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ODD SOCKS AND ODD BALLS: Marni menswear Spring 2019

JACKALS AND DRONES: videos by Sophio Medoidze

GOOD READING: the 2018 Summer Reader issue

MEMORIES OF MARRAKECH: photography by David Blackburn

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Helen Hester’s new book makes a bold proposal to repurpose network-technologies for feminist ends

DEBBY FRIDAY’S BITCHPUNK:

Sound artist and DJ Debby Friday’s new digital album is, in their words, full of “unbridled feminine aggression”

IN CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL TRILLING:

In this episode of the TANK magazine podcast, Ismail Einashe talks to the journalist and editor of New Humanist, Daniel Trilling

ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP:

Anouck Durand’s photo-novel, collaged from archive images, draws a strange story of human connection and intimacy through forgotten histories

The muted paintings of Gideon Rubin capture the partial presence of an unresolved past

ODD SOCKS AND ODD BALLS:

Francesco Risso’s Spring 2019 menswear collection for Marni presented a charming celebration of amateur sports in a Milan car park. By Masoud Golsorkhi

IN CONVERSATION WITH BRYONY LLOYD:

TANK talks to the managing director of Antenne Books, a distributor of independent publishers that has been bringing the most innovative art, culture and fashion titles to readers for almost a decade

JACKALS AND DRONES:

Sophio Medoidze’s video-works, screened as part of the Serpentine Cinema programme, examine post-Soviet Georgia through the language of multiplicity

LOVE IT! HATE IT! READ IT!:

TANK Book Talks 2018 & Summer Reader Launch Party

discover the surreal imagination of Tierra Whack on her assured debut album – a 15 minute audiovisual delight that uses short form to pose big questions

After 15 years, an originary of the true crime genre returns and provides a devastating look at the American criminal justice system

MAKING HER SELF UP

a new exhibition of Frida Kahlo’s most intimate personal effects at the V&A allows audiences to see behind the artist’s iconic guise

WHAT WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FOOTBALL:

with the World Cup underway, philosopher Simon Critchley and writer, critic and Norwich City fan Juliet Jacques, help us get our heads around the beautiful game

THE SUMMER EXHIBITION 2018:

Grayson Perry injects some much-needed irreverence into the show celebrating its 250th anniversary

the photographer Catherine Hyland captures the other side of Essex: from Tolstoyan communes to eerie brutalism

THE TRUMP DOCTRINE:

TANK’s editor-in-chief, Masoud Golsorkhi, on the American president’s new and crude credo that is redefining the nation

THE GRADUATE PROJECT:

Machine-A and Void have collaborated on a new project designed to kickstart the careers of the best up-and-coming designers

LONDON FASHION WEEK:

check out TANK’s highlights of the men’s spring/summer 2019 collections showcased across the capital

MEMORIES OF MARRAKECH:

the photographer David Blackburn captures Morocco’s Rose City

RHYTHM AND COLOUR:

Richard Emerson charts the life, work and loves of three extraordinary women and forgotten members of the Lost Generation: Hélène Vanel, Loïs Hutton and Margaret Morris

THE LONDON OPEN 2018:

Whitechapel gallery’s celebrated open-submission triennial presents radical interpretations of the city and its inhabitants

RADICAL TECHNOLOGIES:

In his latest book, Adam Greenfield examines the myriad ways in which information processing is colonising our daily life

A HANDBOOK OF DISAPPOINTED FATE:

Anne Boyer’s ad-hoc collection of essays, fables, and fragments reveals how refusing to accept the world as it appears is an act full of potential

Anthony Vaccarello’s first menswear show for Saint Laurent takes New York City by storm

vaporwave lives on in a limited-edition pink diskette Hilary: R E M E M B E R by San Diego-based Azuresands大麻

the TANK Summer Reader 2018 issue is out now!

