The Quietus

Peter Rehberg Has Died, Aged 53

Peter Rehberg, experimental musician and the founder of Editions Mego, has died, aged 53, following a heart attack. The news was confirmed in a…

Stick Figures & Robotic Systems: At Berlin Gallery Weekend

Exhibition view: Ugo Rondinone,nuns + monks,Esther Schipper, Berlin, 2020 Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Photo © Andrea Rosset…

Stripping Away The Scaffolding: An Interview With Eimear McBride

Photo: Sophie Bassouls Eimear McBride is an author synonymous with modern feminist literature. Her multi-award-winning debut novel A Girl Is a H…

Bringing Out the Dead: Christian Boltanski’s Archives & Memorials

Christian Boltanski, Crépuscule (2015) We leave our world, as Christian Boltanski would have it, seeing an array of blue light-bulbs that reads…

Story Of An Émigré: The Culture Clashes Of Three Colours: Red

Considering he is one of Poland’s most internationally acclaimed filmmakers, the reputation of Krzysztof Kieślowski in his native country doesn’…

Everybody Is Fantastic: Kevin Barry’s Night Boat To Tangier

Another great Irish writer. And another great Irish writer called Kevin. I’m thinking there are two things I should do with my life: Change my f…

Rum Music For August Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

August is my least favourite month for new releases. Firstly, there’s not much out. Secondly, the summer is a time for nostalgic, communal liste…

Give Up Your Enquiries: Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut Turns 20

When the Kubrick fanboys are out and discussing Kubrick, Eyes Wide Shut is rarely mentioned. When anyone, fan or not, talk of the director and h…

That's How It Goes: Asghar Farhadi's Everybody Knows

There isn’t anything quite as nostalgically romantic as two sets of initials carved roughly alongside a heart into a wall. In Asghar Farhadi’s l…

Junk Shop Classical on Mstislav Rostropovich: Music Stories Told £1 LP By £1 LP

The Proms are on for the 124th time and if, like me, you’re an anorak who goes to a lot of them, or listens live on Radio 3, you’ll know that th…

A Lark Ascending: Karl Bielik On Painting And Process

A painter for 20 years, Karl Bielik has nurtured his natural sensitivity to colour and developed a broad visual language of mark-making within a…

Bodies That Matter: Stina Nyberg At Block Universe Performance Festival

At a certain point, quite near the beginning of Stina Nyberg’s performance at Notting Hill’s Tabernacle theatre, the dancers’ movements onstage…

Mountains Of Tongues: Traditional Music From The Caucasus Explored

Perhaps more than any other artform, music has the capacity to render language barriers irrelevant. Instruments, traditions and tunings may diff…