Pierre d'Alancaisez (is) Verdurin
@verdur_in
https://Verdur.in/ - cultural events, curses, exhibitions, books, and more in Hoxton. https://petitpoi.net - art criticism, writing, research, interviews.
Coming up at Verdurin: Stop All the Clocks with Noah Kumin. Why does it take rapture to reveal the capacities of the systems we design to shield us from loss? Noah Kumin’s new novel is a rare literary thriller in which the suspect of the whodunnit isn’t a person but life itself.…
I reviewed the ICA’s “Connecting Thin Black Lines” - an ‘educational’ exhibition if ever there was one.
Our summer double issue's on newsstands next Thursday but subscribers get it first! Contributors include @CSaumarezSmith @SalemLola @RobDotHutton @alexlarman @WalkTheLinesLDN @drdavidajames @TitaniaMcGrath & David Butterfield of @AntigoneJournal thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com
“Grown man has a fit because not all his toys are adorned in rainbows” is a desperate indictment of the state or LGBTQ activism.
Why is #DCcomics locking #WonderWoman in the closet? For the fifth year running, the world's most famous queer superheroine she is excluded from #DC's Pride anthology & Book of Pride. Is this straightwashing? Read @PeterTatchell's expose in @Independent > independent.co.uk/voices/pride-m…
come to @marsreviewer’s uk book launch at @verdur_in ☄️ tickets for the last event sold out fast so book early to avoid disappointment verdur.in/event/stop-all…
Buy buy buy buy. See you there mates
come to @marsreviewer’s uk book launch at @verdur_in ☄️ tickets for the last event sold out fast so book early to avoid disappointment verdur.in/event/stop-all…
📖 verdur.in/store/the-nati…
Attended @thephilippics book launch yesterday for the "National Interest". Really enjoyable event, I'm looking forward to getting my teeth into it! Lots of ideas to think about.
“American Sublime” is barely ever the left-wing version of a Thomas Kinkade retrospective.
The best thing the art world can do is rally around, come together, and say.. "this painting sucks"
Look forward to reading this. Great cover design!
Great book launch and discussion at @verdur_in gallery yesterday - thanks to all those who came, asked questions and esp to Pierre for organising and hosting. Book is out this Friday, Amazon link to buy book in next tweet.
Great book launch and discussion at @verdur_in gallery yesterday - thanks to all those who came, asked questions and esp to Pierre for organising and hosting. Book is out this Friday, Amazon link to buy book in next tweet.
Great event with @thephilippics at @verdur_in last night, discussing Phil's new book The National Interest: Politics After Globalization. Serious and optimistic discussion about what happens post-globalisation, and how sovereignty and nation-building can be reforged.
The summer double issue of @TheCriticMag has gone to press. Standby for @HCH_Hill @CliveAslet @CSaumarezSmith @sarahditum @NLebrecht @HenryGJeffreys @JSMilbank @HannahJBetts @yuanyi_z @HJoyceGender @stephenpollard Jonathan Glancey & David Butterfield thecritic.imbmsubscriptions.com