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Beneath the surface

Photographer Emma Hartvig is fascinated by what is hidden underneath perfection. In this series, she takes something often glamorous in synchronized swimming and removes the glamour...

Like a puppet on a string

You’re probably more into puppets than you think you are. From Star Wars to Team America, Liv Siddall digs deep into how puppets conquered pop culture...

Pause and reflect

One day, Shirin Abedinirad decided to stop including her own image in her work and to instead focus on the beauty of nature. Meet the Iranian artist who uses mirrors to unite past, present and future...

The marvellous mind of Emmanuelle Moureaux

The French architect builds amazing installations that play with color, shape and form...

Out in the open

Photographer Ryan McGinley talks Kathy Ryan through his work, his creative process and the road trip spirit that makes his pictures so memorable...

Debbie Millman needs a word about words

The designer and podcast host breaks down her relationship with language and its role in her visual work...

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    Film

    Some films we made

    Various Artists

    The women fighting the misogyny of Samba
    John Legend

    Celebrating the activists turning words into action
    Animade

    An animated film about what we see as precious
    Mr Wash

    A film about art, prison and second chances
    Lykke Li

    The Swedish singer on love, pain and rebuilding herself
    Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile

    A rescued theater and two musical soul-mates
    Nesa

    The woman turning the bustle of Tehran into music
    FKA twigs

    Capturing FKA twigs’ free dance workshop in Baltimore

      Music

      Some stuff about music

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      Breaking The Circle

      Samba is a staple of the Brazilian cultural landscape, but there has never been a space in the scene for the country’s women. Tobias Nathan captures the climate as this begins to change...

      Abloh, Virgil

      The Louis Vuitton artistic director talks to Gilles Peterson about his career, his heroes, and his musical obsession...

      Self-taught brilliance

      Violin-playing, mandolin-strumming singer Sudan Archives is making a name for herself in LA, beautifully captured by photographer Kayla Reefer...

      In conversation with the man who draws Gorillaz

      Jamie Hewlett is the visual mind behind the word's most famous animated band. Here's why he loves pine trees, hates computers and won't talk to his hero in his local cafe...

      On the road with King Krule

      The south London singer collaborates with amazing visual talent on his videos. As part of a three-part series, he talks going on tour and getting drunk on a plane with filmmaker Charlotte Patmore...

      FKA twigs brings Baltimore's dancers together

      The British artist fell in love with the much-maligned American city. So she decided to create something special there. Here's what happened next...

      Work in Progress Creative soulmates Björk and Jesse Kanda explain why they work together so well

      Work in Progress Artist Lykke Li on how past, present and future come together in her music

      Work in Progress The high-energy creative chaos that drives hip-hop collective 88rising

        Art

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        Raquel van Haver

        Vast, textured paintings depicting lesser-seen societies
        Shane Berkery

        Irish painter turns old photographs into vibrant and oddly moving paintings

        Kenichi Hoshine

        Abstract yet figurative - what can you spot in these striking pieces?
        Shyama Golden

        Powerful women come to life in bright and beautiful digital paintings
        Caroline Walker

        Quiet moments of working women captured on walks through the city
        Karabo Poppy

        Compelling work that fuses African influences in new and exciting ways

        Pinar & Viola

        There's weird and then there's digital art duo Pinar & Viola
        Emmanuelle Moureaux

        Immersive installations inspired by the Japanese art of shōji

        Kawira Mwirichia

        The queer Kenyan artist turning traditional textiles into LGBT monuments

        Shirin Abedinirad

        Pause to reflect on these mirrored marvels made in Iran
        Quintessenz

        The German duo are here to play with what's real and what's digital

        Tanlume Enyatseng

        From Botswana, a digital artist whose work defies description

        World Press Photo Jasper Doest's joyful series on Bob, the Caribbean pet flamingo

        World Press Photo Nadia Shira Cohen captures the farming dispute between two communities in Mexico

        World Press Photo Olivia Harris shows two sides to the story in her series on Ireland's evolving abortion laws

        World Press Photo Heba Khamis documents male prostitutes in Berlin's Tiergarten park

          Illustration

          Some stuff about illustration

          More illustration

          Take a walk down York Boulevard

          York Boulevard’s most standout personality trait is its mundanity. That’s why Hugo Rocci chose to recreate it.

          Combining science with typography

          Find yourself someone who can do both. Like Khyati Trehan and her alphabet of scientific discoveries that mixes innovative typography with the world’s greatest inventions.

          Where do you wish you were?

          Joanne Ho would always rather be by the sea, or beside a swimming pool, or beneath a waterfall. These are the locations she depicts in her playful illustrations.

          The Hilda creator, interviewed by a superfan (10)

          Luke Pearson's comic creation Hilda has been a massive global hit. Now with her own Netflix series, we sent a ten-year-old fan to dig into Luke's mind and work.

          We all want to live in Manshen Lo's world

          Born in China but now living and working in London, the image-maker has a knack for making quiet work that stays long in the memory.

          Simple street scenes that come to life

          Australian illustrator Erin Nicholls fell hard and fast for Japan and its culture. This beautiful series captures that infatuation.

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            Photography

            Some stuff about photography

            More Photography
            Massimo Vitali

            A camera, the ocean, and hundreds of beachgoers
            Antal Bánhegyesy

            A swarm of orthodox churches takes over Romania
            Mathias Svold & Ulrik Hasemann

            Stories from the Danish coastline told by two photographers who work as one

            Mandy Barker

            The plastic pollution clogging up our seas captured at a terrible scale
            Vasantha Yogananthan

            Retelling an ancient Hindu epic around India

            Siân Davey

            Amazingly intimate family portraits from the British photographer

            Jan Hoek

            The weird and wonderful work of a one-of-a-kind Dutch photographer
            Anna Boyiazis

            The uplifting story of the swimming women of Zanzibar
            Gem Fletcher & Ken Hermann

            High-octane entertainment in India, shot without cliches

            Sanne De Wilde

            The Island of the Colorblind will make you see the world anew
            Allison Stewart

            Peek inside the backpacks of survivalists preparing for the worst
            Kathy Shorr

            Hard-hitting series on gun-shot victims and their scars

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