Barbie’s houses, fashions, vehicles and even her face, hair and body can be seen as a pink-tinted reflection of western culture.
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The show goes some way to correcting the historical oversight of the significant impact of models on fashion culture.
This is a rare opportunity to see works by female artists that depict the landscape in a multitude of ways.
As a war artist, Henry Moore’s work was influenced by the Blitz, separated families and the threat of nuclear escalation.
This year, much of the art addresses exile, diaspora, migration and colonial violence.
The bright pink fabric swaying gently in the wind stands in stark contrast to the grey tones of the brutalist architectural complex.
The exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get close to Mari’s design process.
The style was redefined by newly independent nations of the 20th century, who wanted to create an identity detached from their colonial past.
For over seven decades, Ono’s radical ideas have contributed to powerful social ideas such as peace, freedom, equality and democracy.
A thrillingly accurate Stone Age horror, a violent Chilean wester, a sumptuous food romance, a comforting rom-com and a new look at a master painter’s love of fashion.
The show is divided into sections which all valiantly attempt to define “cute”. But the word is resistant to definition.
A loving look at the artists who made the children’s publisher so popular.
One prominent theme is a reevaluation of Ireland’s role in the transatlantic slave trade.
An oil-painted instant cult classic, the Game Awards nominees and more.
Guston’s complex engagement with racialised evil caused a contentious three-year delay in the exhibition opening.
The Bloomsbury group’s distaste for formality helped to set the foundations for how we dress today.
Abramović is the first woman in the Royal Academy of Arts’ history to have a solo retrospective in its main galleries.
The Missing Thread is a careful and honest curation of black identity and displacement.
A World in Common is a European exhibition with African content, rather than a space that invites conversations and engagement that go beyond the images themselves.
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Professor of History and Policy, University of Westminster
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Art and Public Engagement, King's College London
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Adjunct Professor of Art History, Australian National University
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Australian National University
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Personal Chair of 19th-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Literacies and Language, University of Sheffield
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Professor in Performing Arts, University of East London
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PhD Candidate, Visual Culture, University of Westminster
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture, Sheffield Hallam University
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Visiting Lecturer, BA Fine Art Mixed Media, University of Westminster
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Senior research fellow, Adelaide University
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Research Degrees Coordinatior, School of Art, Architecture and Design, Adelaide University