Lexie Patterson These photos aren’t about the wealthy, the glamorous, or the posh city folk. Mr Whippys melting on the beach, dodgy sunburns, early mornings on the school run, and cod and chips served in a polystyrene box. Martin Parr’s photographs wryly captured British beauty where most would look away, in saturated colour. Through Parr’s eyes, even grandma’s florals take on a kind of kitsch glory. The Last Resort 23, 1983–86, New Brighton, England. © Martin Parr / Magnum P

Alice Ardern-Norris A reliance on images highlights the tension between digital visibility and the irreplaceable experience of the physical object. Jewellery specialist Kristian Spofforth reflects on this tension, and an optimistic future for art and technology. In an age when the internet too often feeds into vanity, misinformation and endless distraction, UNESCO’s new Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects  offers a glimpse of what our digital world can be when thought,

Jo Leuenberger Alison Knowles, Big Book , 1966, Photograph taken from torpedobok.no/The-Big-Book-Alison-Knowles Alison Knowles, the luminary artist and founding member of Fluxus, has died. Known perennially as the First Woman of Fluxus, Knowles was the last living original member of Fluxus. She was also the only woman. Despite her artistic and infrastructural necessity to the success of early Fluxus, until recently, Knowles has escaped notice by mainstream art criticism. Inst

Bowie Sharp Hernández, Judithe La Bruja y su Gato, 2009  pastel on paper Paper: 30 x 44 in. Framed: 27 1/8 x 34 7/8 in. Courtesy of the Artist Riverside Art Museum (RAM) The streets of Los Angeles are quieter than usual. In neighbourhoods once buzzing with life, the fruit vendors are missing from their usual corners, the sounds of commerce have dulled, and storefronts are boarded up. A hush of unease drapes the city like a morning fog. Here, where the Hispanic or Latino commu

By Lexie Patterson ‘Who is the real you?’ Alessandro Michele ponders aloud on Bella Freud’s YouTube series Fashion Neurosis. ‘Maybe it’s the one who comes out of the toilet, not the one inside.’ Just months earlier, on 10 March 2025, he had staged his Valentino show inside a blood-red public bathroom- mirrors, cubicles, tiles and all. Feverish and burning hot. It channeled the bold glamour that Valentino, the iconic Italian fashion house known for its red-carpet elegance it h

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