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Prankster With a Cause Sneaks AI Artwork Into UK Museum
Artist Elias Marrow said he wanted to draw attention to rising hunger and poverty in the country.
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Massive Photo of Trump and Epstein Unfurled Outside Windsor Castle
Activists behind the action at the UK royal residence said they want to “make sure Epstein haunts him everywhere he goes.”
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Artist Covers Transphobic Billboard With Giant Dachshund Drawing
Street artist Yaya decided to counter the UK ad campaign’s bigoted message with “something absurd that couldn’t offend anyone.”
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How a Tiny Crab Museum in the UK Stood Up For Trans Rights
Leaning on its expertise in biology, the museum said that “there are no binaries in nature” and called the recent anti-trans ruling “an abuse of science.”
Book Review
Timely Lessons From 18th-Century British Printmaking
The Radical Print reframes the work of five artists who used the form to satirize and lampoon, actively dismantling power systems in the process.
Art
A Guide to UK Art Spaces Outside London
The road less traveled, from the Folkestone triennial to Hastings Contemporary, Tate St Ives, and a pub in Winksworth.
Art
The Magical Life of Lyndie Wright’s Puppets
Wright’s human, animal, and fantastical characters span 65 years, a career that has shaped British puppetry over the past several decades.
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Donald Rodney Drew Upon His Sickness to Illuminate Society’s Ills
An exhibition brings together all of the artist’s surviving work, demonstrating the many ways he incorporated aspects of his illness into his practice.
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Banksy Floats Raft at Glastonbury to Warn of Worsening Migrant Crisis
Thousands of audience members hoisted the raft overhead during Idles’s performance of a pro-immigrant song at the UK music festival.
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Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”
The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.
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Late British Artist’s Whimsical Home Granted Protective Status
Discovered after his passing in 2019, Ron Gittins’s apartment is chock-full of inventive murals and artworks inspired by Ancient Rome and Egypt.
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How Do Artists See Themselves?
Self-portraits by Van Gogh, Francis Bacon, and more explore not just how these artists saw the world but also what “selfie” culture says about us.