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That Was The Year That Was: 2016 In Art

As 2016 prepares to shuffle off its clogs and resign itself to the dustbin of history, Craft/Work looks back at some of the year’s notable exhibitions and art-related news stories

Double Portraits: Sebastian Smee On The Art Of Rivalry

From the story of Degas‘s portrait of Manet to Freud's struggle with Bacon, Sebastian Smee talks to Craft/Work about the productive history of artistic rivalries

Why 2016’s Environmental Crisis Needs More Than The “Escapist” Planet Earth II

This year, two works drawing on BBC natural history footage presented sharply different explorations of the relationships among people and the non-human world, writes Rory Gibb

Lay Of Her Land: Brix Smith Start’s Favourite Albums

As she prepares to release a debut album with her band of former Fall troopers, Brix Smith Start takes Julian Marszalek through some of the records that have shaped her life

tQ’s Reissues Etc Of 2016, In Association With Norman Records

Here it is, our compilations, reissues, mixes, live albums & mixtapes top 100 of 2016 as voted for by John Doran, Luke Turner, Karl Smith and Christian Eede, with help from Paddy Clarke

Incorporated – The Future Of Disaster Capitalism

SyFy's new show has flaws, but is more boldly political than its genre peers, writes John Tatlock. *May contain mild spoilers*

Why ‘Do One 2016’ Isn’t Enough & We Need Aesthetic Dissent

In the latest Quietus Wreath Lecture, Joe Kennedy argues that in the age of Brexit and Trump we need to sharpen and weaponise our approach to consuming culture

Rashad Becker

Traditional Music of Notional Species vol.II

Bjarki

Æ / Lefhanded Fuqs / Б

Why I Wanted To Fuck Donald Trump* (*Apologies To Ballard)

Pondering JG Ballard's essay on Ronald Regan, Philippa Snow looks at the post-apocalyptic and entirely bleak entertainment of Donald Trump hitting the internet

Spool’s Out: The Top Tapes Of 2016 With Tristan Bath

Out tapes editor Tristan Bath is back with his top cassettes released in 2016

A New Material Vocabulary: The Ulm Model At Raven Row

Unpacking the design philosophy of Ulm's Hochschule für Gestaltung with the help of a new exhibition at Raven Row

Time, Work, Discipline: The (Not) Music Of Bruce Nauman

With the release of a new vinyl record of the soundtrack to Bruce Nauman’s first violin film, Craft/Work considers the artist’s place in the development of a new music aesthetics

Guilt And Responsibility: The Unknown Girl Reviewed

James Ubaghs reviews the Dardenne Brother's low-key procedural The Unknown Girl

Not Right: Stooges Doc Gimme Danger Reviewed

Jennifer Lucy Allan reviews Jim Jarmusch's Stooges documentary, but is it a Real Cool Time or an L.A. Snooze?

Public Image Ltd.

Metal Box (Reissue)

Moor Mother

Fetish Bones

Axis of Tweeville: Mawkish Brit Food Culture V The Glory Of Keith Floyd

In the year of Brexit, Harry Sword examines sinister twee nationalism in food culture - and wishes Keith Floyd were here to sort it out.

Complete Communion: The Best Jazz Of 2016 With Stewart Smith

Sailing a ship through post-Brexit waters, Stewart Smith reflects on the year in jazz and improvised music, and presents his top ten releases of 2016

Pangaea

In Drum Play

A Breath Of Fresh Air: Tough Tits Interviewed

In a year that feels endlessly suffocating and misogynistic, Newcastle punks Tough Tits provide some much needed catharsis. Tara Joshi speaks to the band about presumptions, pressures and plans. Photo Janina Sabaliauskaite

Rum Music: The Best Of 2016 With Russell Cuzner

Compiling an end of year ‘top ten’ of music from the more undefinable end of the sonic spectrum always proves challenging for the Rum Music Library. But, being more accustomed to stubbornly standing with difficulty than rolling over into the recovery position of enjoyment, Russell Cuzner has risen to the challenge to highlight how 2016 has provided the widest range yet of audacious audio experiences from music’s borderlands

Bowie, Prince, Cohen & The Quiet Power Of Public Grief, By Jude Rogers

Reflecting on a year that has seen so many musical heroes taken from us, Jude Rogers explores how a shared sense of sorrow is far from indulgent, but might help us all through these strange and difficult times

Wadada Leo Smith

America's National Parks

The Death Of Dissent: Richard H Kirk’s Baker’s Dozen

With the release of the Richard H Kirk and Sandoz box sets, the Cabaret Voltaire lynchpin takes us through thirteen of his favourite and most enduring albums

Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & HC Of 2016 With Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner brings you his top ten punk and hardcore records of the year and another top ten of juicy cuts he missed the first time round

Prime Cuts: Sharon Gal And Richard Ducker In Conversation

With her new exhibition of collages on display now in Dalston, Sharon Gal talks to curator Richard Ducker about chance, performance, and excess. With an introduction by Robert Barry

D∆WN

Redemption

Combine Harvester: Robert Rauschenberg At Tate Modern

The first comprehensive survey since the artist's death in 2008, Tate Modern's new Robert Rauschenberg show is an exhilarating ride

Brendan Telford On Hey Colossus’ Dedicated To Uri Klangers

The nihilistic bombast and bluster that is the noise of Hey Colossus showcases a disparate cache of men desperate to beguile, bewilder, and laugh at the demise of all around them – including themselves. Brendan Telford looks at this bludgeoning compilation that spans the band’s brutal, mystical history

Jarmusch Ado About Bussing: Paterson Reviewed

Adam Driver plays a driver called Paterson from Paterson in Paterson

Bloom

What Is Life