Author: Alistair

Hunter Moon at Site Gallery

Tech magic with Hunter Moon at Site Gallery, Sheffield, 29/09/18.

The Portland Office for Imaginary History

The Portland Office for Imaginary History re-opens for b-side Festival 2018, and I'm allowing myself an exclamation mark for it! Walking tours on the 8th, 9th, 15th and 16th September, bus tour 14th September, mobility scooter and wheelchair tour on the 16th. Top quality lies, direct to the public. Plan your festival visit here, there's … Continue reading The Portland Office for Imaginary History →

Artists and Mental Health

Summary of my research on the mental health of artists for a-n: the artists information company.

The Future!

What I'm doing this autumn!

Odeum at Milan Design Week

As is now traditional (well, three years in a row), I collaborated with CTRLZAK Studio and JCP to provide names and narratives for a collection of hybrid but functional art-design objects for sale, with their premiere at the Salone del Mobile of Milan Design Week 2018. We got particularly kinky this year, with references to … Continue reading Odeum at Milan Design Week →

All real artists get turned into a doll

I was inspired– negatively, so... unspired?– by the fuss about a recent Frida Kahlo Barbie doll, of which the doll itself was probably the least offensive thing. Yes, it somewhat cleaned and prettied up a woman rightly famous for being a feminist and a communist who was ahead of her time in foregrounding … Continue reading All real artists get turned into a doll →

The Portland Office for Imaginary History 2018

The Portland Office for Imaginary History is re-opening in September 2018!

Artists and mental health

New article for a-n News.

Five Types of Art Writer You Should Die Before You See

My latest column for Sluice magazine.

Artists are human too: the realist residency

Towards a fair artist residency.

Queer art in the UK

Notes on two new exhibitions of work by queer artists.

Venice Agendas at Folkestone Triennial: Opportunity, Unfortunately

Folkestone, Saturday 23rd September 2017.

Post election breakfast at Assembly Bristol, June 9th

9am-12, Friday 9th June at The Brunswick Club, Bristol.

My latest column for Sluice magazine

New edition of Sluice magazine out now, May 2017.

The Garden of Remember in the App Store

An interactive, locative app intended to provide an insight into living with dementia.

What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School

I contributed my wisdom (?) to this book by Rosalind Davis and Annabel Tilley. As a famous idiot once said (and as referred to on page 9 of the book itself!), there are known unknowns and there are unknown unknowns, and I think many artists reading this book will realise how many unknown unknowns they've … Continue reading What They Didn’t Teach You in Art School →