New book says many pieces in Barry Joule Archive bear ‘scant resemblance’ to artist’s work, but donor insists they are realThe Estate of Francis Bacon has launched an astonishing personal attack on Barry Joule, one of the artist’s friends, and the vast…
‘My art is a protest’: disrupting ideas about black people in British rural areas
Madinah Farhannah Thompson’s art is informed by her experience as a black primary schoolchildGrowing up as one of the only black pupils at her primary school in Norwich, Madinah Farhannah Thompson says she felt isolated and that it affected her mental …
A happy baby on a train: Dina Alfasi’s best phone picture
‘That the young girl in the foreground was a soldier with a gun on her knee is an integral part of that moment’Dina Alfasi has often said that her favourite place to shoot is on the train. It’s not only a mobile studio with, as she puts it, great natur…
Going out, staying in: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
Whether it is a live gig, a new film or a game to play at home, our critics have your plans for this week covered Continue reading…
Tell us: how do you feel about returning to cinemas, museums and galleries?
We would like to hear about what you’re enjoying most about returning to cinemas, museums and galleries now that UK coronavirus restrictions have liftedWe would like to hear about what you’re enjoying most about returning to cinemas, museums and galler…
Gold of the Great Steppe review – the breathtaking lives of history’s ‘barbarians’
Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFrom their astounding burial mounds to their dazzling horses dressed up as mythical beasts, this exhibition about Kazakhstan’s ancient nomads shows the power of archaeology to revive the deadA young archer was buried around…
Forced from home: the humans and animals under threat – in pictures
Nick Brandt visited five animal sanctuaries in Africa to portray the people displaced by droughts and the creatures whose very existence is under threat Continue reading…
Betye Saar: the brilliant artist who reversed and radicalised racist stereotypes
In the 1970s, her art was so influential that Angela Davis credited it with launching the Black women’s movement. At 95, Saar is still creating work – and it is as arresting as everWhen the artist Betye Saar learned the Aunt Jemima brand was removing t…
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Frida Kahlo estimated $30m self-portrait set to smash records
Diego y yo is expected to become most valuable Latin American artwork ever publicly soldA sorrowful Frida Kahlo self-portrait which shows her cheating husband, Diego Rivera, in the centre of her forehead, is expected to smash auction records as it beco…