Artists like Leigh Bowery and Mike Kelley have hit new heights of popularity, with major retrospectives at Tate Modern – which is a good thing, but it can’t come at the expense of ‘the piss and shit of it all’
Mar 04, 2025
‘We need people like Leigh’: The major exhibition demonstrates the continued power and resonance of the artist’s shocking, subversive work
To mark the upcoming Leigh Bowery retrospective at Tate Modern, we delve into the life and times of the provocative polymath
Feb 19, 2025
From Peter Hujar’s subversive portraits of downtown New York in the 1970s and 80s, to the poignant paintings of visionary LA artist Noah Davis, we take a look at some of the best art shows happening around the world this month
Jan 30, 2025
Dazed readers are eligible for an offer on tickets for this career-spanning exhibition celebrating the provocative life and work of Leigh Bowery
Jan 28, 2025
From Leigh Bowery in London, Black dandies in New York, and the Louvre’s first fashion exhibition, these are the worldwide shows to check out this year
Jan 14, 2025
From a photographic history of protest from Steve McQueen, to an exhibition of work by beloved LA painter Noah Davis and a curation of Alice Neel’s portraits of the queer community from Hilton Als, and much more
Jan 02, 2025
From a celebration of the most outré club in fashion history to an alternative art fair featuring the city’s more radical independent galleries, there’s plenty to do if you don’t have tickets to Frieze
Oct 09, 2024
The legendary performance artist and his avant-garde community are the subversive subject of an upcoming London show
Jul 29, 2024
From punk and rave to psychogeography and cult television, The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain is the new exhibition tracing a thread through five turbulent decades of creative resistance
Oct 27, 2022
In an era of breathless biopics, we spotlight the underground fashion figures long-overdue a mid-budget streamer, from Connie Girl to Zelda Wynn Valdes
Aug 12, 2022
From Leigh Bowery, to Vivienne Westwood, and Balenciaga, the runways have proved the gimp is so much more than just a hole, sir
May 23, 2022
The Fitzrovia Chapel will celebrate the life and work of the rebel performance artist
Jan 04, 2022
From Alexander McQueen’s sex-doll lips to Charles Jeffrey’s club-catwalk fusions, the taboo icon has left one sticky stain on the fashion industry
Mar 26, 2021
The spring 2020 collection turns its lens on the 80s club kid
Jun 23, 2020