Enzo Mari in front of his works, The Nature Series. Left is No. 1: La Mela with Elio Mari and right, No. 2: La Pera (1961).
Ramak Fazel/Danese Milano/Design Museum
The exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get close to Mari’s design process.
The new Banksy work on Hornsey Road in the Finsbury Park area of London.
EPA-EFE/Neil Hall
Many of those who celebrate Banksy hold contradictory positions on precisely the themes his works seem to address.
Installation view of Unravel The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican.
Jemima Yong/Barbican Art Gallery
Textiles have a deceptive simplicity that conceals their potential for subversion and political dissent.
You don’t need a nice professional camera to snap photos of this year’s eclipse.
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Your phone can’t take a perfectly clear picture of a solar eclipse like a professional camera can, but there are lots of other creative directions you can take to capture the rare moment.
The 5th-century Maskell panel showing Jesus in a loincloth.
British Museum
Each Easter we see many images of Jesus on the cross – inevitably wearing a loincloth. But the historical evidence shows victims of crucifixion were fully naked to maximise shame as well as pain.
Left, ‘Orange and Yellow’ by Mark Rothko, 1956. Right, day dress in orange wool crepe, by Cristóbal Balenciaga, 1967.
Buffalo AKG Art Museum/Cristobal Balenciaga Museoa
Cristobal Balenciaga’s work developed alongside abstract artistic movements, which had a profound influence on his designs.
The Morning Comes (1793-1821), by William Blake.
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
A subtle and thoughtful show, full of shimmering connections that put Blake back in touch with European art figures and influences.
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Lounge creator and artist Kirsha Kaechle said the lounge was being ‘experienced’ by men exactly as intended – by excluding them.
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Queer joy is a powerful emotion. It sustains the fight for recognition and equality for LGBTQ+ people, especially in the face of challenges like discrimination.
Collage, 1953.
The Paolozzi Foundation/ACS Artimage
The sculpture was an early pioneer of pop art and his approach to collage across mediums was revolutionary,
Jeff Koons’ spherical Moon Phases sculptures on board the Odysseus craft which landed on the Moon on February 22.
Jeff Koons / Instagram
Has Jeff Koons’ latest high-profile stunt just proved that space is the new frontier for art?
Bleeker Street
A thrillingly accurate Stone Age horror, a violent Chilean wester, a sumptuous food romance, a comforting rom-com and a new look at a master painter’s love of fashion.
Skinamarink/Shudder © 2022
A wave of horror content is popping up across TikTok, carrying on a legacy that began on YouTube.
Nima Sarikhani’s winning photograph of a polar bear off of Norway’s Svalbard archipelago.
Nima Sarikhani
Image of the majestic creatures remain powerful communicators of humanity’s connection with nature.
Looted ornaments from the Asante empire are held in several European museums.
Victoria & Albert Museum
A loan deal for the Asante artefacts offers an opportunity for these objects to return home.
One of two digitally drawn murals that are part of the installation and exhibit ‘who claims abstraction?’ by Toronto-based Guatemalan artist Francisco-Fernando Granados.
(Rachel Topham Photography)
2024 is expected to be a year of elections around the world, and as often happens, anti-immigrant rhetoric is on the rise. Art can play a critical role in challenging that rhetoric.
Wheatfield with Crows (1890).
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Despite his mental anguish, Van Gogh produced some of his greatest paintings in the last few months of his life.
Sarah Nance at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 2019.
Courtesy of Sarah Nance
Sarah Nance uses geologic data and a variety of artistic media to help people think about their place in the landscapes they use and occupy.
Ai Weiwei with his Forever Sculpture in 2015.
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Philosophers of art have, at times, entertained quite seriously the claim that art can come to an end.
Marina Abramović in a promotional image for the Marina Abramović Longevity Method.
Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Longevity Method
Abramović’s foray into the wellness industry is not particularly surprising. As of 2024, she positions herself as an artist-life-coach.