to be featured in next month’s BBC season of programmes about Pop Art. Boshier has been commissioned by the broadcaster […]

July 22, 2015

1960s

A Strong Sweet Smell Of Incense: Derek Boshier at the Robert Fraser show

Derek Boshier’s 1966 work Sam Spade is given prominence in A Strong Sweet Smell Of Incense, the exhibition dedicated to the connoisseurship of the late art dealer Robert Fraser. Boshier was a client until he foreswore painting for a decade or more in 1968. This was a particularly difficult period for Fraser, who was jailed […]

February 16, 2015

1950s

Guest post: Peter Knock pays tribute to Robyn Denny (1930-2014)

Artist/illustrator Peter Knock pays tribute to the British ‘Situation’ painter Robyn Denny, who has died: Sad to learn of the death of abstract painter Robyn Denny last Tuesday (May 20). It surprised me that he was, in fact, 83; my image of him is locked into the 60s when he was one of the hip […]

May 26, 2014

Art

Magazines: Pallant House 28 – Art From The Margins

The new quarterly magazine from Pallant House is up to the excellent standards set by one of the UK’s finest galleries.

October 27, 2012

Art

‘Soho-Italianate’: Gordon Moore’s advert for Vince Man’s Shop in ARK magazine 1957

This advert for Vince Man’s Shop – the small Soho boutique which sparked the modernisation of menswear design and retailing in the second half of the 20th century – was designed by Gordon Moore for issue 20 of the Royal College Of Art magazine ARK, published in autumn 1957.

August 24, 2012

Exhibitions

In conversation with Derek Boshier at Pallant House Gallery tomorrow night

Following his appearance on BBC Radio 4’s Midweek this morning, I will be in conversation with Derek Boshier tomorrow evening at Pallant House Gallery, home to the excellent exhibition of examples of the artist’s engagement with music (and in particular his collaborations with David Bowie and The Clash).

June 27, 2012

Art

Rebel Rebel: Essay on Derek Boshier in Pallant House’s new catalogue

My essay on artist Derek Boshier’s engagement with popular music is in the new catalogue from Pallant House Gallery, home to the forthcoming show Derek Boshier: David Bowie And The Clash.

June 9, 2012

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