Nova 4th Edition

An all-new Nova returns to São Paulo with moving image work by a cast of global artists

While queuing at the Nova contemporary art event Nova in São Paulo recently, a handful of half-masked ninjas went to work scribbling on nearby glass walls. The live-art act by the collective Ros Dolan and the Gang kicked off a lineup of free art events running every Saturday over the next five weeks. Featuring international artists such as David O’Reilly, Mulheres Barbadas and Mark Jenkins, …

In All Our Decadence People Die

An NYC exhibit displays 3,000 works from English punk band Crass' seven-year reign

Though London’s famed punk venue The Roxy is now a decidedly sober Speedo Swimwear outlet, in the late ’70s and early ’80s, the U.K. was in the midst of a royal cultural battle between the Thatcherite establishment and a new breed of shock-and-awe artists and musicians. At the forefront of the movement, the English band Crass’ two-chord rant Banned from The Roxy was somewhat of …

Shea Hembrey: 100 Artists

One artist invents one hundred to create a truly unique biennial

After attending a massive biennial, contemporary artist Shea Hembrey found himself dissatisfied with the work presented there. In response he decided to host his own biennial called “Seek.” Originally planning to seek out a selection of artists whose work he agreed with, Hembrey had trouble finding an appropriate amount of accessible artists and decided to create all of the work himself. Hembry’s biennial is the …