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Berwick Street resident, Soho Parish Primary parent, Art Monthly deputy editor. Views – out the window.

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Promotional graphic showing Art Monthly products.

Promotional graphic showing Art Monthly products.

Photo of 10 art Monthly magazines scattered in a pile with two books of artist interviews laid on top.

Photo of 10 art Monthly magazines scattered in a pile with two books of artist interviews laid on top.

Photo of a person wearing the Oreet Ashery T-shirt with the slogan ‘piece’.

Photo of a person wearing the Oreet Ashery T-shirt with the slogan ‘piece’.

Photo of the Liam Gillick cap with the slogan ‘taking art apart since 1976’.

Photo of the Liam Gillick cap with the slogan ‘taking art apart since 1976’.

Save up to £53 with Art Monthly gift bundles!

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A monochrome photograph of a veiled figure seen in the centre of a swirling photographic effect.

A monochrome photograph of a veiled figure seen in the centre of a swirling photographic effect.

November art jobs, grants and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Heather Ageypong, ‘Can you hear that?...No..Right!’, 2025, in conversation, 7pm 12 Nov, New Art Exchange, Nottingham]

#artjobs

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Art Monthly magazine November issue with a cover featuring hand-painted text reading: The Sky Was The Colour Of The Death Of The Internet

Art Monthly magazine November issue with a cover featuring hand-painted text reading: The Sky Was The Colour Of The Death Of The Internet

Art Monthly, Issue 491, Nov 2025

• Suzanne Treister – interviewed by Jamie Sutcliffe

• Curating Difference – Lisa Slominski

• Art Treatment – Tom Denman

• Re-de-photography – Mark Prince

• Grant Mooney – Profile by Francis Whorrall-Campbell

[cover: Suzanne Treister, ‘SURVIVOR (F)’, 2016-19]

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An image of an 8-bit video game screen showing a tree in a fantasy landscape.

An image of an 8-bit video game screen showing a tree in a fantasy landscape.

October art jobs, residencies, grants, exhibitions and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Suzanne Treister, ‘Are You Dreaming?’, 1991–92, from the series ‘Fictional Videogame Stills’]

#artjobs

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Art Monthly magazine October issue with a cover featuring a close-up photograph of a motorcycle kicking up dirt

Art Monthly magazine October issue with a cover featuring a close-up photograph of a motorcycle kicking up dirt

Art Monthly, Issue 490, Oct 25

• Naeem Mohaiemen interviewed by Amna Malik

• Uneasy About ESEA – Morgan Quaintance

• On Obsolescence – Bob Dickinson

• On Magazines – Chris Townsend

• Karimah Ashadu – Profile by Kathryn Lloyd

+ news, views, reviews…

cover: Karimah Ashadu, ‘Machine Boys’, 2024

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An image made up of gridded panels that show a digitally altered orange ring against an amorphous green background.

An image made up of gridded panels that show a digitally altered orange ring against an amorphous green background.

September art jobs, grants, exhibitions and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Felicity Hammond, V3: Model Collapse, 2025, artist talk, 6.30pm 12 Sep, The Photographers’ Gallery, London]

#artjobs

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Art Monthly magazine September issue with a cover featuring a colorised inverted photograph of a face with text overlaid across reading as follows: “which pain does film cure?”

Art Monthly magazine September issue with a cover featuring a colorised inverted photograph of a face with text overlaid across reading as follows: “which pain does film cure?”

Art Monthly, #489, Sep 2025

• Hilary Lloyd interviewed by Chris McCormack

• Talking in Class – Dave Beech

• Dance Class – Chris Townsend

• Maryam Tafakory – Profile by Luisa Lorenza Corna

• On Residencies – Maria Fusco

+ news, views, reviews, more…

[cover: Maryam Tafakory, ‘Razeh-del’, 2024]

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Art Monthly magazine covers in a yellow summer haze overlaid with the words: 'Summer offer ends 31 August'.

Art Monthly magazine covers in a yellow summer haze overlaid with the words: 'Summer offer ends 31 August'.

SUMMER OFFER – ends midnight 31 August

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Email subs@artmonthly.co.uk with 'SUNSHINE' as the subject

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Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photos of a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photo of a woman making a peace sign while wearing a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Photo of a woman making a peace sign while wearing a white cap featuring centred block-capital black text that reads TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976 where the final two words are on the second line and written upside down.

Liam Gillick x Art Monthly

TAKING ART APART SINCE 1976

To celebrate Art Monthly’s 50th anniversary in 2026, Liam Gillick has produced a cap design to support the magazine’s fundraising campaign.

100% cotton cap, adjustable sizing, £39

www.artmonthly.co.uk/buy

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A photo of a harbour staircase tunnel filled with seawater at high tide.

