Art
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
The artist staging romantic fantasies with clay boyfriends
Better than Tinder? — Mary Stephenson got so sick of being single that she created her own imaginary dates. Now she's using art to poke fun at society's perception of romance.
Written by: Marta Bausells
This artist turned 'male 4 male' Craigslist ads into NSFW drawings
No kissing — In '(no kissing)', Dominic Myatt turns the ads in one of the kinkiest corners of the internet into saucy drawings.
Written by: Marta Bausells
The painter turning the pain of endometriosis into art
Pain to paper — Ellie Kammer is tired of the lack of awareness about endometriosis, a life-changing and debilitating gynaecological condition that affects one in ten women. So she decided to turn her suffering into art, in the hope it will get you speaking.
Written by: Marta Bausells
The Iraqi art world is alive and kicking
It always has been — While instability in Iraq continues fuelled by Western intervention, a new generation of young artists are creating work that looks to the future.
Written by: Noora Ismail