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A review of the exhibition Hiroshige: artist of the open road

embi98 — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 21:47:25 +0000

Emily Bird Japan’s cultural wave has washed over us once more, this time in the form of The British Museum’s latest exhibition, Hiroshige: artist of the open road. I was fortunate enough to see the new exhibition featuring some of Utagawa Hiroshige’s most renowned pieces on two occasions since its

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Lady Gaga Mayhem Album Review: ‘A fabulous return to campy fashion-forward music’

Cassandra Fong — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 03:40:23 +0000

Half a decade after her theatrically electric Chromatica, Lady Gaga return in fabulous form to her roots of campy fashion-forward music.

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Commonplace Books: The Comeback of Scholars’ Beloved Form of ‘Journaling’

Marie Kouppi — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:52:41 +0000

In the age of digital notebooks and cloud storage, it's easy to overlook the simple yet profound practice of keeping commonplace books. But, as trends tend to do, commonplace books are making a subtle but significant comeback.

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British Museum Theft Scandal Reignites Argument For Repatriation

Lauren Sanderson — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:00:14 +0000

The latest theft scandal at the British Museum has renewed calls for the repatriation of looted artefacts.

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Shrewd Economics For Tattoo Addicts

Ned Kilgannon — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 21:43:17 +0000

After your first few tattoos, the tattoos become invisible to you. You can only see the skin. Dazzlingly empty. Unspoiled. Prime real estate. If you lack self-control in the same way I do, that skin needs to be filled, pronto as Tonto can say “velocity”.

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REVIEW: Why ‘The Story of Art Without Men’ deserves a space on your bookshelf

katiebaxter — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:54:03 +0000

When Katy Hessel walked into an art fair in 2015, she was struck by the fact that she could not find a single work by a female artist on display. She was disappointed and frustrated, but her experience shouldn’t come as a shock to any of us. Artistic institutions have been wilfully shunning women from their ranks since time immemorial.

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Nigeria Welcomes UK’s Move to Return Stolen Artefacts

alanya — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 09:29:17 +0000

The Horniman Museum and Gardens in London has planned to return 12 Benin Bronze artefacts to Nigeria, where they were originally removed by force by British soldiers. Having been displayed at the museum for research and education, the artefacts contribute to a broader movement of recognising the malpractice of colonialism and imperialism in British art, history, and culture.

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