Candid New York: George Bradford Brainerd’s pioneering early work – in pictures | Art and design
In the 1870s, a civil engineer devised early handheld cameras able to capture scenes with more detail than ever. He…
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Paradigm Shift review – loud and immersive video art to make your brain fold in on itself | Video art
Do exhibitions have to make sense? The people in charge at the vast, subterranean video art wonderland at 180 the…
Striking gold: gilded portraits of Black beauty and belonging – in pictures
Inspired by Gustav Klimt’s ‘golden phase’ and the religious icons of medieval Europe, US photographer Tawny Chatmon reimagines Black identity…
Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards – in pictures | Environment
The winner of the Photojournalist Story Award category A black-tailed rattlesnake outside Fort Davis, Texas, US. For centuries, rattlesnakes have…
Mona’s Eyes by Thomas Schlesser review – painfully clunky lessons in art | Fiction
The complaint that cynics often make about modern art is that most of it looks as though it were made…
‘I’m all for instilling more playfulness’: the unusual musical world of Stephen Prina | Music
On a recent Friday night in the vast atrium space of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, six…
‘A photographer with a cool and deadly eye’: Diane Keaton’s creativity behind the lens | Photography
It’s one of the most memorable scenes in Annie Hall: Diane Keaton’s eponymous protagonist chatting with Alvy on the balcony…
Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic review – a thrilling collision of ecstasy and grief | Stage
Factory International’s Aviva Studios was made for work like this. It’s a space designed for scale, flexibility and form-defying experimentation,…
Iran using drones to enforce hijab law
A Friday report by the United Nations says Iran is using advanced technology, including drones, facial recognition and a citizen-reporting…
US Appeals court allows DEI crackdown
A U.S. federal appeals court Friday lifted a block on the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs…