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Ugly People And Their Beautiful Creations: The Art Is Not The Artist

Bad people make great art, and it is important that we learn to separate the two.

Maria Der’s Alternative Cinematic Universe

Maria Der’s wonderfully deranged visions from the tobacco cured VHS parlours of yesteryear allow us a peak and a prod at the underbelly of many beloved Hollywood favourites.

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Message

A hot and cold pop culture-laden Sixties documentary about the mass media theorist.

Sex And Death In The Lindner Coffin Calendars

From eroticism to extinction, the world’s most intriguing collection of art calendars.

Making Love On Film In Margaret Salmon’s Two

The photographic artist and filmmaker sets out to find the point between the erotic and the pornographic in a new exhibition.

The Joys Of Spanish Art Restoration

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A series of spectacularly bad restorations by Spanish amateurs is creating a new art movement.

Georges Bataille On Literature And Evil

The only television interview with the writer, philosopher and transgressive artist.

Reflecting On Nature And Looking Inward: The Female Gaze Of Loreal Prystaj

Sexuality, the physical and the manipulated explored in photography.

Carry On Margaret Nolan

Looking back at the career of one of British cinema’s most iconic glamour girls.

Bobby BeauSoleil Sets His Art Free

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With his own freedom a dwindling hope, the artist and musician releases his work for open hi-res download.

The Screen-Printed Cult Movie Art of Squadra Merli

Exploring a new collection of hand-crafted cult movie art prints from Jonny Redman’s Squadra Merli.

Aubrey Beardsley Is Still Too Much For The Prudes

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What to make of art galleries who display major works and then cover them up to avoid offending people?