Venice architecture biennale: how pioneering Ghanaian architects reckoned with tropical modernism
Owusu Addo Residence by John Owusu Addo. Kuukuwa Manful, CC BY-NC-ND Kuukuwa Manful, SOAS, University of London As curator of the 2023 Venice architecture biennale, the Ghanaian-Scottish architect, Lesley Lokko, […]
Ashish: Fall in Love and Be More Tender exhibition – a glittering testament to a fashion genius
Naomi Braithwaite, Nottingham Trent University The first retrospective exhibition of the fashion designer Ashish Gupta has opened at London’s William Morris Gallery. As an expert in fashion marketing (and a […]
Warhol x Basquiat re-explores the legendary collaboration
Some historical artistic events don’t truly gain the appreciation or traction their scope deserves without hindsight. One such event is the legendary collaboration between Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, an […]
Honourees announced for 77th Annual Theatre World Awards
The list of honourees has just been released for the 77th Annual Theatre World Awards, one of the most celebrated and long-running award ceremonies in all of Broadway. With the […]
Whaam! Blam! and Roy Lichtenstein’s stamps
Pop art has always been a style ripe with issues of intellectual property. What constitutes theft in art, and what is merely inspiration or homage? Where is that oddly ephemeral […]
Harry Belafonte passes away at 96
This past week has seen the loss of one of the world’s most iconic voices in music and a paragon for societal progress, Harry Belafonte. Passing at his home in […]
Prison food: what we learned from organising art workshops for women prisoners
Prison food: what we learned from organising food-themed art workshops for women prisoners Maria Adams, University of Surrey; Erin Power, Liverpool John Moores University, and Jon Garland, University of Surrey There […]
