William Mortensen (1897 – 1965) – “A Pictorial Compendium of Witchcraft and Demonology” The complete 1924 series. William Mortensen Reconsidered by A. D. Coleman for LEXICON MAG The inclusion of William Mortensen in our current understanding of the history of… Continue Reading
Jason Atomic’s Freak Scenes! Comix! Dark Arts! Subversions! The “X” in comix is a distinguisher in the same way that the “K” is in magick. One peek through any underground comix from the late 60’s makes it clear very quick… Continue Reading
The Guardian Culture shorts featured a small video on the search for Leonora Carrington by her cousin. Carrington’s work was featured in the ‘Language of the Birds: Occult and Art’. Leonora Carrington escaped a stultifying Lancashire childhood to run off with Max Ernst… Continue Reading
FULGUR’s account of the performance of Ithel Colquhoun’s Decad of Intelligence On the evening of December 16th, 2016, the inaugural performance of Ithell Colquhoun’s Decad of Intelligence echoed through the vast and visceral working space of the Slade Research Centre, London.… Continue Reading
Form and Austin Osman Spare From John Coulthart’s Journal {feuilleton} The University of Heidelberg‘s scanning programme continues to be a source of delight for those of us without professional or financial access to rare book collections. Having recently made the entire run… Continue Reading
An Artist Embraces the Magic Symbols that Helped Send Him to Death Row from Allison Meier article for HYPRALLERGIC At Day for Night festival, Damien Echols invited visitors to engage with the occult symbols that helped lead to his wrongful murder… Continue Reading
“THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS” get Best ART EXHIBITION of 2016 on DISINFO The BOWIE SHRINE ON LAFAYETTE STREET and “THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS” curated by Pam Grossman Deadly freezing cold outside. Two events, just a few blocks apart in New… Continue Reading
PSYCHEDELIC BLASPHEMY! DIABOLICAL ART CURATED BY THE HIGH PRIEST OF THE CHURCH OF SATAN Last spring, Dangerous Minds told you about “The Devil’s Reign,” a traveling exhibit (and its companion book) of Satanic art curated by Peter H. Gilmore, author… Continue Reading
Exhibition: Austin Osman Spare: A Focus on Life The Atlantis Bookshop in London is putting on an exhibition called A Focus on a Life, celebrating the life and work of Austin Osman Spare (1886 – 1956). The exhibition runs from… Continue Reading
British Surrealist & Occultist Returns to the Slade In conjunction with the forthcoming release of FULGUR Ithell Colquhoun’s ‘Decad of Intelligence’ Launch at the Slade School of Fine Art on December 16th!! After 85 years, the forgotten esoteric feminist artist… Continue Reading