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Stephen Petronio |A New York contemporary movement

Stephen Petronio |A New York contemporary movement

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
Where are the missing* <em>Doctor Who</em> episodes?

Where are the missing* Doctor Who episodes?

by Neil D.A. Stewart

50 years on: the global hunt for the missing Doctor Who episodes
“Fashion..!” Designers on David Bowie

“Fashion..!” Designers on David Bowie

by Civilian London

"There's a brand new dance..." Dries van Noten, Roland Mouret and Todd Lynn take the floor
Review: <em>The Big Music</em> by Kirsty Gunn

Review: The Big Music by Kirsty Gunn

by Neil D.A. Stewart

"A text that wants to be a piece of music is on a hiding to nothing." Neil Stewart finds much to infuriate and annoy in Kirsty Gunn's new book
Remoter Parts | Roddy Woomble’s folk frontiers

Remoter Parts | Roddy Woomble’s folk frontiers

by Civilian London

"There’s the bleakness, the dark nights and alcohol. We border the same seas and share a similar landscape"
Graffiti art in Buenos Aires | Graffitimundo

Graffiti art in Buenos Aires | Graffitimundo

by Civilian Buenos Aires

Pina Bausch | No final curtain

Pina Bausch | No final curtain

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

"To stop dancing would, it feels, be to let her slip away"
Artist in exile: Donald Urquhart on Paris

Artist in exile: Donald Urquhart on Paris

by Donald Urquhart

Why Donald Urquhart has traded London clubland for the joie de vivre of Montmartre
<em>The Golden Age of DC Comics 1935-1956</em>

The Golden Age of DC Comics 1935-1956

by Civilian London

Review: <em>Artful</em> by Ali Smith

Review: Artful by Ali Smith

by Neil D.A. Stewart

A masterpiece in four movements - Ali Smith's new book is a profound meditation on love, loss and art. But is it fiction or non-fiction?
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"