IN CONVERSATION WITH JESMYN WARD:

the award-winning American novelist discusses the essay collection “The Fire This Time”, which gives voice to a new generation of black writers addressing issues of race in America

A WALK THROUGH PARIS:

Eric Hazan’s charming travelogue of Paris is an entertaining amble through the city’s most captivating arrondissements, as well as a thought-provoking exercise in psychogeography

SCENES FROM A CHILDHOOD:

a new collection of short prose by Jon Fosse is a welcome and overdue introduction to the eerie worlds of a singular literary voice

ABOLITIONIST FUTURES:

an essential reading list and upcoming conference on the prison-industrial complex by Abolitionist Futures, a UK-based collective who organise for penal abolition

SAINT LAURENT LIVE STREAM:

catch every moment of the spring/summer 2019 menswear show from New York. Marking Anthony Vaccarello’s debut show in the city, this is not one to miss

Hayward Gallery’s latest show is a trip into the feverish imagination of South Korean artist Lee Bul. Featuring 118 works, the exhibition is a comprehensive survey of one of Asia’s leading contemporary artists

French film director Claire Denis’ 1994 TV movie “U.S. Go Home” is a pent-up ode to teenage parties and available to watch on YouTube

NOW, NOW, LOUISON:

in this collection of fragments of remembered conversation, the curator, writer and poet Jean Frémon creates a portrait of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Louise Bourgeois

TOWARDS A GAY COMMUNISM:

the radical possibilities of queer sexuality are recovered from a 1977 work by the Italian thinker and activist Mario Mieli, published in the first unabridged English translation by Pluto Press this year

the Egyptian Marxist Arwa Salih’s radical memoir offers a poignant critique of her nation’s left. Now available in a new English translation from Seagull Books

DISEASE AND DISBELIEF:

At the New Yorker, Lidija Haas, a TANK alumna, writes about Porochista Khakpour's memoir, Sick, which raises fundamental questions about the ways we react to female patients suffering from chronic illness

MYSTIC MICHELE:

Alessandro Michele has resurrected Gucci like a magus, transforming the industry around him as he does so. On Wednesday, he performed his latest trick with his resort show in Arles at the city’s Roman necropolis, Alyscamps

THE INTEGRITY OF THE ACT:

A series of premieres and site-specific performances across London respond to the divisiveness of contemporary politics as part of Block Universe 2018

ART, PLAY AND THERAPY:

an interview with the rapidly rising, self-taught painter Adébayo Bolaji

ESCARAMUZA EXTRAVAGANZA:

Dior’s resort show at the Chateau de Chantilly was a celebration of the famed horsewomen of Mexico. By Caroline Issa

ELEMENT OF DISGUISE:

jewellery in an urban frame. Photography and styling by Alice Ray

IN CONVERSATION WITH ANNA MINTON AND JOHN BOUGHTON:

The writers discuss the causes and realities of the social housing crisis in the UK

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MAC GAMING:

step into the weird and wonderful world of alternative gaming in this loving and visual narrative history by Richard Moss

TURNER PRIZE 2018 SHORTLIST:

the use of new technologies leaves this year’s entries feeling more authentically political

ON THE WATERFRONT:

Chanel's 2018 Cruise Collection

IN CONVERSATION WITH MADELINE MILLER:

the Orange Prize-winning novelist reads from her latest book, Circe

DAYDREAMS IN RED:

photographer Stefan Giftthaler captures the Vietnam of today

step inside forte_forte’s first boutique in Milan

watch the video premiere for ‘Seedling’

THEATRE OF THE NATURAL WORLD:

Mark Dion's immersive Wunderkammer at Whitechapel Gallery is a collection examining our fraught relationship with nature

SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018:

relive Milan's annual and unmissable design and furniture showcase

THE MOST MODERN PROMETHEUS:

Facebook, Zuckerberg and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Which is the real monster? And is this now popular analogy helpful or misleading?

