Wonderful new track from Mary Kouyoumdjian, '2 Suitcases' is available today on @bandcamp with proceeds going to Medical Aid for Palestine, all part of London-based new music collective standard issue. Pls listen and buy 👇 standardissuex.bandcamp.com/track/2-suitca…

Interesting: 6 Music series puts spotlight on how (music) artists are impacted by social media abuse 👇completemusicupdate.com/6-music-series…

Actor Gavin Mitchell 🇺🇦 on the Costa Clyde - outside The Wyllieum in Greenock - gives a run-down of working with three of his favourite artists; John Byrne, David Shrigley and George Wyllie. Talk about performance art! 😀

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Kubrick et al, 1979

African Head Charge playing records in Brizzle next weekend

George Wyllie was a fascinating artist. I wrote about him (and The Wyllieum) for The National last Nov here 👉thenational.scot/culture/239031…

Oh, the irony of the Qatar government saying it's being exploited and abused aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/17…

Looking for a wild swimmer to talk to me about swimming in the Peak District for Radio 4. Please contact me 🏊‍♀️

Lived in Dubai for a looong time. Flooding is caused by the lack of drains. Whether or not the floods are a result of the UAE's cloud seeding experiments, the country simply doesn't have the drainage to deal with rain on any scale. Next.

My piece on South Korea's 4B Movement for Dua Lipa's Service95 site. The 4 Bs are:
- Bihon (no to heterosexual marriage)
- Bichulsan (no to childbirth)
- Biyeonae (no to dating)
- Bisekseu (no to heterosexual sexual relationships) ⤵️

'What's that? There are UK papers that don't like Black artists? Why would you say such a thing?'

So pleased to have my name on the Serpentine gallery wall as Yinka Shonibare honours artists who took part in his Guest Project art residency initiative. All part of his excellent new London exhibition. And entry is free.

Happy Birthday to Samuel Beckett. In celebration, here's the story of his friendship with artist Alberto Giacometti ⏬ tate.org.uk/art/artists/al…

Simon Coates Art UK Another excellent review!

For UK-based academic teaching staff at universities where arts/culture courses are being cut ⤵️

ICYMI - my piece for Art UK about the life, style and influences of painter Leon Kossoff 👇

The oldest known photograph of a solar eclipse as taken by Warren de la Rues in Spain on July 18th 1860