The Japanese are known for their politesse on public transport. Anyone who has travelled the Tokyo subway and has suffered the fate of their mobile phone ringing, spoken too loudly or dared breathe will know the scorn they’ll receive from fellow commuters. All etiquette stems from practicality and the observation of simple rules make the [...]

Lovers of art fare and tomes documenting said fare, rejoice! The New York Art Fair returns for its sixth consecutive year at MoMa’s PS1 in Queens. Presented by Printed Matter, it’s the world’s leading event to discover artists’ books and zines, art periodicals and contemporary art catalogues. Essentially, it’s what a young Robert Hughes would have hovered [...]

In the vein of  the Tumblr  blog, Things Organized Neatly, which could only be described as porn for the fastidious and obsessive-compulsive, comes Swiss artist, Ursus Wehrli, who makes artwork by organising objects visually. Using a combination of real-life situations and an authoritative manner in a three-piece suit, he takes before-and-after aerial photos of humans and objects in [...]

At I Do Believe I Came with a Hat, we are bacon crazy: edible bacon fat candles, bacon stationery, Francis Bacon—bacon, bacon, bacon! Imagine our excitement to see the work of British artists, Miss Sophie H. Powell and Miss Bonnie Moriarty, who have made a life-sized piglet out of porcine products! Constructed from bacon and sausages, the [...]