By Guardian Arts · about 5 hours ago
Her fabric designs jazzed up the London Underground and though Queen Elizabeth II rejected her idea for a stamp, her work made a permanent cultural imprint, as a new exhibition reveals Last time you travelled on the…
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By Guardian Arts · about 10 hours ago
From scientific tricks to stop turtle traffickers to stranded seals and displaced workers, these images all scooped prizes at this year’s Earth Photo awards Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · about 24 hours ago
My friend, Astrid Furnival, who has died aged 85 after a long illness, was a pioneering textile artist. She eschewed the distinctions between arts and crafts and used words to enhance her imagery. Astrid worked mainly…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Wiradjuri elder Ray Jackson was a prominent activist in Australia. He was the founding secretary of the New South Wales Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee in 1987 and a regular face at the Redfern Aboriginal…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Tate Modern, London This exhibition makes nothing of the Cuban-American artist’s controversial death – instead it focuses on the astounding way she left an imprint of herself on the earth using blood, feathers and…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Thailand’s urban and rural environments are home to a vast population of stray animals whose safety depends on delicate networks of care. Photographer Jackson Morrow spent three years with the Soi Dog Foundation…
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By Guardian Arts · 2 days ago
The former world champion swimmer turned BBC commentator on 5am starts with his mum, a Jaws epiphany, and why he struggled to come out Born in Billericay, Essex, in 1970, Mark Foster is a former competitive swimmer and…
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By Guardian Arts · 2 days ago
Gallery director says collection of 140 paintings will offer a more balanced view of Manchester painter’s work A new exhibition of work by LS Lowry will “bust a few myths” about the Mancunian artist, who the show’s…
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By Guardian Arts · 3 days ago
A spectacular display of hot air balloons kicked off the annual Balloons over Mildura festival in regional Victoria Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · 3 days ago
The photographer was looking for inspiration near his home in West Bengal when he spotted a girl lying near a tangle of fishing nets In the Hooghly district of West Bengal, just a short walk from his home, photographer…
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By Guardian Arts · 3 days ago
Tate Modern, London With this work, the choreographer changed the course of dance – and on its 60th anniversary, viewed by babies, tourists and passers-by, it’s as beguiling and hypnotic as ever At the back of the…
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By Guardian Arts · 3 days ago
The annual winter festival on Kaurna Country celebrates light, art, music and technology and runs until 19 July Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · 3 days ago
Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga’aia star in the latest Disney animation to get the live-action treatment, and the model-actor-singer proffers more of her signature lush soft rock Moana Out now The 2016 Disney…
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By Guardian Arts · 4 days ago
The US’s 250th anniversary, the funeral of Ali Khamenei, another brutal heatwave in Europe and the World Cup – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · 4 days ago
Jill Lewis recalls her reading of erotica for research in the British Museum’s Reading Room Regarding your article (Depraved by Daisy Dixon review – a history of dark and dangerous art, 1 July), in the early 70s, for…
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