Forget the Beano, Bunty and Little Lizzie. Comics are a site of protest, subversion and rebellion and have been since their first recorded publication… or so says the British Library‘s spring exhibition. Tracing the history of comics from its vast archive, this exhibition reveals the changing face of politics, gender,…
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The Parisian enfant terrible is the latest fashion designer to receive a museum exhibition of epic proportions. Taking over the Barbican exhibition spaces and with spin-off events alongside, From Sidewalk to Catwalk is testament to Jean Paul Gaultier’s 40-year career – and still going strong. Perhaps most well known for…
Ask someone to think of the country Rwanda and they will rarely be able to associate it with anything beyond war and genocide. But, 20 years on from the massacre of an estimated 1 million people, the news that the country has found ways to live with its traumatic past…
With an acronym that sounds like a leading world power, UVA are due to take over The Curve gallery this Spring with their latest site-specific project. Well-known for their manipulation of space, light and sound, this new piece plays with the unique shape of the Barbican’s temporary exhibition gallery to…
If there ever were a barometer to measure the earliest proponents of Pop Art, those included in the exhibition This is Tomorrow would be a good place to start. The exhibition, curated by Bryan Robertson at the Whitechapel in 1956, gave space to numerous architects, graphic designers, musicians and artists…
Girls may run the world (or so says Beyoncé), but back in Hannah Höch‘s day, an artist like her would be lucky to get a thumbs up for her talent: it wasn’t until the late 70s that the accidental It Girl with the bobbed hair was recognised for her contribution…