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Instagram Pick of the Week | Faolan Carey
We love Instagram. Why? Because it brings tonnes of visual art right to your finger tips. Follow @thisheadstuff to stay up to date with our finds on our favourite app. Want to be featured? Add #thisheadstuff to your posts.
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Art Encounters | And the Nobel Prize for Literature goes to…
"If Rakim was rap's Woody Guthrie, Nas was the Dylan figure expanding the possibilities and complexity of the form, twisting old fables to match contemporary failings, faithful to tradition but unwilling to submit to orthodoxy."
- Jeff…
Riposte | ‘Charging Bull’ & ‘Fearless Girl’
Arturo Di Modica first conceived of the ‘Charging Bull’ as a way to celebrate the can-do spirit of America and especially New York, the attitude that determination and hard work can overcome every obstacle, the drive for success. Taking the…
Instagram Pick of the Week | Aden Nofing
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Art Encounters | Magical Thinking
What’s the point in always looking back,
When all we see is more and more junk?
- Manic Street Preachers.
A recurring problem when reviewing a work of art or an exhibition, is the perceived strengths and weakness of what we have…
Instagram Pick of the Week | Calvin Freeman
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Riposte | Damien Hirst’s Treasures
Each fortnight, HeadStuff brings a unadulterated critique of the global art scene.
Damien Hirst’s Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is exhibiting across two expansive Venetian museums, the Palazzo Grassi and the Punta della…
Interview | Five Questions with Steve McCarthy
Every year, Jameson Whiskey commissions an Irish artist to design a limited edition bottle for St. Patrick's Day to celebrate Irish culture. This year, Dublin-based design and illustrator Mr Steve McCarthy was chosen to create the 2017…
The Painted World | Whitney Houston Biennial, Kalashnikov, Lee Min Ho, FOAM
Each month, Headstuff's Visual section brings you a taste of cities around the world. Experience the art world's world art through our contributors from New York, Melbourne, Amsterdam, St Petersburg & Kyoto.
New York
Anna D'Alton…
Art Encounters | Life’s a Beach / Time-Lapse
September, 1997
The Estuary, Enniscrone Beach, Co. Sligo.
‘We’ll stop and go back now.’
‘Can we just wait here for a minute; there’s no rush?’
‘Sure, of course.’
‘I don’t want to go in, Mam. I can stick it out.’
‘It’s just…