When a lewd cartoon of Rupert Bear landed the editors of the 60s counterculture paper in court, David Hockney, John Lennon, Robert Crumb and more made some of their most urgent art in response“What do you suppose is the effect intended to be of equippi…
Orford Ness: the apocalyptic art zone at war with nature
UFO sightings, a Nazi invasion, nerve gas trials, unexploded bombs … the strange Suffolk enclave of Orford Ness has always inspired artists, and now it hosts the most unsettling project yet It is one of Britain’s strangest landscapes, a spit of land of…
夜の日本庭園が、自然、テクノロジー、アートの結節点となる：「生態系へのジャックイン展」レポート
ウィリアム・ギブスンによるSF小説の金字塔『ニューロマンサー』は、千葉の空を見上げるシーンから始まる。そんな千葉を舞台に、ありうる都市のかたちを探求するリサーチチーム「METACITY」が「生態系へのジャックイン展」を開催中だ。舞台となるのは、夜の日本庭園「見浜園」。千葉にて架空の多層都市「幕張市」を出現させるなど、実験的な取り組みをおこなってきたMETACITYと出展作家が描き出す新しい生態系とは、いかなるものなのか。
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Top seeds: artists capture global efforts to future-proof nature – in pictures
Scientists, ecologists and artists have collaborated to showcase global work to protect seeds in an exhibition at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & art gallery (Ramm) in Exeter.Seedscapes: future-proofing nature runs until 5 September Continue rea…
Rhik Samadder tries … mindful painting: ‘It dawns on me that I’m a very talented artist’
Keen to unlock your inner creativity? De-stress and unwind? Or merely improve the quality of the gifts you make for friends? Step right this wayHave you ever forgotten to buy a loved one a birthday present? Here’s a tip. Get a card, then draw a picture…
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Amel Bashir is little known outside her home country; she is a Sudanese fine artist, who was born in Port Sudan and raised in Jedda and now lives in Khartoum.
A Guardian article and some larger reproductions of her intricate work.
Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited review – he captures the castle
National Gallery, LondonFive huge views of a fortress in Saxony by Canaletto’s nephew demonstrate the younger Venetian’s mastery of landscape, but the characters who populate his paintings steal this fascinating showThe fortress rears up on its crag ag…
On my radar: Domhnall Gleeson’s cultural highlights
The actor on an exhibition that’s like a rave, the best crispy chicken and why he’s having to take a break from Kazuo Ishiguro’s latestDomhnall Gleeson was born in Dublin in 1983. Following his father, Brendan, into acting, he broke through in 2010 wit…
Cuts to art subjects funding ‘walk us back 60 years’, says artist Helen Cammock
UK’s decision to slash subsidy is designed to stifle criticism from artists, Turner prize winner saysThe Turner prize-winning artist Helen Cammock has condemned the government’s decision to halve higher education funding for some arts subjects, calling…