“The wage system arises out of the individual ownership of the land and the instruments of labour. It was the necessary condition for the development of capitalist production, and will perish with it, in…

As its beautiful title suggests, something about drawing as an originary practice sits at the heart of Shahana Rajani’s brilliant exhibition, Lines that World a River, the latest iteration of which is at Nottingham…

Crystal’s round-up of recent exhibitions from Basel…

The Penitent Review is often a place where we complain about aspects of the art world in ways that the usual magazines are less inclined to publish. But we also like art (sometimes)! So…

Tom and Crystal discuss corporate sponsorship, public funding, why the system sucks and how to improve it.…

Tom spends an hour in a cold, damp London garage.…

Crystal heads to Helmsdale to write about an exhibition on birds and collective care…

Crystal and Tom head to Venice for a (very) long conversation about the nature of representation and Palestine protests at the 60th Biennale…

Crystal and Tom visit rural Cample Line to discuss the work of Palestinian artist Jumana Emil Abboud.…

Crystal and Tom talk through their favourite works at Frieze London and wonder what happened to the chaotic energy of former iterations?…