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The Social Distancing Festival- an international platform of connection

We’ve been seeing an uptick in digital content consumption in the wake of the global COVID-19 crisis. And with the nigh-impossible feat of viewing art in person right now, artists […]

Circulations Festival

The new talents of the European photography scene meet at the Centquatre for the festival Circulation(s). A real springboard for young photographers, this festival concentrates contemporary creativity and makes it […]

A Lesson on the Camera Obscura

Purpose of this lesson: The camera obscura is an integral part to understanding how modern day photography developed and how some artists worked. However, it’s a pretty confusing concept if […]

‘100 Years | 100 Women’ at the Armory

One hundred years ago this year, women, and a handful of men, in the US fought for the right for women to have the vote. Their labour resulted in the […]

‘Steve McQueen’

After 20 years, an exhibition of works by artist Steve McQueen is coming to London. Works of film, sculpture, and photography are represented in 14 major works, including some never […]

Five exhibitions to see in London right now

Getting back into the swing of things after the holidays can be a drag. Setting your alarm, packing your lunch, and all the things you were excited to stop doing […]

Facebook meets with artists to discuss issues of censorship

In the early hours of a June Sunday, about 100 or so nude people took to the space outside Facebook’s Manhattan headquarters. There, they posed for photographer Spencer Tunick while […]

Before Walt Disney, there was Lotte Reiniger – the story of the world’s first animated feature

Alexander Sergeant, University of Portsmouth The oldest surviving animated feature was not made by Walt Disney, but by a German puppeteer named Lotte Reiniger who escaped Nazi persecution to move […]

Dia: Chelsea to go admission-free

Around this time, next year, New York’s Dia: Chelsea will reopen its doors boasting a site-specific installation by Renata Lucas, a Brazilian artist. Traditionally, the institution’s Chelsea location has had […]

BRIC announces first recipients of the Colene Brown Art Prize

Just a few weeks ago, BRIC, the Brooklyn-based ‘arts media house’ focusing on education, incubating ideas, and presenting art and cultural programmes, announced that they would be offering a new, […]