Sound and vision from the past, present and future
Over the last 30 years Stephen Petronio has established himself as one of the most influential names in American dance. His iconoclastic works fuse eclectic elements of pop culture to often explosive effect. He talked to Civilian about some of his landmark productions
"I laughed and I cried all the way through All My Puny Sorrows, a comedy about suicide"
"The figures under a black umbrella seem to be mourning; the faces of the fighters in Brothers gurn with hate"
From a jigsaw factory in Hackney to punk, high fashion and Shakespeare's Globe
Hana, Hawaii, 1984: "Jean-Michel was at his happiest and most relaxed..."
UK artist David Shrigley’s takeover of the Gallery at Sketch has resulted in the pinkest and prettiest dining room in London
Camp icon altert - Corinna Tomrley reviews Judy and Liza, starring Lucy Williamson and Emma Dears and Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, a one-man show with Mark Farrelly
A 1982 trip to Times Square and beyond via Lucio Fulci's video nasty
Author Neil D.A. Stewart on creating characters with caffeine, from NoMad to Melbourne
"As an artist who specialises in poorly rendered portraits of my favourite camp icons, I have 'done' Dolly Parton more than once."
2014 sees the centenary of the birth of the great American short story writer and novelist Bernard Malamud - both his UK and US publishers have produced new editions of his collected works to celebrate
