‘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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
NADIA SABLIN Years Like Water is a decade-long look at a small Russian village, its inhabitants, ramshackle institutions, nature, and mythology. The series loosely follows the lives of four interconnected families – the children growing up unsupervised in a magical wilderness, whilst the adults struggle for survival. O
Illustrated Ukraine - Bologna Children BookFair | Exhibitions
BCBF Galleries is the Bologna Children’s Book Fair “museum”, showing its book and art exhibitions to the worldwide community of book professionals and book lovers. In keeping with BCBF’s international breadth, this virtual space will also host future exhibitions created within the framework of other BolognaFiere events - such as the Shanghai China International Children’s Book Fair - or produced in partnership with institutions and cultural centres in Italy and abroad.