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Project
2015
This month's Nicer Tuesdays explores failure!
Project
2014
Anna Burns and Michael Bodiam make nuclear bombs cutesy in new series
Project
2019
Using society as a source of inspiration: what we learned from February's Nicer Tuesdays
Project
2015
Alice Kolb and Daniel Peter fill a fag machine with stunning illustrated cards
Project
2015
Only Connect: Hayward Gallery director Ralph Rugoff on being an outsider and bird shit as art
Project
2014
Advertising: Max Oppenheim shoots spoof stock photos for Cannes Lions campaign
Project
2017
Illustrator June Tate finds “that sweet spot between cute and profound”
Project
2023
Bursting with humour and wit, Olana Janfa’s sharp satirical powers translate into beautiful murals
Project
2021
Art or memes? Times New Roadman creates hilarious paintings out of cultural phenomena
Project
2025
Review of the Year 2025: Top 50 Most Read
Motion
2016
Jennifer Loeber captures the teens desperate to get into Cannes Film Festival
Project
2017
Michael Bierut: “The differences between mass culture and elite culture are getting less meaningful”
Project
2012
Scott King's new solo show picks up familiar themes of cultural estrangement
Project
2023
Mohammed Z. Rahman dreams up a magical future with his “carnivalesque and grave" paintings
Publication
2016
Illustrator Matthew Booker’s energetic observations of Englishness and the everyday
Project
2015
"Drunk people, high people, drum 'n' bass..." Sophie Green's day at the races
Project
2014
Feast your eyes on this penis kaleidoscope from Yinka Shonibare
Poster
2021
Men at work - Poster, A Red Present to the White Pan, 1920 (CH 18638823) (cropped)
Project
2019
Issue six of Le Gun is a reaction to the madness and extremes of contemporary culture
Project
2012
Opinion: Why a show celebrating London's worst bits has struck such a chord
Publication
2015
Paul Elliman’s striking close crops from fashion, porn and sports magazines
Brand
2025
Canva gets Literal
Brand
2015
"Don’t be a Maybe"
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Paul Skallas
Project
2013
Funny photos of crazy theme parks by Paul Hiller? Sure thing
Project
2017
2017: the year that protest became a trend?
Project
2016
Pablo Bronstein on art vs design, and how Brexit changed the meaning of his work