“Remember, size is no guarantee of strength. We may be the smallest gallery in Soho, but we intend it to carry big ideas.” Philip Levine Philip established The Smallest Gallery in Soho in 2016. He has been working in the creative and cultural industries for the last two decades as a producer. This has ranged… Continue reading The smallest gallery in Soho — a small space with big ideas
The internet has been buzzing with rumours of a possible Oasis reunion, with the release of a cryptic post on the band’s X account that features only the date of 27 August 2024 at 8 am, in the band’s iconic logo font. It was announced earlier this month that the band will be reuniting for… Continue reading The band is getting back together: 10 Oasis songs you should know, beyond Wonderwall
Alice Lowe’s Timestalker is an inventive, genre-bending dark comedy that traverses time, love and existential questions with her signature sharp wit and emotional depth. Following her critically acclaimed debut feature Prevenge (2016), Lowe returns with a more ambitious and stylistically experimental project. In Timestalker, she once again demonstrates her unique voice, blending comedy with moments… Continue reading Timestalker — Alice Lowe’s darkly hilarious journey through love and time
“Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered”. Following Giorgio Armani’s passing on 4 September, it’s fitting to reflect on his fashion legacy and the brand he established. Armani introduced unstructured Italian tailoring to both European and American fashion markets, creating timeless ready-to-wear designs that dismantled the restrictive silhouettes of the 1970s. The name was… Continue reading The lasting legacy of Giorgio Armani
In her latest body of work, artist Tarka Kings turns her eye to the ritual of outdoor swimming, focusing on the Serpentine Lido in London’s Hyde Park — a place she swims most mornings. The result is Mornings at the Lido, a quietly absorbing exhibition of new drawings at Offer Waterman, on view from 25… Continue reading The quiet ritual — Tarka Kings’ morning meditations at the Serpentine Lido
Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, which marks its 50th anniversary this year, struggled at the box office when it was released. It remains one of the director’s most under-appreciated films. Unlike 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Shining, which have been endlessly dissected in books and essays, Barry Lyndon has received relatively little scholarly attention —… Continue reading Barry Lyndon at 50: why Kubrick’s most overlooked masterpiece deserves another viewing
The Haitian scholar Michel-Rolph Trouillot once observed, “Silences are inherent in history… something is always left out while something else is recorded.” The esea contemporary attempts to rewrite these silences and showcase the artwork and voices of the East and Southeast Asian community both in Manchester and globally. The esea contemporary — formerly known as… Continue reading Rewriting erased histories — esea contemporary’s mission to amplify East and Southeast Asian voices
Thomas Dane Gallery – 28 February–3 May 2025 Thomas Dane Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by Ella Kruglyanskaya (b. 1978, Riga, Latvia), the first in a series of three exhibitions across the year, with the second opening in Basel at Contemporary Fine Arts in June and the third in the autumn in New… Continue reading Ella Kruglyanskaya – Shadows
Michael Burry of The Big Short fame has made a $845 million bet against the American AI industry. The question is, why? Well, for a number of years, analysts have alleged that the AI industry is vastly overvalued and exists in a financial bubble, and this month has seen an ongoing and deeper confirmation of… Continue reading AI bubble hits apex as Michael Burry shorts the industry — the new financial union of three tech giants
Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia’s new film, All We Imagine as Light, won the prestigious Grand Prix award at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May. The film exhibits an Indianness that is distinctive from the one most frequently represented globally. Within mainstream Hindi cinema, India is often presented as a homogeneous Hindu, upper-caste, middle-class Hindi-speaking… Continue reading All We Imagine as Light review — disrupting popular narratives of Mumbai