A photo of a harbour staircase tunnel filled with seawater at high tide.

August art jobs and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Emeka Ogboh, ‘Ode to the Channel’, 2025, photo Igor Emmerich, Folkestone Triennial Tour with Hettie Judah, 11am Sat 16 Aug]

#artjobs

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Art Monthly magazine July–August issue with a cover featuring a photograph of a hand, whitened with clay, pierced by pins around the finger tips against a red background.

Art Monthly magazine July–August issue with a cover featuring a photograph of a hand, whitened with clay, pierced by pins around the finger tips against a red background.

Art Monthly 488, Jul–Aug 2025

• Ima-Abasi Okon interviewed by Polly Staple

• Atomic Legacies – Tom Denman

• Art in Decline – Morgan Falconer

• Victor Burgin talks to Chris Townsend

• Diamond Stingily – Profile by Amrita Dhallu

+ news, views, reviews, more…

[cover: Myriam Mihindou, ‘Rhizôme’]

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Indy.auction | Soho Parish School Art Exhibition & Charity Auction This wonderful summer exhibition and charity auction celebrates the work of a diverse range of artists who are connected...

here's the link to the auction

bid.indy.auction/auctions/683...

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a cartoon-like diagram-style drawing titled 'the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works' showing an artist looking at a flower then drawing a cow

a cartoon-like diagram-style drawing titled 'the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works' showing an artist looking at a flower then drawing a cow

soho primary is running an online artwork auction, fundraising for the school with the generous help of artists' donations – bidding ends 5pm thu 12 jun and there are bargains (relatively speaking) if you know...

image: glenn baxter, the wonder book of knowledge: how the brain works, 2015

#art

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Art Monthly magazine May issue featuring a boat on a wide body of water with smoke-billowing factory chimneys on the horizon.

Art Monthly magazine May issue featuring a boat on a wide body of water with smoke-billowing factory chimneys on the horizon.

Art Monthly, Issue 486, May 2025

• Giuseppe Penone interviewed by Martin Holman

• Negative Freedom – Michael Kurtz

• Artificial Local Colour – Henry Broome

• Caspar Heinemann – Profile by Larne Abse Gogarty

+ news, views, reviews and more…

[cover: Ahmed Rasel, ‘Untitled’, 2020]

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Art Monthly magazine March issue featuring a performer covered in poured liquids.

Art Monthly magazine March issue featuring a performer covered in poured liquids.

Art Monthly, Issue 484, March 2025

• Linder interviewed by Ellen Mara De Wachter

• Playing Games – Jamie Sutcliffe

• Total Immersion – Marcus Verhagen

• Texas • Dakar • Taipei – Chris Townsend • Gabriella Nugent • Laura Harris

+ news, views, reviews and more…

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Art Monthly magazine February issue featuring a film still of a figure in close-up lying on a rocky hillside with a large bulldozer on the horizon beyond.

Art Monthly magazine February issue featuring a film still of a figure in close-up lying on a rocky hillside with a large bulldozer on the horizon beyond.

Art Monthly, Issue 483, February 2025

• Hardeep Pandhal interviewed by Jamie Sutcliffe

• Paul Pfeiffer interviewed by Adam Heardman

• The Letter of the Law – Chris Townsend

• Rave and Resist – Ben Burbridge

• Stanley Schtinter – Profile by Morgan Quaintance

+ news, views, reviews and more…

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In front of a cliff of sheet ice, a figure steps off the remnants of an ice floe into the grey ocean.

In front of a cliff of sheet ice, a figure steps off the remnants of an ice floe into the grey ocean.

January art jobs, residencies, grants, exhibitions and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Robert Zhao Renhui, ‘Expedition #43’, 2011]

#art #artjobs #artopportunities

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athiest carol:

oh come let us ignore him

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Patinated bronze toes scattered across a hardwood floor.

Patinated bronze toes scattered across a hardwood floor.

December art jobs, residencies, grants, exhibitions and other artists’ opportunities, plus art listings, podcasts and more in the latest newsletter:

www.artmonthly.co.uk/newsletters →

[image: Michael Petry, ‘At the Foot of the Gods’, 2017–, artist talk, 5pm 7 December, Vane, Gateshead]

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Art Monthly magazine November issue cover showing a yellow painting of a low sun above smoke-belching factories.

Art Monthly magazine November issue cover showing a yellow painting of a low sun above smoke-belching factories.

Art Monthly, Issue 482, Dec 2024 – Jan 2025

• Kutlug Ataman interviewed by Maria Walsh
• Critical Correspondences – Francis Frascina
• Cultural Protectionism – Mark Prince
• Ufuoma Essi – Profile by Tendai Mutambu

+ news, views, reviews and more…

[cover: Salvo, ‘Untitled’, 1987]

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