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24th October 2022
Just Stop Oil’s Van Gogh soup stunt is the latest streak of radical art protest by women...
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Iranian women use art as protest
3rd October 2022
Triggered by Mahsa Amini's death, rising demands for freedom are being helped by militant graphic work. ...
Fourth plinth artist Samson Kambalu – ‘Oxford was built with dodgy money’
26th September 2022
The cigar-smoking, boxing-glove-wearing artist talks about hat-banning colonialists, his journey from Africa to Oxford – and the joys of renouncing ambition...
Kenyans are returning to precolonial cultural practices
22nd September 2022
From TikTok videos to traditional songs and stories, Kikuyu cultural beliefs and practices suppressed under 19th-century colonialism are seeing a revival....
‘One good song can do more than 5,000 protests’
2nd June 2022
A film by Michael Collins: The queer revolution in the Middle East ‘One good song can do more than 5,000 protests’ ...
Lab’s director integrates Talibé artwork into own painting
31st March 2022
You can see clues as to how & where Sara's latest paintings started: with the artwork of talibé children...
Dakar’s Village des Arts is the place to be
10th March 2022
An inspiring environment to experience Dakar's contemporary art scene & get stuck into your own practice...
Composer-pianist Max Richter: ‘Creativity is Activism’
26th February 2022
The German-British composer explains why his new album, 'Exiles', addresses the refugee crisis ...
Nathaniel Kahn on the Value of Art
5th January 2022
Film director of 'The Price of Everything' sees art as a reflection of our times ...
Expressive release for Catholic nuns in Senegal
17th December 2021
‘Esperance’ now adorns the central waiting area for patients and staff alike to enjoy....