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Struggling to find art you can actually afford? Well you’re in luck, the Plaster Shop is now open and live online. Here are four of our favourite items currently in stock. Click the tagged items to browse the full range of products online, or head to the link in bio. Are there any artists whose works you’d like to see in our shop? Let us know down below! P.S. keep an eye on our feed for exciting forthcoming Shop events.

Paintings by James McNeill Whistler to be shown in the forthcoming show, ‘James McNeill Whistler’, at Tate Britain from 21st May 2026. For more information head to our free online art guide, where you can see our pick of the best art shows in London and more - link in bio. @tate 1. James McNeill Whistler, The Artist in His Studio. 1865-66. Art Institute of Chicago. Friends of American Art Collection. 2. James McNeill Whistler, Wapping, 1860-4. National Gallery of Art, Washington. 3. James McNeill Whistler, Coast of Brittany (Alone with the Tide), 1861. Wadsworth Museum of Art. In memory of William Arnold Healy, given by his daughter, Susie Healy Camp 4. James McNeill Whistler, Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl. 1864. Tate.  5. James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, 1871, Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France. 6. James McNeill Whistler, Portrait of Dr. William McNeill Whistler, 1871-73. Art Institute of Chicago. Gift of Mary T. Wentworth in memory of her husband, John. 7. James McNeill Whistler, Arrangement in Gray: Portrait of the Painter, ca. 1872, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Henry Glover Stevens in memory of Ellen P. Stevens and Mary M. Stevens, 34.27. 8. James McNeill Whistler, Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander. 1872-3. Tate. Photo (c) Tate. 9. James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea bridge. 1872-5. Tate. James McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel. 1875-7. Tate.

London-based photographer Gabby Laurent explores motherhood through photography and performance. Her project ‘YOU USED TO BE CONNECTED’ is currently on view with Flowers Gallery at Photo London. Here are Gabby’s top five picks from this year’s fair. ‘This work most clearly references the umbilical connection, but it also urges the viewer to reconnect with themselves, each other, the land. Firstly it’s a message to the artist herself but in a world in turmoil, it makes an urgent call for all to reconnect’ – Gabby Laurent Photo London runs until 17 May at Olympia London. @gabulaurent @flowersgallery

VALIE EXPORT, Austrian artist whose radical feminist performances and confrontational public interventions reshaped postwar avant-garde art, has died aged 85. Emerging from Vienna’s experimental art scene in the 1960s, EXPORT scandalised conservative Austria with works that exposed and inverted the male gaze, using her own body to challenge structures of power, spectatorship and gender. Her groundbreaking performances and films made her one of the most influential figures in feminist and performance art.

A series of portraits by Sara Birns to be featured in the forthcoming group show ‘pity this busy monster’ which opens next Tuesday (19th May) at Matt Carey-Williams. For more information on the show and other London exhibitions, head to the online Plaster Guide, link in bio. Image 1: Sara Birns, 'Self-Portrait Smile', 2026 Image 2: Sara Birns, 'Self-Portrait Blue Purple Adam Rainbow', 2026 Image 3: Sara Birns, 'Self-Portrait Purple', 2026 Image 4: Sara Birns, 'Self-Portrait 2004 (2026)', 2026 Photography by @showpickle @matt_careywilliams @sarabirns

The Swedish pop girlies are having a renaissance right now, and nobody’s doing it quite like Tove Lo. Since Habits (Stay High) soundtracked every bad decision worth making back in 2014, she’s remained the patron saint of beautifully messy pop. Now, off the back of her Dirt Femme tour, Tove Lo has teamed up with photographer Kenny Laubbacher on ‘The Kiss Book’, a photo book documenting more than 600 stolen moments of people kissing in crowds across 15 countries and 18 cities.  Naturally, we asked the pair to map out their perfect LA weekend: where to eat, where to disappear until 2am. Whether you’re local, visiting, or just building a fantasy itinerary from your bedroom, consider this your weekend binge, courtesy of Tove and Kenny. To get The Weekend Binge straight into your inbox 📥 sign up to the Plaster newsletter via the link in our bio. The Kiss Book by Tove Lo & Kenny Laubbacher, published by Baron out now: or available from Cultured Edit and Skylight Books in LA.

The problem with telling the story of the French House is that everyone’s got one. Most are half-remembered, probably embellished, and better for it. Harriet Lloyd-Smith gets down and dirty to tell the story of Soho’s most mythologised pub, where great artists are born, made and get bladdered. @thefrenchhousesoho Photography: @luminousmushroom Words: @harriart__

When you hear the term ‘flipping work’ you may think of a conniving collector who’s looking for a quick fix, but the truth is a lot more complex. Selling artwork requires not only gross amounts of paperwork, but also the ability to toe the line between reselling at the appropriate time and remaining faithful to the artist and gallery who sold you the work in the first place.  This week, Plaster’s agony aunt, Greg Rook, explores what’s it means to ‘flip’ art and why you should avoid it, for the art world’s sake (and yours!). Head to the Plaster website to read the full article at the link in bio. @blackbird_rook

Art might be as good for us as exercise. A new study from UCL suggests that making art and visiting exhibitions can be linked to a longer, higher-quality life. What’s been your favourite exhibition for boosting your quality of life recently?

Installation shots from Loie Hollowell’s exhibition, ‘Overview Effect’, showing at Pace Gallery until 21st May. For more information on this show and many others, or head to the link in bio. @pacegallery @loiehollowell

Erwin Wurm is the latest Plaster print issue. Buy it instore, put it on your wall, or read it online. The Wurm effect. Read the full interview by @harriart__ via the link in our bio @erwinwurm @palazzofortuny_venezia

Rage bait is a cultural currency these days. Net-artists Eva and Franco Mattes know this better than anyone. In their new exhibition, ‘RAGE BAIT’, the cursed and absurd lie as permanent residents, poised for a double take.  From viral cat-memes to recent veterans of Italian brain-rot ‘Tung-Tung Sahur’, Dora DB makes sense of the internet goods that the Mattes have offered up in their ‘RAGE BAIT’. To read the full article, head to plastermagazine.com via the link in our bio.  Eva & Franco Mattes’s RAGE BAIT, Eva & Franco Mattes, hosted by Autotelic Foundation, is on view at Palazzo Franchetti from 6th May to 30th June, and at Le Cabanon until 31st May. @dora_db @evaandfrancomattes @autotelic_foundation