FLASH FICTION FROM NADIFA MOHAMED:

"The Maid" is a caustic story of abuse and inequality

creative director of COS, Karin Gustafsson, and Phillip K. Smith III discuss their collaborative installation at Salone del Mobile

With 7,000 tiles and walking vegetables, Anthea Hamilton breathes new life into Tate Britain's historic main hall

NOTES ON A FOREIGN COUNTRY:

Suzy Hansen's work tackles American identity from a position of self-imposed exile

Carol Salter’s award-winning documentary following a teenage undertaker in China is a haunting study of worker displacement

Mohamed Bourouissa's works liberate black masculinity from stigmatisation and challenge the myth of the American West

LADIES' PARADISE:

at a new exhibition set in a spa, women artists showcase alternative treatments of the female form

TANK IS HIRING:

come join the growing team in one of our exciting new positions

HEAVENLY MICROSCOPE:

experience the vertiginous brilliance of Andreas Gursky's photography at London's Hayward Gallery

meet the new voice of TANK.

THE MAGNETIC CHAIN:

a new show from artist-duo Tamar Guimarães and Kasper Akhøj uncovers an alternative and deeply mysterious history of modernist architecture

SYNTHETIC SEDUCTION:

an interview with artists Marie Munk and Stine Deja on the unsettling of intimacy at the hands of technology

for spring 2018, Levi’s® Made & Crafted® Voodoo Surf collection evokes wistful dreams of summer

ANTON VIDOKLE ON COSMISM:

the artist and filmmaker charts the unexpected revival of the Russian philosophy

behind the scenes of the anniversary campaign

on quantum cryptography

a poet of form at Luma Arles. By Miranda Vane

ABBA SUPER TROUPERS:

uncover the world behind the flares at the Southbank Centre where a new exhibition revisits the Scandinavian pop sensation

THE ICING ON THE CAKE:

the personalised cake industry is becoming an unlikely flash point in the battle for freedom of expression

A CONVERSATION LARGER THAN THE UNIVERSE:

a new exhibition at New York's Grolier Club delves deep into the enduring appeal of science fiction

A JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE’S BORDERLANDS:

in conversation with Kapka Kassabova

FUTURE PERFECT:

come for a walk through the Spring 2018 issue

THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK:

Kneehigh Theatre's latest award-winning production places one of art's great romances centre stage

a new exhibition at Fashion Space Gallery celebrates the club couture of 90s London

Emmanual Gras' award-winning documentary about the toils of a Congolese charcoal maker is an exercise in attention

BORROWED VOCABULARIES:

Michael Armitage’s paintings embed East-African socio-political issues in the framework of traditional art history

Anne Turyn discusses the legacy of the groundbreaking New York literary periodical

A CITY CONJURED UP:

a look at the San Francisco of Zhao Qian's photobook Offcut, the edge. By Jacob Charles Wilson

from the corporeal to the cosmological, a new exhibition at the Wellcome Collection examines the history of Indian medicine

THE SEA. THE SEA:

the novelist Nadifa Mohamed visits the unspoilt idyll of Phu Quoc in the Gulf of Thialand

SPACE COLONIES:

explore the weird and wonderful ways space has captured the imagination in Fabian Reimann’s photography book

RUSSIA IN THE LATE SUMMER:

the academic and children's author Katherine Rundell returns to the ever-changing beauty of St Petersburg

inflatable fashion. Photography by Jun Yasui, styling by Luca Balazarini and Andrea Volonté

THE INCOMPLETE PICTURE:

a look at Hilton Als’ unconventional TV-script study of Andy Warhol

THE KOREAN DEMILITARISED ZONE:

Step inside one of world's most secure sites, captured for the first time by photojournalist Park Jongwoo.

A NEW MASCULINITY:

a first look at I'M FINE, the upcoming exhibition at Copeland Gallery giving voice to men's mental health issues

NOSTALGIA REBRANDED:

Scott King’s Welcome to Saxnot is a tongue-in-cheek exploration of the political tendency to evoke a simpler, quainter past

TIME AND TIME AGAIN:

three activist-made Feminist films from the 1980s on show now still have plenty to say

bargain-hunting on Bethnal Green Road. Photography by Erika Bowes, styling by Grace Alexander

can hotel brand Alila offer a sustainable model for luxury travel?

