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Dali’s Destino – The Last Great Disney Film

The unlikely collaboration between two of the 20th century’s iconic artists that took fifty years to complete.

The Lost Art Of Lux Interior

A collection of paintings from a pre-Cramps Erick Lee Purkhiser that was sold off in 2009 by his estranged son.

The Eyes Have It! Blank Faces, A Ballpoint Pen And Boredom Combine To Create New Art From Old

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The headline-grabbing ‘improvements’ to an Anna Leporskaya painting by a security guard are as valid a critique and reconstruction as anything from the mainstream art world.

Absolutely Augmented Reality In Hoxton

A ‘carnival for the visual senses’ sounds just the thing to help us emerge from the monotone tedium of the Old Normal and into the Brave New World.

Things That Never Happen: The Journey To Winterland

A steampunk fantasy of filmmaking, mystery and charm.

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.

In Heaven, Everything Is Fine: Looking Back At Eraserhead

David Lynch’s exploration of dreams, nightmares and the fears of fatherhood remains as startling an experience now as it ever was.

The Saragossa Sanatorium – The Dreamlike Films Of Wojciech Has

Two mysterious, magnificent, surreal and entrancing films by the Polish director.

The Surreal Nightmares Of Raoul Servais

Dark fantasies and metaphorical horrors from the master animator.

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Masterworks Return To British Screens

The counterculture midnight movie classics have a big screen revival.

“I Wonder Who I Will Be?” – David Lynch’s Existential Nightmare Series ‘Rabbits’

The fearful mystery of David Lynch’s web series of nightmare images.