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Self-portraiture by Zanele Muholi

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

Visual activist Zanele Muholi turns the camera on herself. >

11 Apr 17
Banksy’s Walled Off Hotel explores the magnitude of the West Bank’s occupation

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Art & Photography / Design Activism

“It has the worst view of any hotel in the world.” >

6 Apr 17
The Girl Who Loves Roses tells the inspiring story of artist Panteha Abareshi

Design News > Art & Photography

Part of the Under Her Skin series, this short film explores the connection between pain and artistic expression. >

5 Apr 17
Veteran artist Douglas Miles’ Apache Skateboards teach the history of the San Carlos Apache tribe

Design News > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Meet the artist who identified the unlikely link between skateboarding and Native American culture. >

4 Apr 17
See the hyper-realistic pencil-portraits by Arinze Stanley

Design News > Art & Photography

The Nigerian artist’s stunningly intricate work is making waves. >

3 Apr 17
Meatwreck: the artistic duo challenging the notion of beauty

Design News > Art & Photography

Mitra Saboury and Derek Paul Boyle’s unusual imagery makes the ordinary uncomfortable. >

3 Apr 17
Roadhouse: Picturing South Africa's Ekurhuleni

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

A new photography initiative in Gauteng, South Africa. >

31 Mar 17
The fading tribes of the Omo Valley

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

This photographer documented some of the last societies left untouched by the Western world. >

31 Mar 17
Coding emotion and culture into art

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

"I try to make art that means something to people like me," says South African artist Lorenzo Plaatjies. >

30 Mar 17
A celebration of African portraiture

Next Generation > Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

This Ukrainian artist paints unique portraits of Africa as a creative outlet. >

30 Mar 17
The art of Lina Viktor makes black womanhood the focus

Design News > Art & Photography

Using 24-karat gold, the New York City-based artist elevates the power of identity. >

29 Mar 17
The Skin I’m In by Nicole Buchanan

Design News > Art & Photography

The photographer’s work gives a voice to minority students. >

28 Mar 17
Grandmothers, Afrofuturism and Nairobi-beats

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Music & Sound Design

Kenyan photographer Osborne Macharia directs his first film, the music video to Blinky Bill's new song "Atie". >

27 Mar 17
The unspoken cost of precious metals

Lookbook > African Design / Art & Photography

A literal depiction of what we gain from mining versus the longterm landscape destruction that follows. >

27 Mar 17
Mbongeni Fongoqa uses graphic design to uplift township businesses

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Design Activism

Beauty and function merge to create a new kind of public space. >

27 Mar 17
The Dark Room

Lookbook > Art & Photography

Expat photographer illustrates the nature of depression in surreal gloom. >

23 Mar 17
A delicate portrayal of brutality

Lookbook > Art & Photography

This artist depicts the subject of sex inequality in a stylised and all-encompassing way. >

23 Mar 17
Greeting cards for people of colour

Design News > Art & Photography

US-based creative Tara James creates greeting cards as a reflection of cultural tradition. >

22 Mar 17
Hooded: Subversion through photography

Design News > Art & Photography / Film & Animation

Myles Loftin confronts the stereotype of the hooded black man in a new multimedia project. >

21 Mar 17
Stories of feral children told through photography

Design News > Art & Photography

This photographer sheds light on the cruelty faced by children as they are abandoned by society absolutely. >

17 Mar 17
A conceptualised take on gendered domestic bliss

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Patty Carroll’s Anonymous Women addresses our gendered view of domesticity. >

17 Mar 17
South African photographer shortlisted in 2017 Sony World Photography Awards

Design News > Art & Photography

Cole Ndelu’s arresting entry was inspired by the #FeesMustFall movement. >

16 Mar 17
Using technology to reimagine the documentation of human suffering

Design News > Art & Photography

Photographer Richard Mosse’s latest work opens at the Barbican. >

16 Mar 17
Permanent Alien focuses on stories from the Asian American diaspora

Design Frontiers > Art & Photography

“What if we made a comic featuring people who looked like us for people who look like us?” >

14 Mar 17

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