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Run from the flaming van of the apocalypse! Folkestone Triennial review

20-07-2021 18:39

With its line-dancers, good behaviour zones and abstract skatepark, the Kent extravaganza is big on fun. So thank goodness for the incendiary installations hammering us with home truthsIn seaside Folkestone on one of the hottest days of the year, the ethereal glitter of the English Channel merged with the empty azure sky. So why did an artwork by Mike Stubbs have to spoil it? That flaming van was a low blow. But there it was, parked on the quay, painted hot-rod red, yellow and black with images

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‘Boundless invention’: British Museum to show more than 100 unseen Hokusai works

20-07-2021 15:59

Drawings were for a planned work by The Great Wave’s creator called The Great Picture Book of EverythingMore than 100 picture postcard-sized drawings by the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai are to go on public display for the first time in two centuries after being acquired by the British Museum.Its director, Hartwig Fischer, said the drawings were “remarkable and unique” and their rediscovery was “incredible”. Continue reading...

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Freedom of speech? Not these days, if you’re an artist in Britain | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

20-07-2021 09:00

Following two chilling actions against artworks, the right is revealing a disturbing autocratic tendencyOne of the many things that studying history taught me, and which I have never forgotten, is how to recognise the typical characteristics of fascism. It’s become a sort of mental list to which I turn from time to time when considering our current political situation. “Powerful and continuing nationalism” (tick); “disregard for human rights” (what was that about of

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Sun, sand, saints and sharks: the best summer photographs

20-07-2021 07:00

Escapees from lockdown, naked beer-swilling on a dinghy and midsummer celebrations in the nude … top photographers pick their best summer shotParklife: Danielle and Iyanna, 2020, by Sophia Spring Continue reading...

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