Neocontemporaries

Neocontemporaries Art discourse. inimitable online practice-led open platform curate exhibitions, critical theory, taste. Synthetic media MÉTACONTEMPORAIN

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™ evanescent prog. The Neocontemporaries are an international grassroots arts collective operating across numerous social media platforms. Officially established 18 July 2015, formerly The West London Arts Collective, Community Organisation founded 18 February 2014 and launched 04 March 2014 by Martin Lau the Curator of Down to Earth (with

the Fairies) 16 May 2014 W3 Gallery London, England. MÉTACONTEMPORAIN founded 15 October 2018. Exhibiting initially from ATRIUM, formerly the Hammersmith CUBE Artspace launched 18 October 2013 with a curatorial partnership by Milton Grubert, Thomas McCullough and opened by the Mayor Councillor Frances Stainton, by courtesy of amey.co.uk and lbhf.gov.uk supports art, in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity. And the Plum Duff Contemporaries a vernacular platform at a patisserie and party caterer business in Chiswick offering an opportunity to local artists, plumduff.co.uk. ATRIUM Gallery was originally established by Tom Quigley a leading pioneer in Contemporary Pointilism and Collage, and officially opened by Sir Peter Blake 16 March 2006 Hammersmith & Fulham festival, with an inaugural group exhibition inclusive of works by local artists Jenny Fernando, Afra Dojaily, John O'Carroll and Pascale Reeve. The space collectively ran in collaboration with Amey Ltd and LBHF. The group grew out of the austerity measures implemented by the then London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Conservative council 2010 – 2014 (tri-borough) on community organisations and the arts. Embracing a revival in Brutalism with emphasis towards urban Neocontemporary Architecture – lbhf Town Hall redevelopment. It continues to operate arts procurement initiatives from Hammersmith London. Its funding models at least in this stage are non-commercial; much of it is in fact done 'off the side of mobile tech'​ defining the cultural e-landscape. The group intends to initiate dialogue by providing an open platform for exchange, collaboration and research. In light of government funding cuts and the continuing air of austerity, alternative donor streams are crucial for many arts initiatives.

10/01/2026

After decades of unchecked expansion, economic realities are forcing fairs to become more selective, more regional and more accountable.

04/01/2026

In “L’opera d’arte nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica” (1936), Walter Benjamin analizza come fotografia e cinema trasformino l’arte. Introduce il concetto di “aura”, ovvero l’unicità legata al contesto dell’opera, che si perde con la riproduzione tecnica. La diffusione dell’arte diventa più democratica, ma rischia di impoverire l’esperienza estetica e spirituale, ponendo interrogativi sul valore e sul ruolo dell’arte nella società moderna.

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02/01/2026

: There is no greater symbol of thriving in the desert than the camel. The hunter-gatherers who roamed the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia thousands of years ago certainly thought so. High up on desert cliffs scattered across the vast and arid landscape, they carved life-sized depictions of the animal. Some were cartoonish with exaggerated eyes, others were naturalistic boasting winter fur or the bulging neckline indicative of camels in rut. But no matter the style, the carvings all marked important desert water sources.

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Article by Richard Whiddington

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Pictured: High-resolution 3D model of the monumental rock art panel at Jebel Misma, with tracings showing 19 life-sized camels and 3 equids. Photo courtesy Maria Guagnin et al.

25/12/2025

The representation of women artists in the art market, and the price of their work, still lags behind their male peers. Can the buying power of younger collectors change that?

21/12/2025

A flourishing network of commercial galleries and a booming secondary market have made the city the art capital of Asia

21/12/2025

"Si le nouvel art n'est pas intelligible à tout le monde, cela signifie que ses ressorts ne sont pas ceux du genre humain. Ce n'est pas un art pour les hommes en général, mais pour une classe très particulière d'hommes qui, même s'ils ne valent pas plus que les autres, sont de toute évidence différents."

José Ortega y Gasset, "La Déshumanisation de l'art"

https://www.editions-allia.com/fr/livre/544/la-deshumanisation-de-l-art

19/12/2025

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