Whether a surprise flexi-disc bound inside and waiting to be detached, or augmented reality artworks in your immediate vicinity unlocked by a mysterious QR code, the joy of CATALOGUE is in its freedom. We’re bracketed by the term magazine, but our gallery in print is more an exhibition of ideas.

Since its inception by brothers Finn Constantine and Milo Astaire in 2020, the London-based art publication Plaster has been increasingly on our radar, as it has many a gallerist’s desk, for its forthrightness and wit, personality barely held in place by the confines of its pages. Seated in Soho, with a fondness for doing things in-person, the young title is old-school in the right ways – qualities we like.

So when it came to planning this edition of CATALOGUE, we imagined, ‘What if our magazine hosted theirs?’ Not just stretching today’s climate of cross-brand collaboration, which has become ubiquitous, but instead celebratedly smashing it. We present this issue truly as a firework, a magazine within a magazine, shining brightly for an instant. Cork Street through the eyes (and out the mind) of Plaster.

Recognising their love of loose-leaf, a great joy this issue has been commissioning 14 artist posters, each representing a Cork Street gallery, and randomly placing one inside every copy of the magazine – including a new work by Sir John Akomfrah, whose The Secret Life of Memorable Things (2024) exhibited above Cork Street for over five months this year.

We look forward to hearing tales through the grapevine of just how people plan on securing their favourite poster, whether rifling through as many issues as possible, pleading with acquaintances, instigating a grand swap scheme or scrolling through eBay at midnight, hoping one turns up.

Enjoy!