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Britain’s first gay anthem? Why the UK’s pioneering LGBTQ+ protest band reunited

03-09-2024 16:24

Written by members of the Gay Liberation Front in 1972, A Gay Song is a joyously defiant rallying cry. Artist Ian Giles explains why he persuaded its unruly creators toreturn to the studio‘There is a little bit of gay in everyone today,” sing Michael Klein and Gillian Bartlam, the lead singers of Everyone Involved, a collective of musicians formed by Klein and the UK Gay Liberation Front (GLF) activist Alan Wakeman. “Gay is natural, gay is good, gay is wonderful,” the son

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Artist known for work critiquing Cultural Revolution arrested in China

03-09-2024 10:33

Gao Zhen, who was visiting from US, reportedly accused of slandering China’s heroes and martyrsThe Chinese artist Gao Zhen, known for works critiquing the Cultural Revolution, has been detained by Chinese authorities, his brother and artistic collaborator, Gao Qiang, has said.Gao Qiang said police in Sanhe, east of Beijing, raided the brothers’ art studio on 26 August, confiscated several art works and arrested Gao Zhen after he refused to hand over his mobile phone. Continue reading

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Pioneering graffiti artist Futura 2000: ‘It’s been very improbable, my career’

03-09-2024 10:01

The New York multimedia luminary celebrates five decades of groundbreaking work in a new retrospective exhibitMultimedia artist Futura 2000’s new career retrospective at the Bronx Museum of the Arts has been decades in the making – and has only come about due to years of intense perseverance. While Futura has reached the heights of his chosen medium, now boasting high-level collaborations with the likes of Virgil Abloh, Uniqlo and Nike, he spent years struggling to break into the art

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Pioneering artist Futura 2000: ‘It’s been very improbable, my career’

03-09-2024 10:01

The New York multimedia luminary celebrates five decades of groundbreaking work in a new retrospective exhibitMultimedia artist Futura 2000’s new career retrospective at the Bronx Museum of the Arts has been decades in the making – and has only come about due to years of intense perseverance. While Futura has reached the heights of his chosen medium, now boasting high-level collaborations with the likes of Virgil Abloh, Uniqlo and Nike, he spent years struggling to break into the art

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Strange reflections: how the streets bring us together – in pictures

03-09-2024 08:00

During lockdown, Teri Vershel revisited her vibrant street images and realised pairing them with others revealed fascinating connections between strangers Continue reading...

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