#artanddesign — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #artanddesign, aggregated by home.social.
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A Ugandan quarry worker carrying rocks on her head: Dan Nelken’s best photograph
By Interview by Chris Broughton‘Janet had eight children. Her husband drove a boda-boda taxi, but had lost a leg – so she had been working in her local quarry for 10 years. “I am now the husband in this home,” she said’
#Artanddesign #Culture #Uganda #Photography #TheGuardian #InterviewbyChrisBroughton
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‘An act of resistance’: Baltimore’s holdout homes – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/aug/26/baltimore-holdout-homes-ben-marcin-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesignBooks #Housing #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Books #Society #Art #Maryland #Delaware #Architecture
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‘An act of resistance’: Baltimore’s holdout homes – in pictures
By Guardian StaffBen Marcin’s stunning photographs show lone houses, derelict homes and makeshift camps that stand as epitaphs to past lives and offer insight into how Americans on the margins live
#Photography #Artanddesignbooks #Housing #Artanddesign #Culture #Books #Society #Art #Maryland #Delaware #Architecture #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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‘The whole world is becoming rightwing and anti-gay’: William Yang on 60 years of capturing LGBTQ+ life
By Oliver GilesYang has taken more than 500,000 photographs since he first moved to Sydney in the late 1960s and now devotes most of his time to untangling the past
#Photography #Australianart #Artanddesign #Art #Culture #LGBTQrights #TheGuardian #OliverGiles
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The cat that fought Mussolini: how the Wulz photography sisters weaponised the family pet
By Joanna MoorheadWanda and Marion Wulz defied the unbridled patriarchy of fascist Italy by shooting dancers, fencers and other famous women – as well as their cat Mucincina
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/25/cat-mussolini-wulz-photography-sisters
#Photography #Culture #Artanddesign #Italy #TheGuardian #JoannaMoorhead
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Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’
By Danny Vincent in TaipeiGao Zhen sentenced to three years in prison after already spending two years in detention
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/artist-gao-zhen-sculptures-mao-zedong-jailed-china
#China #Censorship #MaoZedong #Artanddesign #AsiaPacific #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #DannyVincentinTaipei
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Artist known for sculptures of Mao Zedong jailed for slandering ‘heroes and martyrs’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/artist-gao-zhen-sculptures-mao-zedong-jailed-china #China #Censorship #MaoZedong #ArtAndDesign #AsiaPacific #WorldNews #Culture
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Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks
By Catherine SlessorMVRDV – the firm behind Marble Arch Mound – says Rotterdam ROCKS! will inspire visitors to live sustainably. But in an era when the greenest building is the one that already exists, this tottering cairn looks set to misfire
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/25/rotterdam-rocks-mvrdv
#Architecture #Artanddesign #Culture #Netherlands #Climatecrisis #Regeneration #Environment #TheGuardian #CatherineSlessor
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Climate-saving wonder – or €240m vanity bauble that ages like milk? The rocks set to hit Rotterdam docks https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/25/rotterdam-rocks-mvrdv #Architecture #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Netherlands #ClimateCrisis #Regeneration #Environment
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‘My way to escape reality’: LensCulture street photography awards 2026 winners – in pictures
By Guardian StaffFrom pre-dawn Vietnam to cats scaling walls, the scenes in these prize-winning photographs show how the everyday can become mysterious, poetic and surreal
#Photography #Artanddesign #Awardsandprizes #Culture #Art #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Clowns, archangels and fake heads: Nairobi’s anime convention – in pictures
By Josy ForsdikeOrganised by Movie Jabber, the annual Otamatsuri is Africa’s only comic-con festival. Over the two-day event, people dressed in costumes and accessories gather at Carnivore Grounds in Kenya’s capital to celebrate creative arts, gaming tournaments and comic book culture
#Photography #Kenya #Anime #Manga #Africa #Artanddesign #Comicsandgraphicnovels #Culture #TheGuardian #JosyForsdike
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The ear witness: Turner-winner Lawrence Abu Hamdan and his ‘sound evidence’ exposés of human rights abuses
By Charlotte HigginsFrom killings in Gaza to the alleged use of a sonic weapon on a vigil in Belgrade, the Lebanese-British artist reveals how his work for activist group Earshot is inseparable from his art
#Artanddesign #Culture #ForensicArchitecture #Humanrights #Gaza #Syria #Worldnews #TheGuardian #CharlotteHiggins
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Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A
By Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondentEight costumes spanning Queen frontman’s career will feature in a free trail developed with his former fiancee
#FreddieMercury #Queen #VA #Artanddesign #Culture #Museums #London #Popandrock #Music #Fashion #UKnews #Exhibitions #Lifeandstyle #Mensfashion #TheGuardian #NadiaKhomamiArts #culturecorrespondent
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Freddie Mercury’s ‘splendid things’ to go on display at V&A https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/25/freddie-mercury-splendid-things-costumes-victoria-albert-museum-queen-v-and-a #FreddieMercury #Queen #Va #ArtAndDesign #Culture #Museums #London #PopAndRock #Music #Fashion #UkNews #Exhibitions #LifeAndStyle #MensFashion
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Women Photograph announces 2026 grant recipients – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/aug/24/women-photograph-leica-grantees-for-2026-in-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #China #AsiaPacific #WorldNews
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‘I didn’t miss a thing’: How Nick Haymes photographed his sons’ entire lives from verrucas to homemade hamster coffin
By Tim JonzeBloody noses, ear cleanings, the first sproutings of armpit hair … the photographer reveals how he captured his two babies growing into boys and then men
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/24/nick-haymes-sons-entire-lives-chronograph
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #USnews #Worldnews #Family #TheGuardian #TimJonze
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Aardman’s Peter Lord and David Sproxton: ‘At the Oscars, I went to the gents and had a pee with Jack Nicholson!’
