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When it comes to the world of football hooliganism, few clubs have carried such a tainted legacy as South London's Millwall F.C. Known as arguably the most hated club in the UK, the violent side of their supporters dates all the way back to the start of the last century against their still bitter London rivals, West Ham F.C. Countless of shameful incidents have occurred over the course of their 135 year history, including countless pitch invasions and missiles thrown pitch-side, brawls between opposing fans and the tragic murder of a West Ham supporter at the hands of one of Millwall's firms. While there is still a portion of Millwall fans that sometimes too proudly dip into this heritage, a new book, however, seeks to subvert the image of what the modern day Millwall supporter is today. C...

Holly Hendry is a British artist who is best known for creating site-specific installations and sculptures that probe into what lies beneath the surface. In the past, this approach has translated into a massive conveyer belt artwork at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, as well as a tumbling outdoor sculpture in Luxembourg, which she presented last year.Despite being from London, the artist hasn’t been commissioned to design a public sculpture in her home town, until now. Housed at The Artist's Garden atop the Temple Tube rooftop, Slackwater blends seamlessly with the exterior of any average building, but becomes sinuous and all the more perplexing as one walks around it. "I am really happy with the outcome [but] it is a strange moment, working quite intimately on something for so long and then...

While some artists, in fact, many artists take their work as a form of serious self-reflection, Spanish cartoonist Joan Cornellà has always approached his practice as a vessel to comment on the humorous sides of daily life. Not to say he does not take his work seriously, but through a pinch of satire, Cornellà reveals the ridiculous underbelly that often dictates our everyday decisions and thoughts. To add to his ongoing partnership with Hong Kong-based creative studio, AllRightsReserved, Cornellà is set to release a new sculpture entitled Idiotmeter Man. The artwork features his signature generic male character clad in a kelly green suit and holding a scanner gun that presumably notifies one if there is an idiot in the premises. The vinyl figure sizes eight inches in height and will relea...

BEYOND THE STREETS' CONTROL Gallery is set to unveil a new set of works by New York-based artist, Othelo Gervacio.Entitled Mind Flowers, Gervacio will present a familiar series of romanticized floral compositions created in a dark and phosphorescent color palette. Inspired by 17th Century Dutch Master paintings, such as the works of Rembrandt and Vermeer, Gervacio will typically collect, photograph and then paint large hyper-realistic paintings of various florae that he finds. “I have always been drawn to things and ideas that exude a dark beauty," says Gervacio, "from the life-fleeting imagery of wilting flowers to the origins of melodic, yet heavy metal music. The cross-section of romance and tragedy has always been the coordinate at which a large portion of my interests lie, thus leadin...