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As a war artist, Henry Moore’s work was influenced by the Blitz, separated families and the threat of nuclear escalation.
We know next to nothing about the artist. We know still less about the people he depicted.
The bright pink fabric swaying gently in the wind stands in stark contrast to the grey tones of the brutalist architectural complex.
The exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get close to Mari’s design process.
For over seven decades, Ono’s radical ideas have contributed to powerful social ideas such as peace, freedom, equality and democracy.
The sensitivity of the exhibition’s themes, coupled with low lighting, seems to demand quiet in the space. In this silence, you hear the gentle chiming of hand-blown glass.
The show is divided into sections which all valiantly attempt to define “cute”. But the word is resistant to definition.
The exhibition showcases how nature coexists with Japan’s major cities.
Guston’s complex engagement with racialised evil caused a contentious three-year delay in the exhibition opening.
Ngam dù is a form of divination in which questions are asked of large spiders that live in holes in the ground. The results of spider divination can be used as evidence in Cameroon’s courts.
Yevonde was a celebrated portraitist, innovative colourist and advocate for women in the profession. In short, a pioneer.
A new exhibition pays homage to the king of sequins, who combines detailed, traditional techniques with unconventional materials.
Museums have pushed the narrative of Vincent van Gogh as a ‘tortured genius’ for decades, but in its 50th year the Van Gogh Museum is questioning this approach.
Yusuf Grillo charted a path in African art and enabled the emergence of more artists.
A new piece of performance art features a lookalike Ivanka Trump vacuuming crumbs. Not only is it a cutting commentary on labor and gender, but it also highlights the complicity of the viewer.
With more than 200 prints on display, Chuck Close: Prints, Process and Collaboration is one of the biggest printmaking exhibitions to be held in Australia. The whole top floor of Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary…
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Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art Mixed Media, University of Westminster
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