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Celine Semaan wants to solve fashion's sustainability problem
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The culture and climate thought leader is working with everyone from the UN to students to tackle fashion's sustainability problem.
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4 Jun 19
Sculptors set to create the world’s largest gender equality art project
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Australian sculptors and married couple Gillie and Marc are creating 10 life sized sculptures celebrating the lives of monumental women.
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31 May 19
Faith XLVII talks about the importance of staging Aurum in South Africa
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The artist and her collaborators, Pure and Inka Kendzia, talk to us about the interactive performance piece.
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31 May 19
OurArtworks is a creative haven for Mississippi's disabled community
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“Anyone who has a disability has the ability to create art.”
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30 May 19
Jordanian studio Turbo on resisting design trends
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We chat to Saeed Abu-Jabar and Mothanna Hussein about how they’re contributing to the desert city’s flourishing design scene.
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29 May 19
Kenyan jeweller uses natural minerals to tell her story
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Ami Doshi Shah’s sculptural jewellery pieces tell the story both of Kenya’s intricate past and the country's captivating natural beauty.
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27 May 19
More than a catcall
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Sophie Sandberg tackles everyday harassment by taking it back to the streets.
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24 May 19
Kutti Collective is taking on the lack of Desi representation in the art world
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“It’s about creating and dialoguing about things that affect us in a way that isn't Orientalist, or beholden to the erasures and violence..."
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22 May 19
Blair Imani is writing Herstory
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Imani’s book is shining a light both on modern feminists and on marginalised people who are making a difference in the world.
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21 May 19
Steph Foster focuses his lens on the American prison system
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Interdisciplinary artist Steph Foster is using his art to investigate and address what's wrong with the United States criminal justice system.
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20 May 19
Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind
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Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha.
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20 May 19
Faith XLVII on the power of collaboration
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"Entering into collaborations with key people in my life has helped me rediscover my root inspiration."
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17 May 19
Congolese storyteller is breathing new life into African mythologies
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Yamakasi's project, through the power of social media, helped bring together illustrators and colourists from Nigeria, Cameroon and the Republic of Congo
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16 May 19
How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene
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She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.
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13 May 19
Meet the South African artists exhibiting at La Biennale Di Venezia
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Titled The Stronger We Become, the South African Pavilion will feature works by Dineo Seshee Bopape, Tracey Rose and Dineo Seshee Bopape.
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10 May 19
Artist Olivié Keck plays where tech meets art
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The South African artist brings the worlds of her psychedelic artworks to life through VR.
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10 May 19
Sticklit is democratising literature and art
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How a reading culture can be fostered by means of public art.
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3 May 19
Meet Botswana's Queens of Marok
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South African photographer Paul Shiakallis documents the leather-wearing women of Botswana’s heavy metal scene.
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2 May 19
This photographer gave homeless people cameras to document their lives
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After five days, 45 of the cameras were returned and over 600 images developed. The results were astonishing.
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30 Apr 19
Federico Babina uses architecture to explain mental illness
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Babina cleverly represents what different mental illnesses look like.
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29 Apr 19
AZEEMA is here to display beauty and dispel myths
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“It is a celebration of heritage, culture and diversity, yet equally a champion for empowerment and progressive change."
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26 Apr 19
Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders
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His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world
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24 Apr 19
Sierra Leonean artist explores identity and human expression
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Ngadi Smart, a photographer from Sierra Leone, captures the diverse ways people express their identity.
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23 Apr 19
Toyin Ojih Odutola’s portraits show black skin as textured and diverse
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“We have enough about what my skin looks like but what does it feel like?’
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23 Apr 19
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