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75 days ago

Simone Leigh’s ‘monumental’ Royal Academy show set for 2027

Exhibition by African American artist to focus on architecture, art under fascism and her own links to the UK

The Royal Academy will in 2027 host the first major UK exhibition by Simone Leigh, four ye…

4 months ago

‘I was censored for a long time’: the woman who photographed Chile’s sex workers and dissidents

From brothels to boxing rings, Paz Errázuriz’s tender images always challenged the Pinochet dictatorship. Now 81 years old – and ahead of a UK show – the spiky-haired artist recounts a career spent o…

5 months ago

‘If there’s a rule, he tries to break it’: the explosively colourful textiles of Sam Gilliam

A new exhibition explores the late artist’s unexpected sojourn in Ireland, where practical constrictions and the wild scenery inspired a burst of fierce creativity

Sam Gilliam’s artistic life was book…

6 months ago

‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice

He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio un…

Koyo Kouoh 1967-2025 : ‘ensuring the door remains wide open for those who come next’

The first African woman to curate the Venice art biennale has died. Here we publish a piece she wrote for the Guardian after taking up the role, in which she talks about championing African and women…

7 months ago

‘Too original for just one medium’: Agnès Varda’s Paris photographs go on show

The esteemed film director began as a photographer, capturing the postwar freedom of Paris – where a new exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet now presents her as a vital part of the city’s creative his…

9 months ago

Artists who represented Australia at Venice Biennale call for Khaled Sabsabi to be reinstated

Open letter from some of the country’s most distinguished artists ‘strongly protests’ at the removal of Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino

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Australian art has long depicted outlaws, Khaled Sabsabi’s critics should remember. Let’s start with Ned Kelly | Ella Barclay

Sidney Nolan’s paintings of a notorious bushranger are national treasures. Great art should spark debate

Despite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 wor…

Embrace of Indigenous artists reaches London thanks to influence of Venice Biennale

Curators and artists say this is a time of overdue recognition but others are cautious about the longevity of the moment

At last year’s Venice Biennale, the pavilions were packed with Indigenous art f…

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