• Photorealist suburbia, Russian war protesters and the dark side of Constable – the week in art

    Photorealist suburbia, Russian war protesters and the dark side of Constable – the week in art
    A major show for Boyd and Evans in Milton Keynes, women mourn victims of the war in Ukraine and looming storms spark savage poetry – all in your weekly dispatchBoyd & Evans
    Fionnuala Boyd and Les Evans have been making photorealist art since the 1960s and they’ve found their perfect subject in the Ballardian townscape of Milton Keynes.
    • MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 27 May to 17 September Continue reading...
  • Migrant street vendors of Barcelona tell story of survival at Venice Biennale

    Migrant street vendors of Barcelona tell story of survival at Venice Biennale
    Top Manta, a mostly migrant cooperative, is the inspiration for Catalonia and the Balearics’ entry to the architecture arm of the prestigious festival. We enjoyed a previewThey are a familiar sight on the streets and sandy beach of Barcelona: vendors, blankets spread out in front of them, selling trinkets or toys to frequently disinterested passers-by. Now Catalonia and the Balearic Islands have chosen Top Manta, a Barcelona-based cooperative representing the mostly migrant, undocumented s

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