+BILLION- is an exclusively online ‘affirmative’ art review journal and is committed to reviewing what it refers to as ‘contextually critical art’.

http://billionjournal.blogspot.com/

Tuesday Nov 30th, 2010, +BILLION- will post its inaugural reviews of Alan Butler’s solo show at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios and Bea McMahon’s solo at Green on Red.

Alan Butler, Some Kind of Agit Prop Monster,(2010), Video Still, TBG&S, 2010; image courtesy of Alan Butler.

Circa’s new online issue is now live. They have selected a group of writers to tackle what is in effect Circa ‘s core activity: criticism and criticality .

“It’s a new venture – one linking to the past and looking to the future; please join us.”

See James Merrigan’s ‘response’ to a selection of the texts in his article ‘Stupid Judgement’ here