MYSTERIES, SECRETS AND IMMORTALITY:

Rediscover works by the singular Italian artist Gino De Dominicis. By Jan-Peter Westad

IN CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE MONBIOT:

MYSTERY IN MARYON PARK:

Giasco Bertoli's photographs trace the legacy of Michelangelo Antonioni's iconic film, Blow Up

between theme and movement. Photography by Danny Lowe. Styling by Alessia Vanini

15TH ISTANBUL BIENNIAL:

The artist-curated event privileges feeling over theory to navigate a city fraught with political turmoil. By Jan-Peter Westad

YOUNG GIRL READING GROUP:

the artists behind the radical reading group provide a techno-feminist reading list

BOOKS AND DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL:

in conversation with Carl Williams

‘Something Resembling Truth’. The RA present a retrospective of one of America's greatest living artists

CONTEMPORARY CURATED:

the Sotheby's auction guest curated by Tank's own Caroline Issa

PALLADIAN STYLE:

Bottega Veneta in Vicenza with Madina Visconti di Modrone

take a trip with the Italian designer Gaida Forte

PABLO BRONSTEIN:

an exhibition at RIBA's Architecture Gallery engages with conservatism though pseudo-Georgian architecture and design

ANYWHERE BUT HERE:

rediscovering the films of Aki Kaurismäki. By Jacob Charles Wilson

the choreographer Wayne McGregor digs deep into his own genetic code to inspire his latest work

THE GOOD FIGHT:

an award-winning documentary celebrates the fight for a better future in Rio de Janeiro's favela communities

the people meet the experts in this stunning and sophisticated Brexit documentary

a real life story of love and autism

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Joanna Piotrowska's performance piece asks us to consider the act of eating

ZINES OF THE WORLD:

in a throwaway digital culture, zines are giving us something to hold on to

MONSTERS AND OUTSIDERS:

In conversation with the author Charlie Fox

DRIES VAN NOTEN:

a new book offers unprecedented access into the work of one of fashion’s most singular designers

THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER:

Yorgos Lanthimos’s newest creation proves to be a morbid, uncanny and hugely funny tale

LIBERALISM AND IGNORANCE:

the philosopher Daniel DeNicola speaks to the author Edmund Fawcett.

Andrey Zvyagintsev's new feature is a haunting study of human selfishness. By Jan-Peter Westad

John Akomfrah’s cinematic spectacle captures the vast, interconnected nature of climate change

Justin E.H. Smith reads from his essay about the tensions between party politics and solidarity

FOR ADULTS ONLY:

an introduction to Hermann Nitsch’s obscene and atavistic art.

GARDENS AND GATEKEEPERS:

Marcel Broodthaers’s Un Jardin d'Hiver reshapes the relationship between gallery and viewer.

PAVÉ PATTERNS:

bold colours in the back streets of Paris.

ENTERING A NEW LANDSCAPE:

an exhibition at Skarstedt, London, offers a rare opportunity to see the late works of Willem de Kooning

for Tank's Gossip Issue, Turner Prize-winning artist Laure Prouvost created a bucolic conversation between women.

THERE’S LIFE OUTSIDE:

a new exhibition by Stine Deja provides an exposé of our increasingly artificial world.

INSTITUTIONALIZED:

an outsider’s perspective on New York’s art institutions. Photography by Paul Barcena

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?:

Hal Foster posed questions about collaboration in art. Writers and artists responded

public access TV's radical resurgence

how disco films captured a society in flux

the collectives behind London's exciting new designers

REMEMBERING ROBIN HOOD GARDENS:

a look back at one of Britain's most iconic and divisive housing estates. By Jan-Peter Westad

FORENSIC ARCHITECTURE:

innovative technologies are shedding new light on past crimes. By Jacob Charles Wilson

IN CONVERSATION WITH FIONA LEAHY:

the celebrity event planner reveals the secret to a great party

American post-industrial sculpture in the rolling hills of Derbyshire

Ewen Spencer's new book catalogues teenage nights out

RADICAL FASHIONS:

Hamish Morrow reviews two new shows from New York-based artists Juliana Huxtable and Stewart Uoo

