Opinion
A Toppled Statue In Bristol Reveals Limited Understandings of What Decolonizing Requires
Protesters’ removal of Edward Colston’s statue didn’t attack history; instead it corrected how we write it.
United Kingdom
Art
Artists, Writers, Musicians, and More Explore the Intersections of Art and Ecology
After the pandemic pushed back their exhibition, two curators teamed up to develop The Botanical Mind Online a new platform that makes effective use of parallels between plant communication and the internet.
Art
Remembering India’s Forgotten Artistic Masters
A new, first-of-its-kind exhibition in London spotlights painters associated with with Kampani Qalam, the Urdu name for the rich, hybrid art style associated with commissions for the East India Company.
Art
Longing to Know More About David Bomberg, Who Blazed Like a Comet Through London's Stuffy Art Scene
Young Bomberg and the Old Masters, presented in a finite form, could have been so much bigger, more ambitious, and more intellectually adventurous.
Art
Artists, Designers, and Activists Address Climate Breakdown in a Pop-Up Exhibition
Depictions of Living imagines itself as an act of protest, touching on both the microcosm of individual actions and the macrocosm of the Anthropocene.
News
Man Vandalized a Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar at Tate Modern
Shakeel Massey, a 20-year-old from north London, was arrested for allegedly ripping the $26 million painting. The damage to the artwork is being assessed by a Tate conservation team.
Art
The Raucous and Frenetic Energy of Nam June Paik
As a recent retrospective at Tate Modern demonstrates, even fitted with decades-old circuitry, Nam June Paik’s work still pulses with energy, breakneck and experimental.
In Brief
Turner Prize Will Be Split Among All Four Nominees, at Their Request
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani, and Oscar Murillo told the judges in a letter, "The politics we deal with differ greatly, and for us it would feel problematic if they were pitted against each other."
Film
The Documentary Project That's Followed the Same Subjects for Over 50 Years
63 Up is the latest installment in the Up series, which has revisited a set of British people every seven years since they were children, tracking their lives and development.
Film
North Korea as a Multifaceted State Instead of a Boogeyman
Filmmaker Soon-mi Yoo is getting her own focus at the London Korean Film Festival. Her 2014 documentary Songs from the North takes a neutral approach toward a nation that is usually reviled or laughed at.
In Brief
UK Cultural Institutions Get a Major £250 Million Boost
The development fund for cultural institutions — including libraries, museums, and “creative industries” — is the government’s biggest-ever investment in the cultural sector.
Art
Designing a Sculptural Synthetic Skin
Holly Hendry’s works offer an innovative view on the repurposing of materials in art, exploring how things usually considered to be trash can be recycled.