Celebrating 100 Years of Surrealism
15 October marks the day, 100 years ago, when André Breton published his groundbreaking 'Surrealist Manifesto', jumpstarting an artistic movement t...
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Around the World in Five Myths & Legends
Korean fox demons, Ancient cats, and Pandora's Box. Discover five stories from across Korean, Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Japanese and Norse mythology.
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4 Things You Need to Know about Pedro Almodóvar
Celebrate the 75th birthday of iconic Spanish film-maker Pedro Almodóvar in this engaging look at his colourful and illustrious career.
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The life of William Morris: An inexhaustible search for beauty
The Arts and Crafts designer created such iconic patterns as Strawberry Thief – but William Morris’s abilities ranged far beyond textiles. In a kal...
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How to change the course of modern art: The visual languages of Pablo Picasso
Looking at Picasso author Pepe Karmel charts Picasso's ever-evolving style, delving into some of the artist's most iconic paintings, including Les ...
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The enigmatic life of Vivian Maier
She photographed Frank Sinatra, shoeshine boys, and a toddler with tears coursing down her cheeks. She photographed a fur coat, a pearled neck and ...
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The endlessly adventurous life of Lee Miller
‘I keep saying to everyone, 'I didn't waste a minute all my life’’. From Vogue covers and Surrealist balls to a friendship with Picasso, Lee Miller...
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The rich and resilient life of Barbara Hepworth
In one of her final interviews, Barbara Hepworth wished for ‘ten lifetimes to express the variations and subtleties which one lifetime can give.’ T...
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An ‘indomitable sense of self’: The unshakable photography of Zanele Muholi
When faced with the entire history of an artistic practice, where does one begin? Here, Phillip Prodger, author of ‘Face Time: A History of the Pho...
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From Courbet to Kardashian: The self-portrait’s enduring power
Capturing and distributing pictures of oneself is hardly unique to ‘generation selfie’. Here we explore self-portraiture across the ages – includin...
