Patrick Langley is a writer and critic based in London, UK. He is a contributing editor of The White Review.
At Goldsmiths CCA, the group’s darkly comic grotesqueries reflect an unsettling age
A show at London’s Cabinet Gallery gives insight into the great writer’s most troubled period
‘It would be easy to cry to this tune, but difficult to dance to it’
A newly-published collection of the artist’s journals allows silenced voices to speak
Human playthings and disfigured dolls in the work of Jean-Marie Appriou, Veit Laurent Kurz, Kris Lemsalu and Athena Papadopoulos
The importance of satire in an era of Trump
Could online communication provide a new model for contemporary writing? Patrick Langley on two debut novels from George Saunders and Samanta Schweblin
The final instalment of Patrick Langley's digest of recent monster books: Patrick Ness’s, A Monster Calls
‘Unreflective nostalgia can breed monsters’ – Paul Kingsnorth's Beast (2016)
Three beastly new novels. Part one: Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent
During his residency at Chisenhale Gallery, the artist focuses on the eerie blurring of traditional boundaries between labour and social interaction
Remembering Jo Cox (1974 – 2016)
A number of young artists such as Patrick Goddard, Marie Jacotey and Stuart Middleton are exploring the possibilites of the graphic novel
The artist's delirious new satire explores happiness, consumerism and corporate power
Seventeen, London, UK
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Isle of Portland, Dorset, UK
Chisenhale Gallery, London, UK
