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Published in: 50.50: FeatureUplifting the creativity of Black queer people in Leeds, Lisbon and beyondJesu Lopes explains why he set up ‘The Blacker The Berry’ and how it’s helping the wider Black community
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Published in: Home: OpinionPublic mural of Queen and King Charles is just colonial whitewashingNot only is the depiction of the royals a hostile act – it was painted on top of a mural by a local street artist
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Published in: oDR: FeatureUkrainian activist explains why he ‘stole’ Banksy near KyivSerhiy Dovhiy faces up to 12 years in prison after removing a Banksy artwork from a wall in a town near Kyiv
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Published in: oDR: Feature‘You can’t do anything useful in jail,’ says leading Russian street artistTimofey Radya talks to openDemocracy about anti-war resistance in the streets and his love for his country
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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Art Athens ActivismWe're joined by Wael Habbal and Kareem Al Kabbani as we discuss activism, creativity, active citizenship and the...
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Published in: Home: ReviewFake royal magic on show in palace photographsStaged informality meets imperial majesty in a Kensington Palace exhibition – but it’s a great British royal lie
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Published in: Home: FeatureContemporary art is popular – but it’s still about money and powerThe gravitational force of big money bends the art around it into new patterns – including those of pop culture
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Published in: Home: FeatureCan art about the Ukraine war be anything more than disaster porn?For centuries artists have tried to show the truth about war’s horrors – but even great work has had dubious success
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Published in: Home: ReviewSonia Boyce feeling her way to freedom as the UK’s artist in VeniceThe first Black woman to represent the UK at the world’s leading art festival calls us to imagine what freedom looks like
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Published in: Migrant Futures: FeatureGetting a foothold in global opera: the cost of COVIDAspiring singers are finding it hard to begin careers in the world of international opera because of difficulties...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewCan art change the world? An interview with Hanan ToukanIn her new book, Toukan investigates the relationship between Western funding and contemporary art in Beirut, Amman...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Oblivion adds tragedy to death'A wine jug, big-bellied and narrow-necked... is the oldest representation of such a tragedy that I have seen'
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Published in: ourEconomyThe missing third client: how artists are exploring radical economiesHow would you value care work, cheese, and a piece of forest, if not mediated by a market?
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Published in: TransformationThe arts belong to all of us – so let’s make that a realityAccess to culture is a fundamental part of a fulfilling life, but it’s tough to reach excluded communities.
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Published in: Frontline InsightsMeet the artist changing gut reactions to the Philippines ‘war on drugs’Thousands have been killed and human rights defenders vilified in President Duterte’s campaign. In response, artist...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPolitical protest not for sale!Why the Homeland Hack is not a commodity.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAppropriation and de-politicization: the uncomfortable discussion on Umm Kulthum in BerlinAn open letter about intellectual and artistic spaces being used to quash a side of the debate, to delegitimize...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaConquering spaces of complicit amnesia in Jerusalem: portrait of two independent art institutionsA walk between two independent art institutions in the east and west of Jerusalem shows us how far society is still...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyrian cultural policies in Turkey: Islamists and secularists beyond the wall – Part IIChanging mocking views of Syrian culture demands endless efforts. عربي
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Published in: TransformationCan theatre change your mind?Most people don’t think of media as propaganda, but confirmation bias is rife. What can be done?
