Art
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Talking point
Provoking the ire of authority, reversing a decade of nationalism, taking the sting out of the news and the evolution of a pop persona.
Clean canvas
A Victorian bath house in south London has been reborn as an inviting – and very timely – new gallery space serving Goldsmiths’ art college and the community beyond.
On display: New Museum
The New Museum on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has been championing the contemporary since its inception in 1977. We meet the team dedicated to bringing new artists to wider attention.
Talon show
London-based Wild Life Drawing classes swap human models for exotic animals, from wolves to seven-week-old owlets, helping urbanites reconnect with nature through art.
Brave new world
For decades the Belice Valley was a byword for bureaucratic bungling in the face of disaster. Now, 50 years after a devastating earthquake struck the region, the bold aesthetic legacy is finally getting attention.
Making a scene
Palermo’s patched-up palazzos make the city the perfect backdrop to the stirring artwork on display at Manifesta, the roving biennale.
Culture Briefing
Carsten Höller’s dream works, a Danish art fair to watch and Madrid reclaims its airwaves.
Observation: Creative bloc
The artsy types at Eurolab think the EU’s tired branding has too easily ceded the field to nationalists and populists. We hear about their new vision.
Raising the dead
Years of silence have almost erased Spain’s civil war and General Franco’s atrocities from the collective consciousness but now the country is ready to speak out.
