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Artists in postcolonial Casablanca created a specifically Moroccan form of Modernism, merging the influences of Pop art and Hard-edge painting with the rich tradition of abstraction in Berber craft and architecture.
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According to the Freelands Foundation, the public sector has achieved "incremental improvements" in gender parity compared to past years, but the chances for career success are still skewed against women artists.
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An exhibition at the British Library powerfully delves into the personal and political complexities of writing, driving home that it's not only one of humanity’s greatest inventions, but born out of the strongest human motivations.
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Protesters projected the bloated caricature of President Donald Trump on the Cliffs of Dover, much to the enjoyment of locals.
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During the event, speakers called for the repatriation of objects acquired through colonialism and an end to sponsorship from the oil company BP.
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Around 100 activists, led by Extinction Rebellion, rode around the city on bikes as part of the “Critical Swarm," and then collapsed in front of the Tate Modern to symbolize the death of bee colonies.
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Beginning on April 15, activist group Extinction Rebellion has staged protests and acts of civil disobedience in central London locations, leading to over 1,000 arrests.
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Mucha's reflective sculptures ensure that while looking at one work, viewers are aware of others and our presence among them.
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Attia links seemingly disparate things and gives them new meanings by mining history, politics, literature, religion, art, anthropology, and medicine to find echoes everywhere.
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Queer artist Leigh Bowery defined New Romanticism and the look of gay culture in 1980s London.
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Museum researchers are restoring the artist's hidden, luminous spectrum of colors that have faded over time.
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From the architects of the Gherkin comes another glass skyscraper full of eccentricities. City planners have put the building on track for approval despite objections from the mayor's office.