At 88 the artist Esther Mahlangu is world famous and is the subject of a major exhibition in Cape Town.
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Scotland has lost a wonderful writer and artist in the Paisley-born artist.
On the wall of an orphanage in Venice, a musicologist encountered a fresco featuring an aria written for an opera. She’s since embarked on a project to bring this forgotten music back.
An obscure Mexican engraver named José Guadalupe Posada created the satirical skull in the early 1900s and sold it for a penny. But after he died, it took on a life of its own.
What will happen to this villa and its unique collection of 16th- and 17th-century ceiling paintings?
A new three-part series brings together a wealth of material and voices to present new films, photographs, stories and theories about the brilliant artist.
During COVID-19, boarded-up storefronts host various new types of inspirational, informational and decorative murals that should be read critically as representing political agendas for the future.
Street artists offer us momentary respite from the psychological weight of the global crisis.
Street art promotes public dialogue on social justice issues and can lead to opportunities for learning outside of formal schooling.
‘The Life of Washington’ was painted in the 1930s by an artist who sought to upend a rosy narrative of US history. Now some are saying its images ‘traumatize’ viewers – and ought to be taken down.
A human rights researcher documents the stories of Central American migrants leaving behind endemic poverty and high homicide rates. In limbo in Mexico, many use art therapy to express their anxiety.
A controversial panel on Indiana University’s campus depicts Ku Klux Klan members, but Benton had a reason for including them. Is avoidance really the best way to deal with dark episodes of the past?
Over the past 15 years, community groups in a rundown inner-city district have created public murals as part of a successful process of reversing decades of stagnation.
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