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A very late recognition of our 3rd @friezeofficial Venice Biennale issue (gladly the biennale is still on for a while!) It had incredible visibility during the opening days, followed by a huge celebration with our colleagues and strong community @ilpalazzoexperimental For the first time ever, we produced a beautiful fold-out cover, conceived by @matteodemaya and inspired by Giandomenico Tiepolo’s Il mondo novo, 1791. Beyond the visibility, the content was right on the pulse — featuring the German and British Pavilion and a beautiful roundtable on performance art at this year’s Biennale, and much more! I’m always proud to be the publisher of this magazine, but moments like this, seeing it all around Venice and later in New York, makes me even prouder. Thanks to the hard work by all teams involved: Editorial, Commercial, Production, Marketing and Distribution !
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Catch freelance writer and associate editor at frieze magazine Sean Burns in this Grounding Practice Salon where he unpacks the world of arts publishing and criticism. Learn how artists and writers can interact, draw attention to their work and understand what shapes their visibility in today's culture. Limited tickets available – book via link in bio to secure your spot. 5.30–7.30PM 17 Sep Snooker Rooms
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Drawing on his experience as an editor at frieze magazine and as a freelance writer Sean Burns (@sf_burns) unpacks how arts publishing and criticism operate today. Join this exploration into how artists and writers can interact, draw attention to their work, and understand the roles that shape visibility in contemporary culture. Limited tickets available – book via link in bio to secure your spot. 5.30–7.30PM 17 Sep Snooker Rooms
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Even I was surprised when I joined Death Awareness Cafe the other day at night I’ve Seen That Face Before @i.u.r.a.n.u.s_ James Main sprung it on me 🥀🥀🥀
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✦ JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS ✦ Another week, another fresh batch of new listings and announcements now on sale from July through November, moving between small-label nights, performance, tape work, improvisation, multi-day residencies and festival programmes. A lot of this batch sits in the space between song, electronics, text, object and image, with intimate performances set alongside bigger ensemble nights and long-form listening. SAT 4 JULY OTO SUMMER FAIR & BAR NIGHT W/ THE GATE DJS FREE EVENT MON 20 JULY PARA-PHRASE: DIANA LOLA POSANI + JAMIE MAN + MENGTING ZHUO / JIAYING KOU WED 22 JULY I’VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE: DEATH AWARENESS CAFE + HAROLD OFFEH + GUIA + NICKY + MS.G (DJ) SAT 25 JULY PURELY PHYSICAL TEENY TAPES PRESENTS: STATIC CLEANER LOST REWARD + THE SPRIGS + SQ MICE + DJ JESS MON 27 JULY A TRIBUTE TO ÉLIANE RADIGUE W/ JOHN BIDDULPH + CHRISTIAN DUKA + GEORGINA BRETT SAT 15 AUGUST ADAM BOHMAN / CRYSTABEL EFEMENA RILEY / SUE LYNCH (TRIO) + CATFORD TO KHARTOUM FRI 21 AUGUST BARRY GUY / EVAN PARKER / TREVOR WATTS / PAUL LYTTON / RAMON LOPEZ / VERYAN WESTON / ALEXANDER HAWKINS / PAUL DUNMALL / PERCY PURSGLOVE 26+27 AUGUST JOHN BRENNAN - TWO-DAY RESIDENCY WITH FARIDA AMADOU, STEVE BERESFORD, ALEXANDER MOSKOS, KAREN NG, MARIAM REZAEI + JEREMY VAN WYCK SAT 5 SEPTEMBER EARWORM PRESENTS AN OUTSIDER ART SHOWCASE: MISHA PHILLIPS + KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE + PALE WORLD + SLOW MURDER + VIIMEINEN TUES 8 SEPTEMBER DUO VERGARA & CARRASCO + STEVE NOBLE MON 14 SEPTEMBER GINTĖ PREISAITĖ PRESENTS “INSTRUMENTS OF FORGETTING AND THE SINGING BONE” + PERCUSSOMNIA SUN 27 SEPTEMBER SUZAN PEETERS + ELIZABETH KLINCK THU 22 OCTOBER BITCHIN BAJAS SAT 7 NOVEMBER PITCHFORK FESTIVAL 2026: DALSTON TAKEOVER → Tickets via link in stories and cafeoto.co.uk
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Last night @cafeotodalston. Thank you @_nickymusic for bringing old & new friends together. @dahc_dermur_viii & James (@i.u.r.a.n.u.s_ ) both hold a very special place in my heart. So special for us all to be in the same room again after so long. Chadd & James photographed by me when Wild Daughter played @roughtradeeast. Last night James brought his band Death Awareness Cafe to us from Berlin. Such a beautiful surprise too to see Stefan Kalmar after so many years. Keep the community gatherings going, Nicky. So powerful!
