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Fra Angelico, the art-priest on shift, hears the confession of a commercial galleristread it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/confessionssupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠emoji:

do you think it's possible to change the worst things about yourself? this week's text is about a mythological character from Chinese history and how we might be the same person. another big health update too! find the written version of the text here and get our book Poor Artists woooooo

a 2025 q&a about how the book is doing, the things that we secretly find annoying about each other, our rudest reader interactions, and what's happening with book two :p watch the VIDEO of this chat here; support the white pube here :)

Or, on why I want to be confused / why I love strangeness. Talking about On Ugliness: Medieval and Contemporary @ Skarstedt. Read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/on-uglinesssupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠emoji:

I have good news!!!!!! this week's text is about midodrine, Chile and the artist Phoebe Kaniewska. listen to hear the good news woooo or read about it on our website here. Sign up to our Patreon to join the discord if you want also. I hate all other social media except the white pube discord. there, I said it.

This week's text is about listening in on a crit :)read it here: thewhitepube.com/the-critsupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠emoji:

spoiler free text about Lapvona and a clinical trial I did this week and reading books all the way to the end even when you don't love them. Find the written version on our website here ; sign up to our Patreon here to join our discord; and please buy our book Poor Artists! it's out in hardback, audiobook and ebook!! paperback aint til October baby

This week's text is a short story about roundabout art! About where art sits in the public sphere, where it is surprising or unexpected! Read the text: thewhitepube.co.uk/the-roundabout-artistsupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠emoji:

I write about the app called Visible that is supposed to help you with energy-limiting health conditions, and I write about Eliza Barry Callahan's 2024 book The Hearing Test. You can find the written version here, our Patreon here, and here's a referral code to the app. I have no idea if it's worth it yet. In the first few weeks yes? But ask me again in 6 months

Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban @ Indigo + Madder, a postcard in a courtyard, my aunt's fridge.read the text: thewhitepube.co.uk/athen-ninasupport our writing: ⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/supportemoji:

did you know all the long covid clinics in the UK were closing down in March? in this episode, I write about money and my PIP disaster and my last long covid clinic appointment, but I also write about a woman who gives birth to rabbits. You can find the text version on our website & you can get a copy of Mary and the Rabbit Dream on Galley Beggar's website

an essay about readymades, found objects in art and whether that's a good thing (and what it all **MEANS**!)read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/found-objectsthe emoji for this text is:

this week's text is a review of SPRAY, Ella Fleck @ Season 4 Episode 6 read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/spray here's a link to the gallery's website Support our writing: ⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support

I went to London and back in a day and now my body is paying for it. A text about London Art Fair -> written version here -> give us £1 a month here -> and I'll see you on the next one

A story about an exhibition about nationhood, national mythologies, property & inheritance. Read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/grey-unpleasant-land Support our writing: ⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support

Kicking off the 2025 reviews with a book I think I might love: the 1976 novel Woman on the Edge of Time by American writer and activist Marge Piercy. You can find the written version of this on our website, you can support The White Pube here, and I'll see ya on the next one babYyyyy

This week's text is a review of Mati Diop's DAHOMEY, now streaming on MUBI! Thinking through restitution as a starting point, the voice of objects, statues that also die, honest endings. Read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/dahomey If you'd like to watch DAHOMEY and make up your own mind, then MUBI have given us 30 days free: mubi.com/thewhitepube This is our last text of the year!! Merry xmas and catch u in 2025 xxxxx

Should museums give back stolen objects?? Dahomey is OUT TODAY on MUBI -- directed by Mati Diop, it's a film about the restitution of objects in Western museums. We spoke to Dan Hicks and Sumaya Kassim for a special investigative episode about restitution and decolonisation. MUBI have sponsored this episode and also !! given us a link to get 30 days free, so you can watch Dahomey. you can also watch all the other vvv good and interesting films on their roster -- lovely timing, there's your xmas watchlist sorted. Find the transcription for this episode here; Dan's website here; Sumaya's here; and Sumaya's piece The museum will not be decolonised here

