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A review of Gaza Biennale's exhibition, Upon the Ruins of this World, @ Ugly Duck. Thinking about what a biennale even is in the first place. Read the text here: thewhitepube.com/gaza-biennale Here's Gaza Biennale's UK Jinnaah's ig, to stay tuned for future activity: instagram.com/gazabiennale_jinnaahuk and Gaza Biennale's website: gazabiennale.org 🇵🇸

A text about girls with guitars and also Ed Atkins' book Flowers. A little two-for-one : ) find the written version of this on our website , support us on Patreon here , and buy our book Poor Artists wherever you buy your books!!!!!

Fra Angelico, the art-priest on shift, hears the confession of a commercial gallerist read it here: thewhitepube.co.uk/confessions support our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠ emoji: 🥂🍾

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-ugliness support our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠⁠ emoji: 👹👺

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-crit support our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠⁠ emoji: 👼

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-artist support our writing: ⁠⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support⁠ emoji: 🏝🏖

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-nina support our writing: ⁠⁠⁠thewhitepube.co.uk/support emoji: 💄💋

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-objects the 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...

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 wa...

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