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Heil Spirits was raised on a steady diet of Heavy Metal, Punk Rock, Comic books, Sci/Fi and Horror Films.
“Hey, Richard Wagner — why so serious? The 19th century German composer of “The Ring of the Nibelung” wasn’t known for his sense of humor. His long, serious operas barely crack a smile while tackling such singularly un-funny subjects as
Charlotte Klonk’s Spaces of Experience examines the evolution of the art gallery interior from the dense hang of the 17th century salon through to today’s bespoke architect-designed gallery spaces such as the Guggenheim Bilbao and Tate Britain. She spoke to Andrew Frost about the current state of museology, the presence of new media in spaces designed for paintings and the inescapable presence of the wall text…
At 84 years old, Milton Moon has written a memoir…
Reg Mombassa is probably one of the most well known and influential artists in the country – and a dab hand a slow blues solo too. Now Murray Waldren has written a very long book about him.
“Whenever Ayn Rand met someone new—an acolyte who’d traveled cross-country to study at her feet, an editor hoping to publish her next novel—she would open the conversation with a line that seems destined to go down as one of history’s
“Beuys tried his luck as a pop singer as part of his political commitment. His song ‘Sonne statt Reagan’ attacks Ronald Reagan’s arms policy. The song was issued as a record and Beuys appeared before big audiences with it during
“Rhys Chatham is a guitarist-composer with an impeccable pedigree: He studied with electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick and hipster minimalist La Monte Young, played in Tony Conrad’s Dream Syndicate (other notable alumnus: John Cale), founded the music program at the
“Adrian Dannatt: Pharmacy, which was shown at the Cohen Gallery in New York in 1992, feels kind of religious. As a viewer, it’s like being inside one of the vitrine pieces. Damien Hirst: I’ve always seen medicine cabinets as bodies,
New York Beat Movie (Downtown 81) – 1981: Rambling, amateurish and often incoherent, this film portrays the day-to-day routine of Jean-Michel Basquiat: artist and (sometime) musician, as he tries to survive amidst rappers, junkies, gangsters, strippers, models and uptown art-lovers.