For three years, between January 2017 and December 2019, British photographer Joshua K. Jackson (b. 1984) walked through the lamp-lit and neon-filled streets of London’s Soho at night. Jackson initially …
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“Indeed, we should strive to bring nature, houses and people together into a higher unity. When you see the landscape through the glass walls of Farnsworth House, it gets deeper …
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“Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are …
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The 1980s were a turbulent time in Britain: amidst the social discontent caused by opposition to Thatcherism came more sudden, violent bursts of unrest. In Brixton, in 1981 and 1985, …
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In 1960, a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the modernist Moroccan city of Agadir. Multimedia artist Yto Barrada addresses the process of reinvention through film, sculptures and a series of …
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Brutalist architecture emerged in the late 1940s. Its significant features include monolithic forms, expressive structures, rough surfaces and unusual shapes. The term “brutalism” was first used by British architect Alison Smithson to …
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Across the globe, an estimated 10% of people are without readily available clean water close to where they live. The situation is more dire in Ethiopia, where artist Aïda Muluneh …
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What happens when we engage with art outside gallery walls? The Half Moon Gallery was established in 1972 with the vision of using documentary photography as a tool for activism …
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From 1948 to the early years of the 90s, the South African government imposed a system known as Apartheid. This system of racial division and systemic prejudice banned marriages between …
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Magnum photographer Moises Saman (b. 1974) is recognised for capturing powerful documentary images of conflict in the Middle East. The World Press Photo Award-winner is published in The New York …