A one day exhibition, conceptual value grab, sweets and snacks and flavours. Read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/laisul-whitechapel Support our writing: thewhitepube.co.uk/support

is culture bad for you? God it feels terrible right now. You can find the written version of this, as well as links to documents mentioned and the best photo of me every taken, right about ⁠here

This week's text is about the Sound Voice Project at the Royal Opera House, down in the Lindbury Theatre. Three performances of works about voice loss. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/sound-voice The Sound Voice project's run at ROH has ended, but the old event link is here, and the digital version of the programme. SVP's website is here.

I got a subscription to the National Theatre streaming service. More theatre reviews to come, but we're starting here with the Grenfell play. The written version of this is on The White Pube website.

a text for Jasleen Kaur's Turner Prize installation (Alter Altar) at the Tate Britain. read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/alter-altar ica tickets for 5th Nov: ica.art/learning/poor-artists

I wrote this in ONE day do NOT judge me. Written version of the review is here. Our book Poor Artists is out now! in shops and in libraries and some people are just carrying it with them like a cool accessory. Get yours now !

This week's text is about Imran Perretta's A Riot in Three Acts @ Somerset House, a lament for a dead city, mourning London. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/riotin3acts

you lot LOVE a film review so you're in luck because I haven't read a book in a month and the only game I'm playing is Overwatch competitive mode and no one wants to hear about that. Here's a review of the new body horror film The Substance dir by Coralie Fargeat. You can find the text version of this on our website here & thank you for making the release of Poor Artists such a party!!!

This week's text is about A Study of Saint Francis, an exhibition of paintings by Ellie Cotton at General Assembly. I saw a painting that i couldn't stop looking at!! read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/saint-francis & IF U HAVEN'T HEARD! our book, Poor Artists, is out now !!!

I forgot to say: PLEASE COMMENT A TOOTH emoji on our instagram if you pass through here. my BRAIN IS FRIED. text version here

This week's text is a review of *Dream Machines*, a lecture by Rebecca Moss, about movement, machines, industrialisation, automation, Dada and Surrealism. All delivered on the swan pedalos at Stratford Olympic Park. read the text here: thewhitepube.co.uk/dream-machines October 3rd is fast approaching so yet another reminder: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠). & thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. mwah mwah bye!

To celebrate the return of Prima Facie to cinemas from September 12-Dec 5, we have two tickets and a bunch of merchandise to give away to one person who comments a judge emoji on today's Instagram post

a text about slow art, and also My Year of Rest and Relaxation, and Tehching Hsieh, and sickness, but mostly slowness -- u can find the text version here & u can find book pre-order link here

This is a text about a specific painting: The Unbearable Lightness of Forgetting My Name by Noorain Inam, that I saw a couple months back at Noorain's solo show, Go back to sleep, it's just the wind at Indigo + Madder. It's also a text about painting and imagining, your mind's eye and clarity, about feeling like things are over there but then also within you. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/noorain-inam-TULOFMN & if u don't know, now u know: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE BANK HOL!!! love u! xxxx

watching a film about distance and love in a week like this week! read the text on the website: thewhitepube.co.uk/laisul-otherside & FYI, CHEEKY PLUG: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

a review! I'm sick! what's new. you can find the written version of this on our website; you can pre-order our book here; pat yourself on the back for making it through another week on this hellplanet

thinking about Serban Savu's 'what work is' Romanian pavilion at the Venice Biennale read the text here: ⁠thewhitepube.com/work⁠ WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, ⁠⁠Poor Artists, here⁠⁠ (& ⁠⁠here if ur in the US⁠⁠). Thank you to our ⁠⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠⁠pls see our support page⁠⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

