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‘It was my way to resist’: the Iraqi-born artist who grew up under a dictator
Vian Sora’s vibrant artwork is displayed in a new exhibition that marks the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq
Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine review – a master of the floating world
In images that transfix and mystify, the great Japanese photographer seems to conjure a dream state outside of time in this magnificent first UK retrospective
‘Don’t buy mi’: Scottish artist’s twist on consumerism and pop culture
No items are for sale and nothing is quite what it seems at Rachel Maclean’s ‘shop’ on Ayr high street
Prado show examines how images helped fuel centuries of antisemitism in Spain
A new exhibition chronicles the shifting lenses through which Spain’s Catholics saw the country’s Jewish population
Every science lab should have an artist on the team – here’s why
Artistic representations of scientific imaging can help illuminate complex ideas and help bring this knowledge to a wider audience.
‘When you say you are Roma, you have to work twice as hard’: Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, outsider at the heart of Polish art
Her dazzling textile works caused a sensation at Europe’s two most important art events. Mirga-Tas talks about defying centuries of anti-Roma prejudice – and turning her mother’s old dresses into art
‘Lost’ Constable painting found on wall of terrace house sells for £200,000
Sketch showing different view of cottage that features in The Hay Wain bought in Guernsey for almost double guide price
Marina Abramović has broken a 255-year-old glass ceiling. Why did it take so long?
The Serbian performance artist is the first woman to have a solo show in the Royal Academy’s main galleries – a telling indictment of the hurdles faced by female artists today
Artists tackle antisemitism with ambitious new billboard project
New digital billboard project by For Freedoms to launch in response to the rise of hate toward the Jewish community
Why the Turner Prize shortlist is a cultural barometer of our political times
From the shock tactics of 90s artists starved of public funding to a pivot towards an art based in community and activism today.
South Asia’s highest exhibition of land art debuts at 12,000 ft in the Himalayas
The site-specific show addresses the ecological crisis facing the Indian region of Ladakh—and, subtly, the politics behind it
Europe's 'first museum dedicated to art by women artists' to open in southern France
Former trader Christian Levett's rebranded institution will present works by Joan Mitchell, Howardena Pindell and Cecily Brown among others
Sex toys, rugs and Barbie dolls: does posthumous use of artists’ work risk cheapening their legacies?
Brands love to use the work of late, great artists just as much as late, great artists’ estates like to cash in. But that hasn’t stopped a slew of Succession-size squabbles
‘An exhausted dream’: America faces its twilight – in pictures
Influenced by the paintings of Edward Hopper and the film Vertigo, Gregory Crewdson’s portraits of middle America have a dreamy, cinematic quality
35+ Novels With Art and Artists: A List for Your Summer Reading
7 personal recommendations for art-related fiction plus 28 that others have added to the list. Vote and add yours!
Lee Friedlander Framed --by Joel Coen - - Exhibitions - Luhring Augustine
International contemporary as well as late 19th century painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, and video works.
‘You have to create a dream world’: Life in black and white – in pictures
Dutch photographer Bastiaan Woudt’s new solo exhibition offers up monochrome minimalism at its most striking
Friendship, freedom and fragility: the photographer who returns to her teenage years
Beauty and pain coincided for Tajette O’Halloran when she came of age in northern NSW. As an adult she is recreating scenes from her adolescence
Lifesize sculpture of Julian Assange appears outside UK parliament
Bronze of jailed Wikileaks founder fighting extradition to the US flanked by figures of whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning
Diary Days – Page 31 – Frieda Hughes
A fabulous way to build a Body of Work! Frieda Hughes daily paintings tell the story of each day.
Gwen John: often dismissed as a timid recluse, this unique and uncompromising artist painted relentlessly on her own terms
Gwen John was very much her own woman and followed her own artistic instincts, producing small, intimate, idiosyncratic paintings that resonate.
Karpathos Island, Greece
A sculpture dedicated to women stands on a hillside near the village of Olympos, home to one of the few matriarchal societies in Greece that resists tourism and lifestyle standardisation. Photograph: Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images
Ms Marvel, hijabs and harems: female photographers from the Islamic world – in pictures
A new exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art features works by female artists making statements about the political and social changes shaping the lives of women in some of the world’s most restrictive societies
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There’s No One Like Us: highlights from Mous Lamrabat’s photography exhibition
Over a four-month period, Moroccan-Belgian photographer, Mous Lamrabat, photographed and interviewed diasporic communities from over 25 cultures, ranging from Brazil and India to Morocco and Mexico. On display this month at the Tab Centre in London, these portraits and interviews highlight notions of culture and identity in a world beyond cultural divisions
Jennifer Collier: Good on paper - TextileArtist.org
At the heart of Jennifer Collier’s work is a love of experimentation as she explores what is possible – and...
The great Alice Neel: 'I wanted to paint as a woman, but not as the oppressive, power-mad world thought a woman should paint'
Neel’s attention to the sensuous human subject, irrespective but mindful of race, gender, status and sexuality, was rare and undervalued, yet now seems prophetic.
The Art of TIM BURTON
Turns out Tim Burton is much more than a film director....
Survey of Handmade Cuban Artist's Books from Ediciones Vigía, Ediciones El Fortín & Cuadernos Papiro
A brief introduction to Cuban artist's books from three publishers, Ediciones Vigía, Ediciones El Fortín, and Cuadernos Papiro. These are some books offered for sale by Downtown Brown Books in our Catalog 15.