Image Credit: From London Dyke Deck. Photography by Ellen Kydd ellenkydd.com | London Dyke Deck londondyke.com For El Kydd, photography has always been a way of finding people. An only child with what they describe as “itchy feet” and intense…
Image Credit: Photo of Karen Ashton, co-founder of the Art Car Boot Fair. Karen Ashton has been flying by the seat of her pants for some time. An RAF kid who spent part of her childhood in Cyprus, she remembers…
Image Credit: Photo of Jon Link, photographed by Ellen Kydd for Modern Toss. Jon Link has spent his career finding value in the stuff polite culture tends to overlook. Starting out in graphic design, record sleeves and magazines, he eventually…
Image Credit: Lisa Baker, Hackney Art Week, Co-founder. Photographed by Tara Darby. Some people spend years plotting their route into the art world. For Lisa Baker, it began with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. Back in 2002, after…
Image Credit: Still from the film, ‘a sea change’ by zack mennell. Image by Baiba Sprance. Self-taught artist zack mennell works across writing, analogue photography and performance to explore queerness, neurodiversity, presence and visibility. Rooted in the industrial landscapes of…
Image credit: Photo of Rachel Mars. Rachel Mars has long carved out a singular space in British performance – weaving together queer, Jewish and feminist histories with a mischievous intelligence and a deep belief in people, process and community. Recently…
Image description: THE DELUSION, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, 2025. Commissioned and produced by Serpentine Arts Technologies. © Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley Artist–game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley has built a formidable practice of “living archives” that centre Black Trans life – spanning game worlds, performance and…
Photo of Alex Billingham by Clair Unsworth.
Ugly Duck’s flagship programme @Disturbance returns with the first ever summer edition on Saturday June 22 & Sunday June 23.
Image credit: Rocio Boliver, courtesy of the artist
This October, VSSL Studio at Deptford’s thriving Enclave building on Resolution Way presents the third offering as part of FACET, the series of exhibitions dedicated to the exploration and celebration of contemporary queer art and culture.
Image credit: Photograph of Benjamin Sebastian by Marco Berardi.