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Nipple-bearing photography on a mission against Facebook

In the early hours of Sunday morning, just over 100 people gathered outside of Facebook’s Manhattan headquarters…and stripped nude. The group then posed for photographer Spencer Tunick in nothing but […]

Brooklyn Museum to hold KAWS retrospective in 2021

Artist Brian Donnelly, better known as KAWS, hasn’t always been welcomed into the art world. His caricatured style, bold use of colour, and fluidity between mainstream art, street art, and […]

Dale Chihuly at Kew Gardens

Kew Gardens, in and of itself, is one of London’s best reasons to get just outside of the city. Now though, amongst the pristine lanes and manicured lawns, the flowers […]

‘Walking Assembly’ shedding light on Stonehenge

Each year for the last decade, TED, the non-profit organization famous for their TEDtalks that bring together technology, entertainment, and design, has added a handful of people to their TED […]

Forthcoming catalogue raisonné could render Brett Whiteley works worthless

Australian artist Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) made a name for himself creating vibrantly-coloured paintings of nudes and landscapes. Prolific in his work, his paintings have also been the centre of a […]

Nalini Malani receives the 2019 Joan Miró Prize

Recently, Nalini Malani was announced as the 2019 winner of the seventh Joan Miró Prize presented by the Fundació Joan Miró and La Caixa Foundation, a segment of a bank […]

Bronx Museum of the Arts to honour the work of Alvin Baltrop

Fifteen years after his death, the Bronx Museum of the Arts is giving Bronx-born photographer Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004) the retrospective he’s long overdue. ‘The Life and Times of Alvin Baltrop’ […]