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Expressionists exhibition opens at Tate Modern
8 months ago

Expressionists exhibition opens at Tate Modern

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Drawing from the esteemed Lenbachhaus collection in Munich, renowned …

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The infinite appeal of Yayoi Kusama
1 year, 5 months ago

The infinite appeal of Yayoi Kusama

The Independent  

In November 1968, a few months shy of her 40th birthday, the artist Yayoi Kusama sent an open letter to the then President-elect of the United States, Richard Nixon. “I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I’ve found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art,” she wrote in her autobiography, Infinity Net, in …

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Yoko Ono solo exhibition announced at Tate Modern
1 year, 6 months ago

Yoko Ono solo exhibition announced at Tate Modern

The Independent  

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Picasso, Warhol and Hockney artworks to be on display at new Tate Modern exhibit
1 year, 6 months ago

Picasso, Warhol and Hockney artworks to be on display at new Tate Modern exhibit

The Independent  

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Picasso 50 years on: Greatest artist of the 20th century, or cancel-worthy misogynist?
1 year, 8 months ago

Picasso 50 years on: Greatest artist of the 20th century, or cancel-worthy misogynist?

The Independent  

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Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice
1 year, 10 months ago

Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice

BBC  

Zanele Muholi: Unflinching images that confront injustice Somnyama Ngonyama Zanele Muholi) Zanele Muholi creates powerful visual activism about queer life in South Africa. Zanele Muholi/ Stevenson/ Yancey Richardson From the Faces and Phases series, Lungile Cleo Dladla, KwaThema Community Hall, Springs, Johannesburg Muholi refers to themself as a "visual activist" rather than as an artist, which they believe better describes …

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Flat owners win battle to stop Tate Modern visitors peering into their homes
1 year, 10 months ago

Flat owners win battle to stop Tate Modern visitors peering into their homes

The Independent  

The owners of four flats overlooked by the Tate Modern in London have won a Supreme Court privacy bid over the use of the gallery’s viewing platform. Giving the court’s majority ruling, Lord Leggatt said the lower courts had found that the living areas of the flats – which have floor-to-ceiling windows – were under “constant observation from the Tate’s …

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Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Tate Modern, review: Unforced minimal cool… but the Dada moment is glossed over
3 years, 5 months ago

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Tate Modern, review: Unforced minimal cool… but the Dada moment is glossed over

The Independent  

If you can get your name attached to a pivotal cultural moment – and in however minor a role – you’re pretty much guaranteed a place in the history books. A painter, credited with creating some of the first truly abstract images, a visionary textile designer, architect and not least dancer, she’s seen in one of the very few photographs …

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Why planting a tree is a radical act
3 years, 6 months ago

Why planting a tree is a radical act

BBC  

Why planting a tree is a radical act Alamy A 1980s green project by the German artist Joseph Beuys has inspired a contemporary art duo. Tate Modern Beuys' Acorns is an installation at the Tate Modern, inspired by the German artist and activist Standing in rows on the Tate Modern's south terrace, this is the latest incarnation of an ongoing …

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Teenager who threw boy from Tate Modern given extra jail time for attacking hospital staff
4 years ago

Teenager who threw boy from Tate Modern given extra jail time for attacking hospital staff

The Independent  

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Teenager who threw boy off Tate Modern viewing platform abandons attempt to be moved out of prison
4 years ago

Teenager who threw boy off Tate Modern viewing platform abandons attempt to be moved out of prison

The Independent  

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