This article was first published online by Wallpaper* Magazine on 13 Jul 2015 Larry Bell has been exploring the aesthetics of light and surface for over five decades. In that time, the New Mexico-based artist, who is now 75, has produced a masterful body work comprising sculpture, installations and collages that harness light with serene … Continue reading Larry Bell: Light Knots

This article was first published online by Vice with Camille Summers-Valli’s photographs on 9 Sep 2015 Big Mountain is a time-soaked corner of the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, a high-desert plateau where the Hopi and Navajo tribes have lived for centuries—but the natives are being forced out by the US government in an eviction process which began … Continue reading The Roots of Navajo Nation

This article was first published online by Prospect Magazine on 29 Oct 2013 Brian Eno’s famous statement about the poor sales of the first Velvet Underground record, “I think everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band,” is so often repeated it has almost become an adage. I probably said it after … Continue reading Lou Reed: Obituary

This article was first published online by Wallpaper* Magazine on 1 Jun 2015 Around the waterfront in Oslo, you can experience what the director of Norway’s Institute for Contemporary Art has called the city’s ‘dynamic moment’. Scaffolding signals a new wave of cultural destinations that will join existing gems such as the Opera House, the … Continue reading Erling Kagge: The Art of Adventure