Movie posters of the year 2019
It’s been another glorious year for movie posters, which has seen illustration in particular rise to the fore. Here, CR’s design correspondent Daniel Benneworth-Gray picks his ten favourites of 2019
Anthony White’s new show flips consumerism on its head
The Seattle-based artist uses common plastics to form his meticulously woven creations, which tell colourful tales of gluttony and excess
Trends of 2019: How We Work
The way that we work today was put under scrutiny in 2019, as new styles of working – from flexible and remote working to the four-day week – were discussed widely. We examine the key points here
The tampon is Ordinary magazine’s latest object of interest
We speak to co-founder Max Siedentopf about the new issue of the Amsterdam-based fine art mag, which enlists the help of an array of artists to transform a perfectly ordinary item into something extraordinary
Akiko Stehrenberger is releasing a book on her film poster art
After 15 years of creating film posters, Akiko Stehrenberger is shifting her focus. The award-winning artist talks to us about her new book of work, her favourite recent projects and the key to making an illustrated poster sing
Richard Holman on managing creative calamity
When something goes wrong in your work, it’s easy to think that everything is ruined. But, points out Richard Holman, it doesn’t necessarily follow that every failure is a disaster
An oral history of the London Calling cover
As The Clash’s seminal punk rock album nears its 40th anniversary, we look back at how the iconic cover artwork came to be and its lasting legacy as a symbol of “universal angst”
Artists and designers share a collective creative manifesto in new show
The New Art School Rules! features works created by artists, designers and image-makers that together send a message about what lies at the heart of their creative practice
Leo Villareal brings light to life in new show
Pace Gallery in London is hosting an exhibition of the New York-based artist’s work, which elevates code and pixels into entrancing light installations
A conversation about identity
Identity has become an increasingly important topic for artists and designers, particularly as social media and movements for change have opened up opportunities for new voices to be heard. We brought together two photographers, Alexander Coggin and Tommy Kha, to discuss what it means to them and the work that they make For this conversation, […]
All your favourite Surrealists remodelled in Play-Doh
André Breton, Salvador Dalí and more are brought to life as colourful Play-Doh creations for Eleanor Macnair’s new show
Musician Murlo on creating worlds
Murlo talks to CR about storytelling, balancing music production and visual art, and the mythical references behind his last album, Dolos
Westminster Tube roundel is reimagined in Pan African colours
British Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong gives the classic roundel at Westminster Underground station a subtle makeover that nods to the African diaspora
The art of Max Cooper
We talk to the producer about his AV show and visual album Yearning for the Infinite, and delve into how his background shaped his creative endeavours and why nature is fertile ground for creative experimentation
New book The Art of Protest explores the artwork of activism
A timely new publication explores the last century of activist imagery, exploring the role artists and designers have played in protest movements of all kinds
A visual conversation about food
Artists Petra Eriksson and Edward Carvalho-Monaghan took on the unusual task of having a conversation in illustrations for CR. The topic was food and here are the results, which are wonderfully unexpected, including the invention of a new fruit and imaginary space food When we asked two illustrators who’d never met to have a conversation […]