What Curators Could Learn from Iceland’s ‘Penis Museum’Oliver Bascianoartreview.com22 October 2020From an institution devoted to herring to a collection dedicated to a woman’s habit of picking up rocks on daily walks, Iceland’s eccentric museums are more than mere whimsy
Full of Plot Twists: Tavares Strachan, ‘In Plain Sight’ ReviewOliver BascianoArtReview16 October 2020A riveting intervention in the debate on how the present treats problematic histories
‘Lucifer Over London’ Review: Messages to an Adopted HomeOliver BascianoArtReview02 October 2020In this newly translated anthology, nine writers reflect on their city of adoption
Considering Love in the Age of COVID-19Oliver BascianoArtReview Asia10 September 2020‘What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Love’ gathers canonical texts around the theme of love – poignant reading in the pains of isolation
Work of the Week: Sophia Al-Maria, ‘Little Birds’Oliver Bascianoartreview.com17 August 2020The new Sky Atlantic TV series, for which the artist was screenwriter, is loosely based on Anaïs Nin’s posthumous 1979 collection of erotic vignettes
Why John Cage Was Mad About MushroomsOliver BascianoArtReview11 August 2020‘John Cage: A Mycological Foray’ tracks the American composer’s adventures into the world of fungi
Work of the Week: John Giorno, ‘Great Demon Kings: A Memoir of Poetry, Sex, Art, Death, and Enlightenment’Oliver Bascianoartreview.com06 August 2020‘I was young and beautiful and that got me what I wanted, and all I wanted was sex.’
