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‘We thought we were being naughty!’ The thrilling show by Black and Asian women that rocked the art world

In 1985, a groundbreaking show curated by Lubaina Himid tore down barriers – and appalled critics. As a new exhibition revisits that pivotal moment, the artists remember the prejudice they faced – and what they have achieved since

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Who are the shellsuit boys in image that captures the 1980s? New Tate Britain show solves mystery

Friends who posed for celebrated photographer Ingrid Pollard in 1989 are reunited for new picture 35 years later

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Royal Photographic Society Awards 2024 announced – the world’s longest-running photography competition

One of the winners was Samar Abu Elouf was the recipient of the RPS Award for Photojournalism for her unwavering coverage of her home country of Palestine

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British Academy to pay tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah at live event

Poetry in protest event on 30 October will showcase how political change can be explored through verse

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Vanessa Bell’s mindful modernism, a landscape throuple, and climbing aboard the Hay Wain – the week in art

JMW Turner faces off against fellow observers of nature, Constable is contextualised, and the Romani community are represented in textiles

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Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists – a rare chance to see our rapidly changing world from a purely female perspective

As art and cultural historian Simon Schama has explained, the term “landscape” originated from Dutch and German etymology – literally speaking of shaping the land as a cultural activity. It is gratifying to see this term being rehabilitated after decades of substitution for the term “environment”.

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‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified

Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial history sparked a furore about ‘wokeness’ and heritage. We join her on one of the routes from her book of rural walks that highlight how all our lives are entwined with colonialism

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Soulscapes review – glimpses of greatness get lost in the lush, tropical overgrowth

This exhibition exploring race and landscape art has some fabulous moments but its desire to remain tasteful veers towards kitsch

The Guardian - UK

Turner-listed artist brings landscape into 19th-century Northumberland hall

Ingrid Pollard sets tree cuts and lumps of stone against refined features of Greek revival Belsay Hall

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‘We’re artists, not boxes to be ticked’: Lubaina Himid on her call to arms – and exposing Bath’s past

The Turner prize-winner has filled a museum with billowing reams of fabric – to reveal the shameful pasts of the gentry immortalised in its paintings. As the rebellious artist nears 70, she lets rip at what held her back

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Exhibition explores how the Victorians are being reimagined in contemporary art

As you enter Reimag(in)ing the Victorians, a quote from Oscar Wilde faces you from across the room: “The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.” Wilde’s statement draws the attention of visitors to two things. First, the fact that history is an ever-changing form of representation. And…

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Another amazing year for female artists. So why are they still stifled and impoverished?

From the Turner shortlist to the Venice Biennale and more, 2022 was another dazzling year for women. But, away from the headlines, a cold look at the data shows equality is generations away

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Turner Prize 2022 winner Veronica Ryan on the importance of visibility and keeping the conversation going

"This whole question of visibility is really important - it's not going away any time soon"

Liverpool Echo

Veronica Ryan wins 2022 Turner prize for work including Windrush tribute

Artist wins for work comprising UK’s first permanent public artwork honouring Windrush generation

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Veronica Ryan’s win is also a victory for the Turner Prize’s credibility

After a bumpy few years, the Turner Prize is back to its classic format. Veronica Ryan is a worthy winner for her work rooted in the immigrant experience of Britain, writes Mark Hudson

Liverpool Echo

Turner Prize 2022 winner confirmed in ceremony at Liverpool's St George's Hall

The Turner Prize has returned to Liverpool for the first time in 15 years

The Guardian - UK

Turner prize 2022 review – as baffling as ever

Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, Heather Phillipson and Sin Wai Kin go head to head in a jumble of boyband promos, apocalyptic raves and the ghosts of racism

Liverpool Echo

Everyone needs to visit Tate Liverpool's incredible and thought provoking Turner Prize 2022 exhibition

The Turner Prize has returned to Liverpool for the first time in 15 years with a truly awe-inspiring exhibition

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Turner prize 2022 review – slapstick, drag and hairnets at the end of the world

Heather Phillipson’s end-times installation benefits from reconfiguration while Sin Wai Kin’s gender-swapping work offers a wealth of possibilities

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Turner Prize 2022 review: It’s youth versus experience as the Turner gets back on track

In what is far from the worst of Turner exhibitions – but also not one of the best – Mark Hudson backs the hard-won wisdom of veteran Black-British artist Ingrid Pollard for the £25,000 prize

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Odyssey of the overlooked: a journey around Black Britain

Photographer Johny Pitts and poet Roger Robinson wanted to use their art to reflect on the experiences of Black Britons. So they rented a red Mini Cooper and set off clockwise around the coast

The Guardian - UK

Ingrid Pollard: Three Drops of Blood review – finding magic and myths among the ferns

Race, botany and folklore are interwoven with sublime skill by the Turner-nominated artist to explore colonial attitudes to race and Englishness

The Guardian - UK

Nukes in the brooks: the artists who weaponised landscape art

From a cruise missile Constable to a rampaging neon giant, artists have always used rural settings to confront the uses and abuses of land. We go behind the scenes at a riveting new Liverpool show that captures their rebellious spirit

The Guardian - UK

Ingrid Pollard: the Turner nominee uncovering Britain’s secret shame – review

Subtly and without neat punchlines, this exhibition slowly drags into view an embedded history of the African people who came to Britain

The Guardian - UK

‘They are totally smashing it!’ Bernardine Evaristo on the artistic triumph of older Black women

Artists, novelists, actors, poets: from the Venice Biennale to Bridgerton, Black women in their 50s and 60s are finally getting the recognition they deserve, says the pioneering Booker winner

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