The leather biker jacket has long had a chokehold on popular culture – this new exhibition explores why
Sep 25, 2023
Featuring a cameo from Nan Goldin, the gender-swapped neo-noir showcases unrestrained female sexuality – here, its director Bette Gordon speaks to Dazed about the film’s backstory and feminist legacy 40 years after its release
Aug 29, 2023
The mind and body are often thought of as separate, even opposing, entities. But for writers like Acker and Eileen Myles, exercise and movement become powerful aids in the creation of their art
Aug 28, 2023
Eliot Duncan talks to Sam Moore about trans-masculinity, loneliness and writing one of the most difficult, compelling characters in contemporary literature
Jul 31, 2023
‘In art, the unruliness of women’s sexuality blooms’: A Woman’s Right To Pleasure features work by 30 artists exploring their desires
Aug 05, 2022
We speak to the writer about her new book and navigating a world in which some bodies are deemed more valuable than others
May 03, 2021
From personal crises to global epidemics, author Olivia Laing’s new book offers insights into how artists have handled life’s curveballs
Apr 14, 2020
Premiering on NOWNESS, director Amy Gwatkin brings together artists to paint a visual portrait of the countercultural icon’s legacy
Jul 22, 2019
Scripted by Kathy Acker, Bette Gordon's 1983 cult classic Variety created a new mode of looking at women
May 09, 2019
The artist and poet provides her counterpoint to Acker's 1980 text, Heine Dying in Paris
Writers, artists, and curators share their personal thoughts on the prolific writer’s febrile presence in culture
As London’s ICA hosts the first UK exhibition dedicated to the countercultural icon, we draw on a handful of her own quotes to explore her life, work, and captivating legacy
The cult author charts the boundary-breaking writer, punk feminist artist and enfant terrible of the 80s avant-garde literary scene in an intimate new book
Sep 01, 2017
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