Global art calendar: June
Curator, writer and art-lover Shonagh Marshall has edited a list of the must-see exhibitions opening this month.
Culture
Alia Shawkat is taking things up a gear
The American actress-turned-filmmaker and Arrested Development star on her role as a “vibrant, outgoing narcissist” in Animals, a Dublin-set tale of toxic friendship, one-night stands, cocaine and booze.
The colourful clientele who stay at “America’s Scariest Motel”
In the desert, two hundred miles outside of Vegas, is a Clown Motel where patrons come from far and wide for a good scare.
Go on – phone in sick and go to a free festival instead
Seana Gavin’s new exhibition Spiral Baby celebrates the revolutionary togetherness of Spiral Tribe. It’s good for you.
The founder of rock and style bible RAYGUN tells stories of its making
Marvin Scott Jarrett recalls how he got Björk, Bowie and Jane’s Addiction on key issues of the authoritative ’90s magazine.
SORT curates: goths most talented
Multidisciplinary duo, Joseph Delaney and Matt King, curate the goths of the creative industry.
7 days, 7 things: Heron Preston
7 days in the life of the hyper-creative, documented via 7 things.
Booksmart is tearing up the teen film rule book
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Why do famous people go to university?
Many celebrities – Emma Watson, Julia Stiles, Dylan Sprouse – have skipped out on Hollywood to shack up in a college dorm. Why?
“What if some things do last forever?”
Forever Now is the collective exhibition, featuring the work of four artists, asking questions about nostalgia and futurism.
The Perfection: Richard Shepard’s new Netflix nasty
Review: A tightly-plotted film that veers through several different tones, The Perfection stands up to repeat viewing, should you have the stomach for it.
Robert Pattinson shines in The Lighthouse
Review: Robert Eggers, directing fearlessly, paints a vivid scene that he will subsequently take a mean pleasure in trashing.
Beanie Feldstein: Hollywood’s new Type A golden girl
The Lady Bird actor is taking R-rated teen comedy out of the dark ages with her latest movie Booksmart.
Normies by day, fetish obsessives by night
The latex-clad patrons of Bound. During the day, they’re office regulars working a 9 to 5. At night, the kink and fetish gear comes out.
Jim Jarmusch’s celeb-jammed zombie comedy
Review: The Dead Don’t Die is an attempt at winking satire – but the film’s success depends on our ability to stomach this sort of winking.
Jamie Hawkesworth’s latest exhibition is a short, pleasurable journey
And he wants you to plod along with him.
Harley Weir is exploring the male body through a different lens
“With so much exposure to what a man thinks is sexy I was left wanting to explore my own desires and this book is a taster of that.”
Rose McGowan: “I’m not scared of my power”
The actress-activist-artist on internalised misogyny, being a femmebot and staying sane when fighting a global media war.
The virtues of Niamh Algar
The rising Irish actor talks Shane Meadow’s plaintive new drama – one so naturalistic and tender that it feels intensely close to documentary.
What the death of the ‘Like’ tells us about ourselves
“It seems telling that we need ‘Likes’ taken away from us, even though we view caring about them as gauche and grotesque...”
‘Drawing a Blank’ is returning to London tonight!
Curator Ben Broome has brought 15 of his artist mates back to his hometown for this year’s group exhibition.
Why are people modding Thomas the Tank Engine into video games?
It’s one of the modding community’s odder recent crazes. But how did an ’80s kids classic become an underground obsession?
Review: The Society
Fresh from Party of Five creator Christopher Keyser, Netflix’s newest series is a seductive teen drama asking big questions.
Mega-collector Vince Aletti shares his favourite alternative magazines
Work from Irving Penn, Steven Meisel, Bob Richardson and more makes the cut in his new book Issues, charting the history of fashion photography.