This week's text is a mini review of a group show in Strand News, the newsagent where i buy a peanut butter kit kat chunky almost every weekday. Ft work by: Athen Kardashian and Nina Mhach Durban, Eden Chau-Morrow, Marcus Jefferson and Xooset, and curated by Tom Mouna. read the text here: thewhitepube.com/strand-news WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, ⁠Poor Artists, here⁠ (& ⁠here if ur in the US⁠). Thank you to our ⁠friends & supporters on Patreon⁠ -- if you'd like to support our work, ⁠pls see our support page⁠ for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

I'm tired!!!!! you know the deal. the written version of this text is on our website.

a vignette about looking through windows, a love letter to the shrimp in Tai Shani's THE WORLD TO ME WAS A SECRET: CAESIOUS, ZINNOBER, CELADON, AND VIRESCENT @ the cosmic house read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/taishani-cosmichouse WHILE I AM HERE: you can pre-order our book, Poor Artists, here (& here if ur in the US). Thank you to our friends & supporters on Patreon -- if you'd like to support our work, pls see our support page for all the many ways u can do that. & HAVE A NICE SUNDAY!!! love u! xxxx

text version of this review here; our boat is going to be uploaded here; book cover reveal here!!!

This week's text is about houses, art and lying to estate agents. Read it here (thewhitepube.com/unreal-estate). You can support our work on Patreon, & thank you to all our patrons!

I have been writing about problems for a while so I think it is time to talk about solutions. This episode is about a project by Cassie Thornton that is about to make my life better. You can find the text version here, the Hologram here, our book pre-order link here if you're in the UK and here if you're in the US

A text about the student occupation of Goldsmiths, for Palestine. As mentioned, some links: - STRIKE OUTSET, sign the pledge here, FAQs - Goldsmiths 4 Palestine Here's a link to the text, scroll down to the bottom if you want links to any of the student orgs for the unis mentioned at the end -- they're all linked & i'll whack those up on ig stories when i post this too (we are @thewhitepube) if you want more un to date info.

If you want to see the written version of this, or the photos I took while I was running away, find both here; if you want to support twp and join our discord, info here; and if you want us to be on a best seller list because that would be quite funny, pre-order our book Poor Artists here

This week's text is a story about a woman called Jane who wants to unlock her inner creative potential, through a boozy painting workshop. read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/caterpillar-memories & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

I've secretly been in France trying out a new residency at a place called The Mill. You can find the written version of this text on our website where there are also beautiful pictures I took because I am the world's greatest photographer enjoy, and as always, pre-order our book POOR ARTISTS if you want! it's coming out October 3rd so if you do it now you'll forget and then a lovely present will come through the door and you'll be like wow I'm so nice to myself

a super quick text about an exhibition! SHOW PONY, a group show at Islington Arts Factory, curated by Kelly Wu. read the text here: thewhitepube.com/show-pony

This week's text is some art criticism as dystopian business science fiction When did that transition from *Art* to *Creative Industry happen*, and what does it mean? Robert Peston VII, Business Culture Editor-at-Large for the Financial Times 4.0, is about to tell you! read the text version here: thewhitepube.co.uk/creating-incorporated & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

Happy Easter I bet all of you are off work today you lazy gits!!!! this text is about WORKING ALL THE TIME and feeling CRAZY because of it. You can find the text version here and you can pre-order our book Poor Artists here and I hope you enjoy a day off work you really deserve it

A story about a sleepover at the National Gallery, in pursuit of answers to a question: what is the POINT of ART?! read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/reviews/2024/overnight-museum & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

A text where I write about why I no longer want to write about Diversity. The history of institutional diversity policy, the historry of it's failings, but also -- my speculations about its future. read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/divpol101 & thank you, as always, to our friends on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠! If you'd like to support our work/writing, pls go to ⁠⁠our support page ⁠⁠for more info about how you can do that :)

For real! The written version of the review is here; our book Poor Artists is available to pre-order here. mwah mwah mwah goodbye