A version of this article first appeared in the Microsoft Five to Nine newspaper, curated by Protein, on 23 JUN 2015 Lately designer James Shaw has been busy considering the advantages of cooking people. He’s working on a hot tub for an artists’ retreat in Sweden, which will be cleaned by plants rather than chemicals. “Humans … Continue reading James Shaw’s Organic Future

This article was first published online by Prospect Magazine on 7 Oct 2013 Frank Auerbach’s studio, where the painter has worked day and night for almost sixty years, has long been treasured by journalists, photographers and art historians. The dusty room in Camden, devoid of worldly possessions and inhabited by “stratified chunks of paint,” has itself … Continue reading Frank Auerbach: The Art of Immersion