Grace Byron
Late in The Vivisectors, the aloof protagonist, Agathe, theorizes about the state of the contemporary novel. “There are no places and barely any proper names,” she reflects ruefully. Agathe is the daughter of a renowned literary critic, who has his own theory on the state of modern fiction, that fiction must now “move as smoothly […] 
CHARLOTTE TILBURY LAUNCHED ITS KIM K lipstick in 2016: a vibeless, neutral, basic bitch pink. Kim was in on it, of course. As Phillipa Snow writes in Trophy Lives, her riveting new illustrated essay about fame and art, Kim is “not only a perfectionist but one who never stops working on her art, which is […] 
Sarah Lucas, CROSS DORIS, 2019, concrete, bronze, steel, iron, and acrylic paint, 28 1/8 × 28 3/4 × 26 3/4″. Image: Private collection. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London © Sarah Lucas. ARE WE ALLOWED TO ENJOY THIS? Chicks and dicks, fags and chicken thighs? Sarah Lucas’s sculptures use corner-store staples—bananas, cigarettes, a […] 
Marne Lucas and Pippa Garner, Get Out, Get Under, 2015, digital print, dimensions variable. Courtesy: the artists AFTER BEING KICKED OUT of art school for creating a model car with human legs that looked like it was pissing on a map of Detroit, the Conceptual artist Pippa Garner built her infamous Backwards Car (1973–74), reconfiguring a […]