Lots of debate recently on the state of Scottish cultural life - with plenty of omissions. For me it all comes back to the bigger (older) challenge of accommodating an avant-garde in a small country. Some provocative lessons from IHF here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/...

My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk, on the Tate's survey of Ithell Colquhoun, one of this year's highlights on the exhibition calendar:

For the latest @prospectmagazine.co.uk, I spoke to Annabelle Selldorf on her (not entirely uncontentious) redesign of the National Gallery's postmodern classic, the Sainsbury Wing: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7010...

Really enjoyed doing this piece for the Royal Academy of Art’s magazine, where I interned back in 2019. The RA’s exhibition of Brazilian modernism – which has just one week left – is well worth your time!

My latest for @prospectmagazine.co.uk – on assessing Jack Vettriano's legacy as perhaps one of the best bad artists there ever was:

"Soon enough, the shroud will cover everything; there will be no divide to mediate between the virtual and real worlds. The technology people use will be indistinguishable from the people who use it". A thought-provoking read from @davidmcallister.bsky.social

My latest for the @newhumanist.bsky.social – inside this (extremely worth seeing) show of early digital art at the Tate!

For the latest issue of @prospectmagazine.co.uk I spoke to Ai Weiwei about what he's doing with 30 tonnes of buttons, the importance of privacy for art-making and why he thinks artificial intelligence will never supplant human creativity www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6912...

Going in strong with my first ever starred book review here www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...

Super excited to contribute to @londonermag.bsky.social – and to shed light on the London of this extremely underrated group of 20th-century artists ! www.the-londoner.co.uk/these-artist...

What is English painting? The artist Dexter Dalwood set out to find an answer—but, in the end, produced something much more personal than it is national, writes @davidmcallister.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

Managed to keep myself to just one pubic-related pun for this feature on the inimitable duo the White Pube in my latest for @prospectmagazine.bsky.social www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/6835...

Stop what you're doing right now because this is extremely important: I, too, have written about Van Gogh www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/...

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