From over-serious spoken word to meaningless steel skeletons and bleak military aesthetics, the 2026 shortlist is more notable for what’s missing. It can’t help but feel insular and elitistWhat do you want from the...
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Read MoreShow draws almost entirely from collection of Lancashire schoolteacher Peter Smithson, a fan since he was 10Peter Smithson’s wife, Belise, has never minded when he receives a corset from Japan or a pair of fur-trimmed...
Read MoreTate Britain, London Anderson creates figurative paintings with a dreamlike intangibility, exploring his black British and Jamaican heritage with a startlingly fragile and unresolved intensityUs and them, then and now, concrete...
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Read MoreFamed for having a child’s drawing of a family carved into her back, the photographer has devoted her life to queer America, from endurance swimmers to drag artists to her son in a tutu. Now she’s finally getting a...
Read MoreFrom live audio descriptions to fabric swatch booklets, designers including Chet Lo are rethinking the catwalk experience for blind and low-vision clothes-lovers ‘If you put your hands out and run your fingers along this...
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