David McAllister
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Production & Associate Editor at Prospect dfmcallister.com
Feeling incredibly fortunate to have had the chance to meet the inimitable legend that is Don McCullin. You can read my profile online now, ahead of the next issue of
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
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Don McCullin’s war of conscience
Whether it’s capturing harrowing scenes in far-flung conflicts or quiet landscapes on his doorstep, the legendary photographer has only ever had one q...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/photography/72684/don-mccullins-war-of-conscience-holburne-bath-hauser-and-wirth-bruton
15 days ago
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Me for
@thetls.bsky.social
on two (or is that one?) legendary artists: Robert MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun
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Companion figures
In their day, they were among the most celebrated painters in Britain: Robert Colquhoun for his figures, Robert MacBryde for his still lifes. Not only
https://www.the-tls.com/arts/visual-arts/robert-macbryde-robert-colquhoun-the-two-roberts-damian-barr-arts-review-david-mcallister
21 days ago
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As Starmer himself might say, I'm rolling my sleeves up to give you my latest on Scottish politics:
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Nobody cares what Scottish Labour thinks
By positioning himself as a catalyst for change, Anas Sarwar inadvertently exposed the impotence of the party he leads
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/labour-party/72386/nobody-cares-what-scottish-labour-thinks
about 2 months ago
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Christopher Silver
8 months ago
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/...
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Ian Hamilton Finlay’s revolutionary instincts
What the centenary of Scotland’s avant-gardener reveals about the crisis in our cultural life
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/70812/ian-hamilton-finlays-revolutionary-instincts
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My latest for
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
, on the Tate's survey of Ithell Colquhoun, one of this year's highlights on the exhibition calendar:
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Ithell Colquhoun’s flight from modernity
The artist, currently the subject of a major Tate retrospective, found inspiration among the wells and waystones of Cornwall
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70492/ithell-colquhoun-flight-from-modernity-tate-cornwall
8 months ago
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For the latest
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, 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...
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“I have an enormous amount of respect for this building.” Annabelle Selldorf on her National Gallery redesign
The architect’s changes to the gallery’s Sainsbury Wing have provoked controversy. We speak to her as the new wing opens
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/70104/annabelle-selldorf-national-gallery-sainsbury-wing-redesign
10 months ago
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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!
12 months ago
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My latest for
@prospectmagazine.co.uk
– on assessing Jack Vettriano's legacy as perhaps one of the best bad artists there ever was:
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Jack Vettriano’s art was bad, but that’s a good thing
Art critics loved to hate the late Scottish artist. But in their haste to pan him, they avoided some of the thornier questions his work presents
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/69648/jack-vettrianos-art-was-bad-but-thats-a-good-thing
12 months ago
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New Humanist
about 1 year ago
"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
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Into the ether
The "Electric Dreams" exhibition at the Tate illuminates our changing relationship with the virtual world
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6393
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My latest for the
@newhumanist.bsky.social
– inside this (extremely worth seeing) show of early digital art at the Tate!
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Into the ether
The "Electric Dreams" exhibition at the Tate illuminates our changing relationship with the virtual world
https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/6393
about 1 year ago
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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...
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Ai Weiwei versus AI
There is much humanity on display in the Chinese artist’s latest exhibition—of a sort that artificial intelligence could never match, he tells us
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/69120/ai-weiwei-versus-artificial-intelligence-lisson-gallery-exhibition-interview
about 1 year ago
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Going in strong with my first ever starred book review here
www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-t...
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Victor Hugo’s love affair with a maid? It makes a great story
Célina, Catherine Axelrad’s newly translated novel, traces one girl’s dalliances with the great French poet in beautiful style
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/what-to-read/review-celina-catherine-axelrad-victor-hugo/
over 1 year ago
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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...
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These artists didn’t just paint the East End. They changed it
Pictures of a fading London
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/these-artists-didnt-just-paint-the-east-end-they-changed-it/
over 1 year ago
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Prospect Magazine
over 1 year ago
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.
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What even is English painting, anyway?
The artist Dexter Dalwood set out to find an answer—but, in the end, produced something much more personal than it is national
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/68585/dexter-dalwood-english-painting-lisson-gallery
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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...
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Pubic flair
We joined the White Pube at their namesake gallery, the White Cube, to take in a Tracey Emin exhibition. They weren’t impressed with it; we were by th...
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/68359/white-pube-interview-poor-artists-white-cube-tracey-emin
over 1 year ago
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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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Van Gogh’s constant search for God
The National Gallery’s new exhibition doesn’t reveal the artist in a new light—but that, in a way, is the point
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/art/68058/vincent-van-goghs-constant-search-for-god-national-gallery-poets-and-lovers-review
over 1 year ago
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Hi everyone, I am now on Bluesky Social
over 1 year ago
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