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For Everything is NOW, London-based writer and editor Sean Burns contributes a commissioned essay reflecting on the practice and legacy of Jill Westwood. The text examines Westwood’s 1980s output across photography, Super 8 film, and performance. Burns observes the mechanics of extremity and care within her work, tracing a line from her use of domestic settings to her origins in the industrial Black Country and her band, Fistfuck. Linking this subcultural history to her present-day engagement with New Materialism, the essay positions her archival material as a foundation for alternative community and female empowerment. Read more via the link in bio and in the exhibition. Sean Burns is an editor and writer. He lives in London. Sean Burns was the first recipient of Giselle’s Books Get-Away Program in late 2025. Everything is NOW is open by appointment on August 14-15. Join us for the closing of the exhibition on August 16 from 4PM in the presence of the artist.
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✦ JUST ANNOUNCED SHOWS ✦ Another week, another fresh batch of new listings and announcements now on sale from July through November, moving between small-label nights, performance, tape work, improvisation, multi-day residencies and festival programmes. A lot of this batch sits in the space between song, electronics, text, object and image, with intimate performances set alongside bigger ensemble nights and long-form listening. SAT 4 JULY OTO SUMMER FAIR & BAR NIGHT W/ THE GATE DJS FREE EVENT MON 20 JULY PARA-PHRASE: DIANA LOLA POSANI + JAMIE MAN + MENGTING ZHUO / JIAYING KOU WED 22 JULY I’VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE: DEATH AWARENESS CAFE + HAROLD OFFEH + GUIA + NICKY + MS.G (DJ) SAT 25 JULY PURELY PHYSICAL TEENY TAPES PRESENTS: STATIC CLEANER LOST REWARD + THE SPRIGS + SQ MICE + DJ JESS MON 27 JULY A TRIBUTE TO ÉLIANE RADIGUE W/ JOHN BIDDULPH + CHRISTIAN DUKA + GEORGINA BRETT SAT 15 AUGUST ADAM BOHMAN / CRYSTABEL EFEMENA RILEY / SUE LYNCH (TRIO) + CATFORD TO KHARTOUM FRI 21 AUGUST BARRY GUY / EVAN PARKER / TREVOR WATTS / PAUL LYTTON / RAMON LOPEZ / VERYAN WESTON / ALEXANDER HAWKINS / PAUL DUNMALL / PERCY PURSGLOVE 26+27 AUGUST JOHN BRENNAN - TWO-DAY RESIDENCY WITH FARIDA AMADOU, STEVE BERESFORD, ALEXANDER MOSKOS, KAREN NG, MARIAM REZAEI + JEREMY VAN WYCK SAT 5 SEPTEMBER EARWORM PRESENTS AN OUTSIDER ART SHOWCASE: MISHA PHILLIPS + KNIFEDOUTOFEXISTENCE + PALE WORLD + SLOW MURDER + VIIMEINEN TUES 8 SEPTEMBER DUO VERGARA & CARRASCO + STEVE NOBLE MON 14 SEPTEMBER GINTĖ PREISAITĖ PRESENTS “INSTRUMENTS OF FORGETTING AND THE SINGING BONE” + PERCUSSOMNIA SUN 27 SEPTEMBER SUZAN PEETERS + ELIZABETH KLINCK THU 22 OCTOBER BITCHIN BAJAS SAT 7 NOVEMBER PITCHFORK FESTIVAL 2026: DALSTON TAKEOVER → Tickets via link in stories and cafeoto.co.uk
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Looking back at my book Notes on a Masculine Image, which was published 5 years ago by @galerie5b Since the book is now out of print a selection of copies were donated to museums and institutions with accessible libraries and resources. Notes is now on the shelves (or about to be) of Tate Britain, Wellcome Collection, Bishopgate Institute in London; Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris; Schwules Museum in Berlin; International Center of Photography in NYC. I am also looking to donate a copy to an Italian archive, if you have suggestions DM please.
