Pippa Brooks

About The Face | The magazine that invented everything

by Pippa Brooks

"Kate from Croydon and Naomi from Streatham, not glamazons from Manhattan"

Luxury living | The Nilufar Squat in London

Luxury living | The Nilufar Squat in London

by Pippa Brooks

Italian gallerist Nina Yashar brings a pop-up project to London for summer 2016 – Pippa Brooks makes herself at home

Venice and peril 2016 | <em>A World of Fragile Parts</em>

Venice and peril 2016 | A World of Fragile Parts

by Pippa Brooks

In the age of acid rain, mass tourism and terrorism, should we be making facsimile backups of the world's treasures?

Not all smileys | Stuart Semple’s <em>Anxiety Generation</em>

Not all smileys | Stuart Semple’s Anxiety Generation

by Pippa Brooks

Stuart Semple takes his imagery from A Clockwork Orange and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Pippa Brooks finds the work… difficult

<em>Dimensionalism</em> | Adam Neate at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms

Dimensionalism | Adam Neate at Elms Lesters Painting Rooms

by Pippa Brooks

"The figures under a black umbrella seem to be mourning; the faces of the fighters in Brothers gurn with hate"

Property of a Gentleman

Property of a Gentleman

by Pippa Brooks

<em>Kneeling and Screaming</em> | Adam Neate

Kneeling and Screaming | Adam Neate

by Pippa Brooks

Adam Neate is a self-taught British artist who began by leaving his paintings, on cardboard, on the streets of London and now has work in collections in 28 countries around the world

Peter Shire | From Memphis, Milan to Echo Park, L.A

Peter Shire | From Memphis, Milan to Echo Park, L.A

by Pippa Brooks

Artist Peter Shire on Postmodernism, pottery and the perfect coffee cup

Something big: the story of Watts Towers, South Central Los Angeles

Something big: the story of Watts Towers, South Central Los Angeles

by Pippa Brooks

"Go and walk amongst the mosaics of 7UP, Canada Dry, and Welch’s soda bottles. Look up at the sky through the massive hooped skirts of concrete and steel masts. Walk over heart-patterned floors. Watts Towers is a Fitzcarraldo-scale fantasy"

Review: Air New Zealand – London (LHR) to LA (LAX)

Review: Air New Zealand – London (LHR) to LA (LAX)

by Pippa Brooks

This is an airline with a sense of humour, as anyone who has seen the Air New Zealand disco-styled safety announcement video, starring 1980s fitness guru Richard Simmons, will know