By Harriet GibsoneThe studio’s co-founders on accidentally creating Morph, not wanting a yacht in the Maldives and being each other’s best ally
#Family #Photography #Aardman #WallaceGromit #Film #AnimationonTV #Artanddesign #Culture #Lifeandstyle #Television #TheGuardian #HarrietGibsone
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Bebe Cave: Swoon review – dazzling portrait of marginalised muses and the male gaze
By Arusa QureshiPleasance Dome, EdinburghSmart, slapstick and silly, this chaotic multicharacter comedy sends up the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
#Edinburghfestival2026 #Comedy #Stage #Comedy #Culture #Edinburghfestival #Theatre #Artanddesign #ThepreRaphaelites #Painting #Women #TheGuardian #ArusaQureshi
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Sydney Marathon admits ‘unfortunate error’ as finishers medal depicts Munich stadium as race highlight
By Stephanie Convery‘Landmarks’ side of the medal features the Allianz Arena in German city rather than Allianz Stadium in Sydney
#Sydney #Marathon #Artanddesign #Australianews #BayernMunich #TheGuardian #StephanieConvery
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Sydney Marathon admits ‘unfortunate error’ as finishers medal depicts Munich stadium as race highlight https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/23/sydney-marathon-medal-allianz-stadium-munich-germany-unfortunate-error #Sydney #Marathon #ArtAndDesign #AustraliaNews #BayernMunich
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The faces behind the feeds: Gen Z’s private lives and public posts – in pictures
By Gabrielle SchwarzFor the first digital natives, there are two places to express yourself: in the comfort of your own room and online. Photographer Niccolò Rastrelli set out to find out how the identities compare
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Socialmedia #Instagram #Facebook #Digitalmedia #Socialnetworking #TheGuardian #GabrielleSchwarz
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‘It was dark and deserted. I was drawn by the light’: Christine Rodgers’ best phone picture
By Grace HollidayA man at a bank counter in a border town in northern India, tension in the air: how could any photographer resist?
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #GraceHolliday
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Four blokes and a zebra crossing: the banality and beauty of the Beatles’ Abbey Road cover
By Jonathan JonesMuch-copied and parodied picture captures dynamic between the individuals and the band with eerie perfection
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/22/the-beatles-abbey-road-album-cover-zebra-crossing
#TheBeatles #London #Photography #RenMagritte #RingoStarr #GeorgeHarrison #PaulMcCartney #JohnLennon #Artanddesign #Music #Art #Culture #TheGuardian #JonathanJones
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From Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma to Brandon Flowers: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
By Guardian StaffA film-maker’s attempt to reboot a horror movie franchise is derailed by her wild relationship with its former star, and the Killers frontman gets rustic
#Culture #Music #Stage #Dance #Theatre #Film #Television #Televisionradio #Art #Artanddesign #Games #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Australia’s national photographic portrait prize 2026 – in pictures
By Guardian StaffThirty finalists were selected from more than 1,000 entries in the 2026 photographic competition which has a $30,000 cash prize for first place. This year’s winner is Nathan Beard’s portrait of his Thai-born aunt Mae Khong, who was recuperating after a debilitating fall. Judges said Beard’s portrait has an ‘immediate and compelling emotional pull’ and offers an insight into the relationship between the artist and subject. The exhibition is on now at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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The week around the world in 20 pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/aug/21/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #WorldNews #UsNews #UkNews #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Europe
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The week around the world in 20 pictures
By Jim PowellWildfires in Europe, Russian strikes in Kyiv, the Meta trial and swimming in Gaza – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists
#Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #Worldnews #USnews #UKnews #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Europe #TheGuardian #JimPowell
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Kapoor’s blockbusting blobs, terrible Tudors and Emin’s proteges – the week in art
By Jonathan JonesLose yourself in Anish Kapoor’s black holes while Horrible Histories’ illustrator visits Preston and Margate hosts Tracey Emin’s students’ graduation show – all in your weekly dispatch
#Artanddesign #Culture #Painting #Photography #Art #Exhibitions #TheGuardian #JonathanJones
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‘She had this divine calling’: the incredible and transporting art of Minnie Evans
By Veronica EspositoJust over 50 years after she was one of the first Black artists to have a solo show at the Whitney, the museum gathers some of her most remarkable paintings for a new exhibition
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/aug/21/minnie-evans-whitney-museum-outsider-artist
#Art #Exhibitions #Artanddesign #Painting #Culture #Museums #NewYork #TheGuardian #VeronicaEsposito
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Durham art gallery opens with works by Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen
By Mark Brown North of England correspondentThe Light aims to bring art of international significance to north-east England
#Museums #Exhibitions #Artanddesign #NorthofEngland #Culture #UKnews #Heritage #Art #CountyDurham #TheGuardian #MarkBrownNorthofEnglandcorrespondent