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WED 22 JULY: I’VE SEEN THAT FACE BEFORE - DEATH AWARENESS CAFE + HAROLD OFFEH + GUIA + NICKY + MS.G DJ I’ve Seen That Face Before returns to Cafe OTO for its second edition: a quarterly music and performance night curated by singer-songwriter NiCKY and writer / filmmaker Sean Burns, showcasing queer artists working across the fringes of avant-garde music, visual art, performance, pop and nightlife. Taking its name from the Grace Jones classic, the night draws on the organisers’ shared experience of moving through the city’s nightlife hinterlands, bars and dancefloors: places of encounter, reinvention, glamour, unease and escape. Berlin-based band DEATH AWARENESS CAFE were founded by James Main, frontman of the late cock-rock outfit Wild Daughter. Named after a Bangkok restaurant where diners can eat from inside a coffin, the group’s debut album Optimistic About Nothing painted an uneasy portrait of contemporary life through dark humour, anxiety and defiance. At OTO, they present unreleased tracks from forthcoming second album Births, Deaths and Marriages, with Max Bauer, Petar Miletić, Marian Mutschlechner and special guest Isabelle de Jour. HAROLD OFFEH works across performance, video, photography, learning and social arts practice, often using humour to inhabit histories and confront contemporary culture. His work has been shown at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Studio Museum Harlem and MAC VAL. GUIA makes cinematic pop synthscapes for escapism, self-invention and possibility, drawing on British synth-pop, Italian melodrama and East London nightlife to build a Neuromantic world. NiCKY is known for emotionally charged songwriting: part torch song, part bedroom synth fantasy. Recent work includes scores for Tomorrow Is Already Dead at Soho Theatre and The AIDS Plays Project, with PRS funding now supporting their debut album. Ms.G closes with a DJ set rooted in high-energy rave, percussive club pressure, classic UK motifs and playful vocals, drawing on years at the centre of London’s queer nightlife. Poster by Daisy Parris. 🎟️ £15 advance / £10 members → Tickets via link in stories and cafeoto.co.uk → Doors 7.30pm
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The rest of the @manfantastic cover story featuring my artist profile by @sf_burns. The limited-edition cover is available at www.fantasticman.com FANTASTIC MAN no°41 — AW25 Photos by @philengelhardt Profile by @sf_burns Styling by @hisato_tasaka Grooming by @phoebealana Production by #chloelebrun Thank you @studiojopvanbennekom @gertjonkers @bureau_itinerary @gerryroryokane @eliothaworth @herald_st @laurietgbarron @galeriesebastienbertrand
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Such and incredible pleasure to have dear friends and colleagues take part in this edition of @labiennale #venicebiennale2026 How to Stage a Performance in Venice @studiodriesverhoeven @miet_warlop @floholzinger @ei.arakawa.nash in @friezeofficial in conversation with @sf_burns “The Fortress” @dutch.pavilion.venice “With performance, there’s an inherent awareness of the contradiction between our intentions and the economic and political structures we operate within.” - DRIES VERHOEVEN @studiodriesverhoeven @riekevos @ellen.van.bunnik @jana.jacuka @mamelgares @jenniebergsli @mchowow @maartenheijnens @denglinglevine @diane.mahin @julienneirynckmayamertens @mrln.pflgr @marie.popall @pousette @oliviariviere @hrihro @mistysuperdeluxe @frauflach @onequartergreek @peterisviksna @willempopelier

@labiennale @evdlingen @mondriaanfonds @dutch.pavilion.venice @fondspodiumkunsten @venice.art.biennale #biennale #biennaledivenezia #venice
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