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The Illustrators Harnessing the Therapeutic Power of Drawing

WEBMerlin Strangeway, The Folds of Consciousness. Art has long been a site to articulate internal crises and emotional turbulence. Outside of the fine art world, a …

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Road to Recovery: The Women Turning Illness Into Sick Art

WEBDavis bought clay and plaster, two simple sculptural materials sourced from the earth, and started making replicas, or relics. The first was Moulage (1), an …

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Everybody Hertz: These Artists Heal with the Profound Power

WEBTime, again, was at the fore in music producer and artist Mark Fell’s app, A Stitch Outside Time, an ever-evolving sound composition developed in collaboration with …

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Tracey Emin on Following Your Emotional Instinct and Turning …

WEBTracey Emin opens up about her seaside origins, mental health and painting over the past. “When you go to sleep and wake up crying,” she reflects, “that …

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Why are Depictions of Periods Still Taboo

WEBAt the end of the day, menstruation is about a lot more than bleeding, but tackling this visual taboo is an important and vital step in giving voice to female bodies. …

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Stay Home, Save Lives: The Design Secrets of Covid-19 Health

WEBStay Home, Save Lives: The Design Secrets of Covid-19 Health Campaigns. Graphic design is vital in shaping public behaviour, as the visual language …

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Can Sound-Based Art Break Down the Stigma Around Mental …

WEBArtist AlanJames Burns has created a “psychoacoustic sound artwork”, sited in a pitch-black cave, that aims to mirror the processes of the human mind. In doing so, …

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Pakui Hardware Reflect On Reimagining the Aesthetics of Care

WEBPakui Hardware is a Lithuanian artistic duo comprised of Neringa Černiauskaitė and Ugnius Gelguda. Since 2014, they have been making conceptual …

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Fillers, Filters, and Facials: Can Art Hold up a Mirror to Cosmetic

WEBCaitlin Keogh’s surreal, symbolism-laden paintings often evoke the exhausting tension of twisting yourself in knots, carving yourself out, and stitching the …

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The Artworks That Perfectly Capture Isolation

WEBThe Elephant team has chosen a few iconic artworks across multiple disciplines that express isolation in bold, brutal, innovative or moving ways—from Emin’s …

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Art and the Law: What Images from the Criminal Justice

WEBIn 2020 new legislation, which would legalise filming inside Crown Courts in the UK of ‘high profile cases’, was approved, rendering the necessity for sketch artists …

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Frank Gehry, Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, …

WEBHappy 92nd birthday to the great Frank Gehry! This remarkable building is the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas. It’s typical of the architect’s singular …

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How Rigid Gender Binaries Impact Health, Sickness and Care

WEBUsing their own personal narrative throughout, Jagoe cites the work of Hildegard von Bingen, a German nun living in the twelfth-century, who wrote prolifically …

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Hannah Perry: We Need to Talk about Mental Health

WEBHannah Perry’s latest work began as a response to a friend’s death. It’s a gutsy and raw piece, which touches on the ways we are all confined by gender norms, …

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Why Do Images of Food Make Us Hungry

WEBAs a food stylist, the constant consideration is how to provoke intense and positive cues of taste and desire in a particular food image. A juicy steak, dripping ice …

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The Scream by Edvard Munch Saved Me in My Darkest Depression

WEBWords by Ari Haque. Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1895. Private Collection, Norway. Photo by Thomas Widerberg. This Artwork Changed My Life is a new series …

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Maureen Scott, Mother and Child at Breaking Point, 1970

WEBWe all reach breaking point at one point or other. This painting by Maureen Scott perfectly captures the moment when a toddler tantrum reaches peak rage—child …

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Hong Chun Zhang: Hair & Hamburgers

WEB“The exaggerated scale really helps to achieve this imposing and surreal image with a sculptural effect.” Hong Chun Zhang’s meticulously formed black and white …

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