Artist/author Simon Bill launches his new title, Artist in Residence, at Libreria‘s hip new venue in Hoxton in discussion with art critic, author and broadcaster Matthew Collings. Can an author satirise the contemporary art scene without fear of being labelled a philistine? Yes. If he’s a highly regarded abstract expressionist painter, perceptive enough to skewer the vanities and absurdities of the profession and equipped with the comic talents of a latter day Evelyn Waugh.  Bill’s advice of how to get ahead at art school, segueing into an imagined installation involving kayaks filled with golden syrup, was both salutary and a hoot.