BEHIND THE COVER:

Sarah Dobai and Tom McCarthy collaborate on a cut-up photo poem

DESIGN READING LIST:

from inflatable architecture to Mexican modernism, a Tank guide to the world of design

PUTTI’S PUDDING:

a new exhibition at London’s Studio Voltaire showcases the final works of Cookie Mueller and Vittorio Scarpati. By Christabel Stewart

LIFE AND DEATH ON THE NEW YORK DANCE FLOOR:

the academic and writer Tim Lawrence discusses his latest book

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has launched his his own label PC Music for bedroom professionals and slick amateurs. You can expect as much from this dreamy Radio Tank Mix, punctuated with internet buzzwords – “a fast connection, unlimited wifi”

THE GEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE:

the music of Elysia Crampton reorientates the political potentials of dance music from the future to the ancient geological past. By Milo Gooder

Teju Cole’s latest work disappears and appears his visual world through photography and free-associative essay. By William Bedingfield

Palmistry and DJ Endgame bring you goodies in the form of bewitching dancehall tunes, showing love to labelmates Vybz Kartel, Murlo and Popcaan in this latest Radio Tank Mix

Franziska Aigner, one of the core collaborators in the artist Anne Imhof’s celebrated work Faust, discusses how the installation performance requires a rhythm and a contour of nothingness

The founder of Mack publishing picks out an essential selection of reads from 2017, including Allan Sekula, Mark Steinmetz and Justine Kurland

the 2017 London Architecture Film Festival traverses space and time, shedding new light on the built environment. By George Steer

the artist Sam Contis in conversation with the Tate assistant curator Shoair Mavlian

the young milliner Leo Carlton is giving a new relevance to hat design. By Tamsin Blanchard

INTO THE UNKNOWN:

the Barbican’s latest show looks back on the history of science fiction

the artist Caragh Thuring takes a lateral approach to portraiture. By George Steer

BRIXTON FEELS THE BERN:

days before the UK goes to the polls, Bernie Sanders spoke at the Brixton Academy on Friday. By George Steer

BEHIND THE COVER:

Hellen van Meene captures Zarina Green as the bearded lady saint, Uncumber, an unlikely feminist icon for our troubled times

a reading list from the president of storied publishing house New Directions

DESIGNING FREEDOM:

the Design Museum’s latest exhibition charts California’s radical design history. We’ve compiled a reading list to contextualise the show

RARIFIED FLUIDITY:

Alice Waese’s jewellery finds a new context in her limited edition books, each with a hidden talisman

every book you should read, look at, ponder, this summer

inside the archives of Jamaican-born designer Jessica Ogden. Tamsin Blanchard reviews a nostalgic exhibition

the Design Museum’s latest exhibition recounts the art of Cartier watchmaking from fin-de-siècle Paris to transparent boxes

A PAGEANT OF INTERESTS:

J.W.Anderson’s sculptural exhibition at the Hepworth Wakefield. By Christabel Stewart

pictures speak louder than word’s in our annual Book Issue

some places are prisoners of their postcard image. Lili Owen Rowlands explains how the artist Luca Pucci parodies the faux authority of the travel guide

BALENCIAGA IN THE HOUSE:

Cristóbal Balenciaga is the subject of a new retrospective at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tamsin Blanchard looks inside the display cases ahead of its opening

TAKE BACK CONTROL:

from pollsters to academics, Tank redresses the media bias with its essential election reading list

Graphical movement is balanced with sensuous colour. Photography buy Joyce Ng, styling by Nobuko Tannawa

MAKING AND UNMAKING:

from the Fondazione Prada to the first Prada Cruise show, Masoud Golsorkhi reports on the televisual in modern Italian culture

for the third year running, Tank presents its compendium of the year’s most important books

CLOTH IN MOTION:

in his documentary Machines, Rahul Jain unravels the mythic nostalgia for industrial labour. By William Bedingfield

PEDAGOGY AND REVOLT:

