Art
How Ukraine Refashioned Modernist Art
In the Eye of the Storm conveys how Ukraine came to be a thriving center of avant-garde art in the early decades of the 20th century.
London
Art
A Garden of One’s Own
An exhibition explores the gardens of Bloomsbury Group members Lady Ottoline Morrell, Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf, and Vita Sackville-West.
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The Raw Humanity of Henry Moore’s Drawings
Moore’s drawings made in underground shelters during WWII show us strangers whose lives had been shredded by grief, despair, and fear.
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How Tropical Modernism Became a Tool of Postcolonial Nation-Building
A show hones in on the tension between colonial European ideas and local styles of architecture as India and Ghana gained independence.
Art
The Six Wives of Henry VIII Get Their Due
Six Lives seeks to fill in the queens’ backstories and present them as individuals rather than supporting players to the King.
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The Artist Who Cast a Cold Gaze on Flowers
Van Huysum's are not paintings of flowers in all their transience, but flowers of the curious Now, in all their splendid, bullish brilliance.
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Gavin Jantjes’s Soft Songs From Exile
Since being forced to leave South Africa for critiquing Apartheid, the artist has worked from afar to shed light on Black struggles for equality.
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Tavares Strachan Complicates What It Means to Be a “Pioneer”
The artist tells the stories of unsung people of color who played key roles in crucial events of Euro-American culture, including exploitative and colonialist endeavors.
Art
What Adults Can Learn From Children’s Games
In his latest exhibition, artist Francis Alÿs points to the powerful potential of play to bring people together.
News
Could Banksy’s New Goat Mural in London Be a Palestine Symbol?
Stenciled silhouettes of a Nubian Ibex on a ledge and two elephants in windowsills raised questions about the elusive street artist's messaging.
News
London Art Institute Workers Say They Were Fired for Supporting Palestine
Artist Rheim Alkadhi said she'll withdraw her solo show if the organization fails to respond to the allegations with "disclosure and accountability."
Art
A Close Look at Caravaggio’s Last Painting
Just two paintings are in The Last Caravaggio, both in perplexed mourning over their subject matter, and both emerging from dark places.