Exhibition

A visual celebration of the revolutionary Angela Davis
Culture

A visual celebration of the revolutionary Angela Davis

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

The anthology celebrating 45 years of hip hop and art
Culture

The anthology celebrating 45 years of hip hop and art

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

Photos capturing the defiant spirit of the ‘90s rave scene
Culture

Photos capturing the defiant spirit of the ‘90s rave scene

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

The forgotten radical history of London’s Rebel Dykes
Culture

The forgotten radical history of London’s Rebel Dykes

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

Photographer Chester Higgins‘ African American odyssey
Culture

Photographer Chester Higgins‘ African American odyssey

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

Grace Jones' pioneering gender play and Afrofuturism
Culture

Grace Jones' pioneering gender play and Afrofuturism

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

The anti-fascist artist who used his work as a weapon
Art

The anti-fascist artist who used his work as a weapon

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

A journey through Soho’s countercultural history
Photography

A journey through Soho’s countercultural history

Those were the days — A new exhibition is looking back on the London neighbourhood’s rebellious peak – a time when it was at the forefront of experimentation, creativity and freedom.

Written by: Miss Rosen

Philippe Lopez’s photography is an ode to handcrafted India
Photography

Philippe Lopez’s photography is an ode to handcrafted India

Street life — The World Press Photo Award winner’s first solo exhibition is a meditation on the country’s kaleidoscopic street life.

Written by: D’Arcy Doran

Defiant photos that subvert Western beauty ideals
Photography

Defiant photos that subvert Western beauty ideals

Lost in translation — In English as a Second Language, Asian-born, London-based photographers Joyce Ng and Hanna Moon reflect on the power of fashion photography in shaping society’s perceptions of beauty – while drawing on their own personal experiences of living in the UK.

Written by: Huck

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