From Richard Hambleton to Banksy: why street art has always thrived in times of crisis
In the Covid-19 era, Hambleton’s dark, sinister imagery could not be more timely.
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Thomas Calvocoressi is a sub-editor at the New Statesman.
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The messy, subversive sculpture of Franz West and Phyllida Barlow
Both artists choose everyday materials and irreverence over the sanctity of sculpture.
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The drained world: Elmgreen & Dragset explore gentrification and loss via an empty swimming pool
In the artist duo’s latest installation they transform the ground floor of the Whitechapel Gallery into a derelict public baths.
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Do I make myself Claire? Grayson Perry dissects the art world
In this illustrated handbook to contemporary art, Perry compares his once unfashionable pottery to the woman ordering a Babycham…
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Ugandan court throws out draconian anti-gay law
Country’s Constitutional Court rules that the Anti-Homosexuality Bill was passed illegally. Yet gay sex will remain outlawed.
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Bob Hoskins’s finest film moments, from Mona Lisa to Roger Rabbit
The British actor died yesterday of pneumonia following several years with Parkinson’s. We look back at some of his…
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Can a bearded Austrian drag queen give Putin the bird?
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