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I remember the Poppy brand matches, sunbathing on Soviet concrete, ostentatious clothes bought at the seventh kilometer market. I remember the boys had pale skin; the girls, deadly defiant – and everyone was very young or very old, with barely any middle age in between. In the early 2000s, when I lived in Moldavanka, the … Read more
As a little girl, the Russian artist Helga Stentzel spent a lot of time in a Siberian village with her grandmother. “Entertainment was scarce: two TV channels, no computer, so I’d lie in bed staring at the carpet until the flowers faded and I saw a dragon. I would look for parrots and hedgehogs in … Read more
The Buffalo shooting in New York, the war crimes trial in Kiev, protests in Sri Lanka, the supermoon over Greece and Liverpool win the FA Cup: the most striking images from around the world this week Warning: Readers may find some of these images disturbing
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man beam, Ingres’s violin (1924). Thanks to Christie’s Not long after moving to Paris in 1921, American avant-garde artist Man Ray met the model and artist Alice Prin, nicknamed Kiki de Montparnasse, and fell in love. Kiki was the Surrealist and Dada artist’s muse for much of the next decade, and in 1924 she posed … Read more
A selection of the 25 photographers shortlisted for the Contemporary African Photography award will present their work. The CAP Prize is awarded annually to five photographers whose work was shot on the African continent, or who are involved in the African diaspora. The five winners will be announced on June 17th
A show with new work by Gerhard Richter at the Fondation Beyeler in Switzerland is somewhat surprising. The German artist, who turned 90 earlier this year, announced his retirement in 2017. Ultimately, he was unable to stop making art. The Beyeler’s room, designed by the artist himself, houses ‘mood’, a new series of 31 small … Read more
Spring awakening this year is all about beautiful books, from the first monographs by Native American artists Wendy Red Star and fashion photographer Campbell Addyto an extensive catalog of experienced artists Nick Cave† Activities of Miranda Juli and David Hockney created during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic show the prevailing power of creativity … Read more
There’s a new kind of social media experience that allows your friends to photobomb your home screen. Millions of people, mostly iPhone owners in the TikTok under-30 crowd, have downloaded apps that allow users to send photos directly to a small group of friends. With Locket and LiveIn, shared photos can be viewed instantly when … Read more
There is no more appropriate title for a comedy show. We all have bloody thoughts is exactly what you’d expect from a comedian known for his rather boisterous diatribes, especially his appearances on the now-defunct ‘Tonightly’ show, several other stand-up appearances, or his opinion articles that dance on the line between satire and are uncomfortable … Read more
Nostalgia. It can happen to anyone, at any time. The song playing, that movie you saw, the piece of memorabilia you found in your parents’ closet. They can bring back memories of a time and place you thought you had forgotten. It’s those feelings of going back, remembering and sometimes cringing Cameron James to his … Read more