Poor Artists

our book Poor Artists is out now in hardback, audiobook and ebook. It is a fictional quest through the real art world. Using dialogue from anonymous interviews we did with people across the industry, we ridicule a contemporary art world that has turned art into artworks, art schools into art universities, and creative expression into cut-throat competition 👹 get it from an indie bookshop! or a big bookshop! or a library!

our BOOK COVER which has the title POOR ARTISTS on a bright pink background with an abstract digital painting of a lemon

EVENTS 2024/25:

Oct 3 — London Review of Books ✅
Oct 15 — Crafts Council Book Club ✅
Oct 24 — The Margate Bookshop ✅
Nov 5 — Institute of Contemporary Arts, London ✅
Nov 22 — Edinburgh’s Radical Bookfair @ Lighthouse
Nov 23 — Generator Projects, Dundee
Nov 25 – Central Saint Martins, London
Jan 24 – London Art Fair

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK:

Legacy Russell said it is ‘an indispensible read’! Nathalie Olah said ‘this is a landmark for art writing’! Travis Alabanza said ‘I finished the book overwhelmingly grateful that it exists’! and Daisy Hildyard said ‘This book might change the way you look at art’ : )