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“It feels like stepping through a portal into the magical, ethereal world of his paintings” Imogen Sabharwal explores how artists’ design their homes to be havens of inspiration and sanctuary, an ‘elsewhere’ from reality.
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“A displaced, otherworldly figure, dropped into the London night.” Shade Bannigan Davis investigates the glam rock star’s visual artistry.
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“Women are on the rise in the art world.” Gabrielle Stein presents 26 pioneering women artists.
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“Unpolished representations of reality as he experiences it, it’s the visual equivalent of Dylan’s unique and untrained voice.” Hannah Andrews analyses Bob Dylan’s visual artworks.
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“Radiohead’s cover art acts much like the art on the cover of a puzzle box, helping us find and fit together all the pieces within.” Bea Hipson Holder explores Thom Yorke Stanley Donwood’s artistic collaboration.
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Gabrielle Stein explores the work of contemporary Chinese artists Cao Fei and Ai Weiwei.
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‘Long before digital tools made art endlessly reproducible and thoughtlessly automated,’ Stella Fenwick explores the darkroom magic behind the work of photographer Alfred Buckham.
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“Sour and haunting and hope-dwindling. Zeus prevails, unpunished and divine, abandoning Leda as collateral damage of a desire that is inherently violent.” Amelia Higgs contemplates Michelangelo’s depiction of the female body’s treatment in mythology.
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“Mythology functioned as a timeless framework for the artists to challenge Victorian artistic conventions and examine contemporary values.” Cadence Whawell explores Pre-Raphaelite depictions of mythological figures, particularly women.
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“Beauty is cultural currency and selfhood’s multidimensional levels of identity are condensed to what we can portray through a flat mirror image.” Amrita Sura explores artistic depictions of the myth of Narcissus.
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