Art
Kader Attia's Work Holds a Mirror to the World's Injustice
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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Art
How Leigh Bowery Defined the Look of Gay Culture in 1980s London
Queer artist Leigh Bowery defined New Romanticism and the look of gay culture in 1980s London.
In Brief
Conservators Uncover a Brilliant Pink Sky Buried in a Vincent van Gogh
Museum researchers are restoring the artist's hidden, luminous spectrum of colors that have faded over time.
In Brief
London’s Skyline Will Bloom With Proposed “Tulip” Building
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.
In Brief
Tate Will No Longer Accept Donations from the Sackler Family, Setting New Precedent
The major decision comes just days after London's National Portrait Gallery decided to not accept a $1.3 million donation from the Sackler Trust.
Art
Dazzlingly Morbid, Hand-Painted Film Posters from 1980s Ghana
The often surreal or disturbing posters were commissioned by mobile video clubs to advertise roving screenings.
Art
Using AI to Produce "Impossible" Tulips
Anna Ridler uses AI to bring "tulipmania" into the future.
News
Former National Gallery Art Educators Win Workers Rights Tribunal
The judge ruled that the group should be classified as “workers,” a role which entitles people to more rights than freelance contractors but fewer than full-time “employees.”
News
Tate Will Give Five Women Major Solo Exhibitions in the Next Two Years
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Paula Rego, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Maria Bartuszová, and Haegue Yang will take center stage at the museum in 2020 and 2021.
Art
In Response to the British Museum, an Exhibition Demonstrates the High Cost of Iraqi Oil
An exhibition at P21 gallery highlights the human consequences of the exploitation of Iraq’s oil reserves, among them, environmental crises, state corruption, and youth unemployment.
News
Protesters Demand London's Goldsmiths University Stops Outsourcing Workforce
Over 100 protesters showed up to campaign for the rights of outsourced security staff.
Art
In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola
While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.