100 years of waveriding — Despite past attempts to ban the sport from beaches, surfers have remained as integral, conservationist presences in England’s southwestern tip. A new exhibition in Falmouth traces its long history in the area.
Written by: Ella Glossop
The ’70s Lens — Half a century ago, visionary photographers including Nan Goldin, Joel Meyerowitz and Larry Sultan pushed the envelope of what was possible in image-making, blurring the boundaries between high and low art. A new exhibition revisits the era.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Glitter on the floor — Curators Martin Green and NJ Stevenson revisit Leigh Bowery’s legendary night, a space for wild expression that reimagined partying and fashion.
Written by: Cyna Mirzai
From The Ashes brings 29 Indigenous and non-Indigenous contemporary artists together in support for Xingu Indigenous communities.
Written by: Huck
England Your England — A new exhibition wrestles with complex questions around what it means to be English at a time of strife and political upheaval.
Written by: Zoe Whitfield
Power to the people — A new exhibition is celebrating the activist, abolitionist, and feminist, and exploring how she utilised her image as a tool in the fight for freedom.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Sound of the streets — A newly-released multimedia collection chronicles the growth of hip hop and its surrounding culture from the parks of the Bronx to its becoming a global phenomenon.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Party as protest — Photographer Vinca Petersen recounts how a movement born of music and hedonism quickly became a vehicle for civil disobedience and defiance of authority.
Written by: Huck
Punk politics — A new exhibition is spotlighting a group of queer activists and artists who ran riot through 1980s Britain and would profoundly influence lesbian culture.
Written by: Rosie Hewitson
The Indelible Spirit — A new exhibition celebrates the photographer‘s early work, and shows his unwavering commitment to capturing the complexities of Black life across America.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Disco queen — A new exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary reveals how renegade Grace Jones subverted Western archetypes of Black women and gender binaries.
Written by: Miss Rosen
One man’s war — An impassioned communist radicalised at the end of World War I, John Heartfield created subversive photomontages to combat Nazi propaganda in ’30s Germany – landing him on the Gestapo’s most-wanted list in the process .
Written by: Miss Rosen