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Contemporary art magazine based in London; follow for the latest artist interviews, news, reviews and more. Art Monthly – taking art apart since 1976 https://www.artmonthly.co.uk

A gloomy videogame-like scene that appears to show a futuristic robot standing over a model of a city.
A photograph of a large rock wall on which is hung a series of bare tree branches strung with elements including speakers that play field recordings of birdsong.
A photograph of the narrow pathway within an earth sculpture where a shaft of light through the entrance illuminates the tiled floor in an otherwise dark space constructed of mud and plant matter.
A film still showing a person in an animal costume standing in an empty swimming pool.
Art Monthly magazine July-August issue with a cover featuring a photograph of a traditional bay window installed freestanding in the middle of a large gallery.
A screenshot of the original YouTube interface from 2005.
A photograph of the artist in the street, his bare torso covered in corn flour paste.
A photograph of an artist’s studio filled with freestanding vertical column sculptures painted in various flat colours with occasional horizontal stripes.
A photograph of a gallery installation featuring large sheets of score paper pasted onto the walls lumpily covering wall-mounted elements such as metal frames and rolls of cable.
A photograph of a gallery lit with dim magenta light as a group sit on a rug listening to a performer reading text projected on the wall.
Art Monthly magazine June issue with a cover featuring a photograph of a woman sitting in a rough outdoor setting wearing incongruous haute-couture clothing including extravagant sunglasses and gold high-heel shoes.
A photograph of a car interior featuring a protective mat over the rear seats on which sits a small dog.
A wall-based sculpture consisting of a book about pistols on which are hooked assorted items including handcuffs, whistle, baton and keyrings.
A person stands grimacing at the camera from the distance in a small cube-like space framed by vast curtains and a carpeted floor.
An upside-down photograph of a figure looking into a large round mirror placed on an ornate floor that is reflecting an elaborately frescoed ceiling.
Art Monthly magazine cover
Layered photographs of bare, churned earth with a broken tree on the horizon.
Art Monthly magazine May issue with a cover featuring a house-like shape roughly drawn in charcoal.
A black-and-white photograph of sculptures that evoke industrial vent pipework place in a wide airstrip landscape.
A rough, blue-printed photograph of a run-down Soviet street scene.
A photograph of the artist, back to camera, standing in military uniform before symmetrically angled mirrors that surround his image with four reflections.
A photograph of a sculptural installation that fills a pink-painted gallery with assorted material elements, from lumps of clay and breeze blocks to electric fans and tape curtains.
A photograph of visitors at an exhibition where the artworks are revealed through drawings on torn paper that covers the walls.
Art Monthly magazine April issue with a cover featuring typewritten text repeating the word ‘nothing’ in various columns with bullet points between.
A Pop Art painting of a delicatessen counter featuring assorted meats and cheeses.
A photograph of a cosmonaut floating in a space station with an abstract geometric sculpture hovering in front of him.
A macro photo of a miniature tabletop landscape featuring many tiny satellite dishes and radar stations.
Art Monthly magazine cover
A film still showing a close up of feet standing embedded in the dry earth of crop rows where small seedlings are springing forth into the bright sunlight.
A photograph of wall-mounted white neon tubes of each letter of the alphabet written in narrow wobbly block caps, only the letters M to Q are visible in the image.
Art Monthly magazine March issue with a cover featuring a close-up photograph of film stock featuring piles of strawberries variously ripe or overripe
A nighttime photograph of the large screens at Piccadilly Circus displaying in huge white block capitals on a black background the text 'my mouth was vibrating'.
A photograph of a gallery installation featuring a wall piled high with fire logs that are arranged into the design of a US flag but which have been part removed.
A film still of an opera singer performing in close up against a sky-blue background.
A photo of a blue bench outside a gallery covered with white lettering that reads: It was hard to get here. Rest here if you agree.
A photo of a grand marble interior empty save for some small piles of brightly coloured material.
A film still showing a group of people in a candlelit room taking part in a healing ritual.
Art Monthly magazine February issue with a cover featuring a close-up photograph of a pair of beetles mating overlaid with a descriptive subtitle that reads: (dramatic orchestral music)
A pristine police riot helmet is displayed on a plinth, light glinting off its visor.
A video still of a desert landscape at dusk where several distant figures stand on an ancient ruin while holding discs that reflect the sun at the camera.
A film still of a person tending an allotment behind wire fencing.
Two photographs of panel structures placed in a gallery setting.
A video still of the artist grinding provocatively against the wall of a museum designed by starchitect Frank Gehry while listening to an audio guide.
A monochrome photo of the artist squatting over a mound of snow.
A film still showing a close-up of a girl driving a car across a desert landscape.
Art Monthly magazine December–January issue with a cover featuring a grainy black-and-white film still of a girl holding a flaming torch against a grey backdrop.
A photograph showing curved rows of desks in a busy trading floor.
A monochrome photographic portrait of a Paris Metro passenger taken surreptitiously.
Promotional graphic showing Art Monthly products.
A photograph of a while wall painted with a yellow disk pinned with assorted images relating to various different faiths.
A photograph of a gallery space featuring two sculptures hanging from the ceiling that consist of knotted masses of ribbon-like strips of coloured material.
An image of an 8-bit video game screen showing a coral-like landscape.
A monochrome photograph of a veiled figure seen in the centre of a swirling photographic effect.
Art Monthly magazine November issue with a cover featuring hand-painted text reading: The Sky Was The Colour Of The Death Of The Internet
A film still showing a close-up of a motorcycle kicking up dirt.
A pair of magazine covers, the first being SG which shows a topless male figure staring down the camera and the second is Semiotext(e) which is emblazoned with the word ‘schizo’.
A portrait photograph of a robot in Geisha make-up.
A humanoid robot with a realistic human face lying on the floor.
A gallery view of an appliqué protest banner proclaiming: ‘Solidarity, Liberation, Self-determination. Free West Papua’.