Art
The sex robots are coming – but are we ready?
Logging on to love — Artist and activist Kate Davis has been campaigning against the rise of sex dolls since 2015, exploring their development in her eerie new series, Logging On To Love.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Exploring the strange, banal reality of life as a modern spy
Not quite Bond — In ‘Vault 7’ – named after the eponymous WikiLeads publication – photographer George Selley uncovers the peculiarity of behind-the-scenes life in the CIA, questioning popular culture’s perception of the secret agent.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The strange, seductive digital art of Olga Fedorova
Sex & surrealism — Ahead of the opening of her first London solo show, we talk to Russian artist Olga Fedorova about women, eroticism, and creating your own artistic universe.
Written by: Alice Bucknell
Dark, twisted rituals: The artist using human skin as his canvas
Body of Reverbs — Oozing fetishism and violence, Michele Servadio’s strange tattooing rituals are being performed around the world; creating spectacles that fuse art, music, and exorcism.
Written by: Jonas Henmo
Exploring the weird, wonderful worlds of Jamie Hewlett
From Tank Girl to Gorillaz — 25 years of Jamie Hewlett's work are catalogued for the first time in a new book by Taschen, looking at the artists' iconic style and legacy.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The art show exploring self-worth in the 21st century
Am I Making Sense — A new exhibition brings together the work of Shon Faye, Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee and Ruth Ossai in an immersive celebration of identity.
Written by: Niall Flynn
The wild story of Basquiat's original partner in crime
Resurrecting an icon — Al Diaz and Basquiat rewrote the rules of street art before taking different paths: one as a hard-grafting musician, the other as an iconic artist. Both would be ravaged by drugs. Four decades on, the story is far from finished.
Written by: Cian Traynor
Turning the media’s most disturbing images into art
Haunting hyperrealism — From pornography to tragedies – in his new book, British artist Craig Boagey turns confrontational photography into intricate pencil drawings.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Exploring sex through zombies, skinheads & misandrist nuns
Bruce LaBruce — Ahead of his first UK exhibition, iconic queer filmmaker and artist Bruce LaBruce talks taboos, personas, and staying in your discomfort zone.
Written by: Biju Belinky
The secretive siblings creating beautiful, defaced artwork
Portraits of a life — Eddie and Charlie Proudfoot use their pictures as a way of communicating with the outside world, that doesn’t impose on their self-enforced isolation.
Written by: Niall Flynn
