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Tan Gillies, Nights of Violence (2021)

Tan Gillies on transforming his darkest suburban memories into healing art

Alba Yruela, Diaris 2009-2019 (2021)

A glimpse inside Alba Yruela’s poignant, poetic photo diary

Traplord (2021)

Traplord: the stage show uplifting overlooked stories of Black masculinity

Frida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings

Art & PhotographyDive into Frida Kahlo’s unseen, most intimate works of artFrida Kahlo: The Complete Paintings allows readers a privileged glimpse into the private world of the legendary artist, in the most comprehensive collection of her works yet

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Micheal Ward, Steve McQueen’s Embarrassed

NewsSteve McQueen’s Embarrassed raises cancer awareness in the Black community

Starring Idris Elba, Morgan Freeman, and more, the short film highlights shocking statistics about prostate cancer among Black men

Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot

NewsPussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova is auctioning a bottle of her own blood

The activist’s new artwork, Drink My Blood, also includes her bloodstained ‘freedom certificate’, in both physical and NFT form, alongside unreleased music from the group

CIRCA World AIDS day

NewsCirca is broadcasting a ‘viral’ activist film to commemorate World AIDS Day

General Idea’s AA Bronson has created an animation that will be shown on billboards in London, Milan, New York, Seoul, and Tokyo

Beabadoobee Superdry AW21

FashionBeabadoobee mashes up the best of the 90s aesthetics with Superdry

The rising musician fronts the label’s AW21 Original & Vintage campaign for a collection that ricochets from collegiate Varsity jackets to punky tartans, with sustainability at its core

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Sarabande's Bound 06

FeatureSarabande’s BOUND celebrates the boundless creative potential of paper

Created by Lee Alexander McQueen’s prestigious Sarabande foundation, the book highlights 36 new generation designers, sculptors, performance artists, and more who explore their creativity with hand-crafted paper works

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NewsGrimes, Normani, St. Vincent, and Cher star in Pirelli’s 2022 calendar

Shot by Bryan Adams in LA and Southern Italy, this year’s calendar is dedicated to a musician’s life on tour

Ai-Da, Oxford

NewsAi-Da, the world’s first AI humanoid artist, has now made history as a poet

The ultra-realistic robot became the first to write and perform poetry ‘as a human would do’ at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum

Damien Hirst , “Great Expectations” NFTs

NewsDamien Hirst has turned his divisive Drake cover art into NFTs, obviously

The artist’s ‘Great Expectations’ series contains 10,000 images based on his widely-mocked Certified Lover Boy artwork

TikTok Banksy

NewsIs Banksy selling art for $60 a piece from a New York subway station?

‘Maybe I fell for an elaborate tourist trap, or maybe I made the best decision of my life,’ said one TikToker

Jeano Edwards – EverWonderful

Q+AJeano Edwards rediscovers himself in a visual love letter to Jamaica

The photographer’s stunning debut photo book asks the question: what does it mean to be Jamaican? And specifically, to be a Jamaican living elsewhere?

Banksy’s Great British Spraycation (2021)

NewsBanksy fans call out landlord who tore the artist’s mural from a shop wall

The mural from the street artist’s ‘Great British Spraycation’ is apparently heading to auction in the US

Frida Kahlo, “Diego y yo” (“Diego and Me”, 1949)

NewsFrida Kahlo gets the ‘ultimate revenge’ over cheating husband

Frida Kahlo’s painting depicting the emotional distress inflicted by her adulterous husband, Diego Rivera, has now beaten the record previously set by his artwork at auction

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Matt Ford, “Cain” (2021)

Queer CultureSupport the global queer community with Prints for Queers

The print sale features portraits of underground queer performers and former Drag Race stars and raises funds to help queer individuals seek asylum from persecution

Christopher Walken in the BBC’s The Outlaws

Christopher WalkenChristopher Walken has deliberately destroyed an original Banksy

The Pulp Fiction star obliterated a rat motif by the graffiti artist with a layer of magnolia

Grimes cryto art

GrimesA new report highlights the NFT market’s troubling gender gap

Work by women artists makes up just 16 per cent of NFT sales over the last 21 months, while Grimes is the only one to crack the top 10

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John WatersJohn Waters talks toilets and trans rights as he unveils gallery dedication

The filmmaker has launched the Baltimore Museum of Art’s first gender-neutral bathrooms at a reception with Pink Flamingos’ Elizabeth Coffey

Ingrid Pollard, “Oceans Apart” (1989)

exhibition Claim your 2-for-1 tickets for Tate Britain’s upcoming Life Between Islands

The landmark group exhibition – opening next month – celebrates the profound influence of Caribbean-British artists and explores the art of the Caribbean diaspora over the last 70 years

Banksy, I Fought the Law (2004)

massive attackMassive Attack auctions off rare Banksy art, raising £141,000 for charity

Proceeds from the artworks, Bomb Middle England and I Fought The Law, will benefit the Malawi-based charity Temwa and Bristol’s Aid Box Community

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Ai-Da, Oxford

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The ultra-realistic robot became the first to write and perform poetry ‘as a human would do’ at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum

Tan Gillies, Nights of Violence (2021)

Q+ATan Gillies on transforming his darkest suburban memories into healing art

As his Nights of Violence exhibition opens, the multidisciplinary artist tells Dazed how he found peace by revisiting the site of his childhood trauma, and how his work is like a drug experience

Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot

NewsPussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova is auctioning a bottle of her own blood

The activist’s new artwork, Drink My Blood, also includes her bloodstained ‘freedom certificate’, in both physical and NFT form, alongside unreleased music from the group