Abbas Kiarostami’s allegorical classroom fable is a dissection of a revolution. By Masoud Golsorkhi

the designer Phoebe English gets fired-up for her latest T-shirt launch. By Tamsin Blanchard

the designer Massimo Giorgetti talks to Caroline Issa about his nocturnal MSGM capsule collection

IN UNVANQUISHABLE NUMBER:

Tamsin Blanchard talks with the designer John Alexander Skelton about his collection inspired by the workwear of the 19th-century, garment workers of the north

Maeve Brennan returns to the question of historical legitimacy in contemporary Lebanon. By Meadhbh McNutt

showing and concealing, layered and revealing. Photography by Patricia Ruiz del Portal, styling by Laura Alcalde

KANISHK THAROOR:

the journalist turned fiction writer talked to Tank about his literary upbringing and crossing the canon

UNKNOWN SPACES:

Caroline Issa talks to the curators behind this year’s Whitney Biennial about political art, moving out and Renzo Piano

THE HUMAN BILLBOARD:

the inspirational designer Ashish is reinvigorating the slogan T-shirt to prove that sequins speak far louder than words. Tamsin Blanchard catches up with London’s most political designer

In Richard Mosse’s starkly contemporary photographic work we see people as they are revealed through the eyes of weaponry. By William Bedingfield

recommended reading from the writer and political analyst Nesrine Malik

PICTURES FROM HOME:

the affecting power of Larry Sultan’s family album. By Meadhbh McNutt

a selection of the season’s finest verse publications. As chosen by Barbara Epler and Tank

sculpture and skin intertwine. With photography by Camila Falquez, styling by Brie Welch

JOSEPH MARINETTI:

gut wrenching turns on the waltzer, grass-stained Nike Airs, your brief teenage fling with a joyrider: these stirred memories are all gifts from Joseph Marinetti’s gritty Radio Tank Mix

for the third year running, Tank presents its compendium of the year’s most important books

photography by Alice Schillaci and styling by Ilaria Chionna

SUNLESS ’97 AND PALMISTRY:

premiere the new video for “aia” with Radio Tank Live. A static, barely-there sun sets the scene for quiet early-hours reflection

the berlin-based producer perfects dark club anthems and introspective beats with unexpected rhythmic turns in this Radio Tank Mix

photography by Phillip Koll and styling by Stefanie Klopf

25 minutes of experimental bliss from 2SHY to Radio Tank Mix, as alien and nostalgic as the X-Files-connoting name implies

photography by Maxime Imbert, styling and still life photography by Laëtitia Mannessier

gives new life to old classics in this tongue-in-cheek Radio Tank Mix. Great for parties where people don't particularly care about looking sexy ¯\_◉‿◉_/¯

is a pioneer at the teary-eyed dance party but more eerie than melancholic. Radio Tank Live introduces “Them Waters”, a succession of uncompromising, heartfelt think-pieces

CHRIS MARKER 1921–2012:

Maria Dimitrova ponders the legacy of the French cinema avant-gardist

LAYERS OF TIME:

photography by Spela Kasal and styling by Nobuko Tannawa

presenter of the “Hepcat Radio” show on NTS, provides Radio Tank Mix with a mischievous selection of frisky, Kenny Powers-inspired tracks

the fearless duo take us on a musical meander for their Radio Tank Mix and shed some light on the mythical character of “Yola”

drifting in and out of darkness, goes from flesh and blood rapper to kinetic abstraction in this Radio Tank Premiere of “The Nest ft. Little Simz”

weighty bass and tinny synths – Hana Risk channels internet tat and Dance Dance Revolution with a Radio Tank Mix of euphoric hardcore beats

SILVANIAN FAMILIES:

cute and eccentric like the plastic figurines we all know and love – Tokyo-based Silvanian Families shares a sugary assortment of beats for Radio Tank Mix

counting SOPHIE and A. G. Cook among its guests, you can expect great things from club night JACK댄스. Get hyped and ready with this new Radio Tank Mix

the South London producer has stitched together a host of house beats with garage intervals in this seamless Radio Tank Mix, plus some unreleased tracks from his forthcoming album

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