Art
The illustrator making animal rights a viral issue
When graphics get political... — Garnering thousands of shares on social media, Kate Louise Powell’s powerful and emotive drawings have inspired a new kind of Internet activism.
Written by: Chris Owen
Cosey Fanni Tutti: fearless provocateur, ultimate outsider
A life less ordinary — Branded a ‘wrecker of civilisation’ by the establishment, Cosey Fanni Tutti is a creative force who ripped up the rules in the realms of sex, music and performance art. Now the rest of the world is finally catching up to her.
Written by: Cian Traynor
At home with legendary art misfit Thomas Campbell
Um... Duh... Yeah — T.moeski doesn’t like to talk... which is odd, considering he's a master in the world of his own language. As a filmmaker, photographer, surfer and artist, his handmade aesthetic defines everything he does. But beyond the sketches, stitches and stills, what’s is he really trying to say? Huck heads to California to find out.
Written by: Chloe Roth
The Virginia tattoo artist transforming lives by inking over scars
Tat for Tit — Amy Black’s tattoo parlour in Richmond, Virginia helps clients with scars from illness or surgery reclaim their bodies with needles and ink.
Written by: Ryan Mcmeekin
The trippy skate art of Thomas Campbell comes to life
Huck x Element — Thomas Campbell’s work has been transformed into wild shaped decks, clothing and more, in a new collaboration with Element.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Why I'm giving my customers Planned Parenthood themed tattoos
From Where I Stand — One Brooklyn-based, immigrant-run tattoo parlour is transforming bodies into spaces of protest for freedom of choice in the age of Trump, raising cold hard cash for Planned Parenthood in the process.
Written by: Burak Moreno, Fleur Noire Tattoo Parlour
The cam girls dragging renaissance art into the 21st century
Reclaiming the gaze — Artist and curator Sessa Omoregie merges Boticcelli's Venus and other famous renaissance images with webcam selfies from today, posing questions about identity and what it means to a woman online.
Written by: Biju Belinky
A brief history of the British tattoo
How we got inked — From high class beginnings to the myths of inked up criminals, as a new exhibition opens in Cornwall, tattoo historian Dr Matt Lodder plots out a history of British body art.
Written by: Michael Segalov
Israeli artist Ella Littwitz on occupation, plants, and letting art speak for itself
More than weeds — 'As long as the occupation lasts, every action in every field of life has a political role in the conflict.'
Written by: Marta Bausells
These graffiti pen-pals are using street art to talk politics
Where activism and art overlap — Between London and Chicago, street artists Dont Fret and Edwin are turning their Whatsapp exchanges into pointed political displays scrawled across each other's cities.
Written by: Marta Bausells
