The relationship between art and money is a tricky one at the best of times. Artists, we’re told, are supposed to dwell high up in draughty garrets, wear moth-bitten smocks and shuffle about in a …

The Wapping Project has been on my radar for some time, but due to my laziness – ahem, I mean hectic schedule – I’d never quite managed to venture over there. But the lure of …

So what are we to make of this? Antony Gormley has now launched One And Other, his project for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square. Gormley – he of Angel of the North repute – …

Edgeworth Johnstone, curator, Stuck in Wood Green
Personally I’d hate to be stuck in Wood Green. I’d never be able to spend my Thursday evenings wandering up and down Vyner Street, drinking free beer, admiring conceptual …

What? Grok. Grok? What the hell is that? Well, according to the OED (via Wikipedia) to grok  means: “to to understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with” and “to empathize or communicate sympathetically …

Valentine’s Day? Good. Sculpture? Good. Amaretto? Bloody brilliant!
But, how on earth would you combine all three? Well, the good folks at Disaronno have found a way. This Friday and Saturday they’re getting a replica of …

On Saturday, I interviewed the art world’s latest enfant terrible Sarah Maple. You can read my November feature on Sarah Maple here, or just keep reading for the full transcript.

Hi Sarah, thanks for agreeing …

Once we all confirmed Tom was Twitter-accessible, he headed off to Kounter Kulture, 4 New Sensations and The Future Can Wait; three exhibitions with a decidedly unique approach to art exhibitions.  You can read a …

OK people, hold onto your paintbrushes, it’s Art Fair Week. At least that’s what we’re calling it anyway. And thanks to our amazing art editor Tom, Spoonfed is number one place to be for London …

On Monday I met some cool people organising an art festival in Hackney Wick. You can read the feature here, or just keep reading for the full transcript.

Present: David C West, Decima; Ingrid Z, The Residence; Louise Loudoun, Hackney Wick artist; Tom Jeffreys, Spoonfed Culture Editor

T: How did the idea for Hackney Wicked first come about?

I: Well, about a year ago, at the Residence, my colleague Laura May Lewis and myself were sitting one afternoon and just talking about how it would be interesting to launch the Hackney Wick area in a show that would appeal not just to local people but also to people London-wide and internationally. There’s so much going on here in terms of artists’ studios and new galleries like Decima, Elevator, Schwartz… The name came from a bit of graffiti on a street sign that just said Hackney is Wicked.

T: What was it that drew you to Hackney Wick in the first place?

I: I think the space first of all. The attraction for a lot of artists is that you could get a good size space for a reasonable amount of money.

D: And it’s actually not too far away once you know about it. But it’s kind of hidden away….

Art is cool. Everyone knows that. And like Charles Saatchi and his YBAs, London’s got more than its fair share. In 1994 Roy Strong wrote in The Sunday Times that, for a successful exhibition, ‘You’ve …