Art
In Pictures: Arresting protest art from 1970s US student activists
Political Poster Workshop — Inspired by the Vietnam draft and the killings of unarmed students at Kent State, the posters are a stark snapshot of student activism – '70s style.
Written by: Adam White
Weekend Read: Paulina & Fran is the anti-romance satire for the Frances Ha generation
Friendship, rivalry and love triangles — Poet and painter Rachel B. Glaser’s debut novel Paulina & Fran is a cutting satire of art school that’s sympathetic towards its characters even as it mocks them.
Written by: Kate Loftus-O'Brien
In Pictures: Weird and cutting-edge bike designs that will blow your mind
Your fixie ain’t shit! — London’s Design Museum is hosting a new exhibition on bicycles and bike design - Huck looks at some of the most out-there.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
Polyphonic Playground turns messing about into a giant musical instrument
Play time collides with audiovisual art — House of Vans London presents an immersive interactive sound installation by Studio PSK.
Written by: Alex Taylor
The Forecast 2016: Film
The Cube Microplex - Bristol — A preview of the upcoming year in film from the brains behind Bristol’s dreamy independent cinema.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
Video: A studio visit with Miranda July
Multitalented indie star — Miranda July talks to TateShots from her L.A. studio about workflow, finding new ideas, and not being seen.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
In Pictures: New York City's long-lost graffiti culture
Subway Art — Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant were among the first professionals to seriously document the burgeoning graffiti scene in New York City - one that created havoc for panicked city officials but went on to define an era. Their resulting 'graffiti bible', Subway Art, has just been reissued.
Written by: Adam White
Video: New illustration collab from Lucas Beaufort and Elna
Colourful lines drawn between Cannes and Jerusalem — Four Hands Voyage is an international collaboration that combines diverse artistic styles in all the right ways.
Written by: Joshua Gabert-Doyon
The prisoner who found freedom behind bars by becoming a painter
An unexpected creative spirit — Artist and writer Chris Wilson educated himself on the mean streets of 1980s San Francisco, landing in prison when he was sixteen. Change, he says, is not a single turning point. It’s something you channel and work on for life.
Written by: Zach Sebastian
The pioneering Manga artists who created a new genre of Japanese girls’ comics
Shojo Manga — The Atkinson Galleries, Southport presents the first major exhibition of Japanese Shojo Manga in the UK.
Written by: Kyle Nathan Brown