CIRCLE WITH A DOT

A ‘bird of Mexico City’ strikes a revolutionary pose: Pieter Henket’s best photograph‘In Mexico, which has a strong macho culture, the lucha libre wrestling mask is a symbol of masculinity. Ixchel was taking that back’ I took this picture, called La Mujer [The Woman], on the very first day of a project called Birds of Mexico City. I remember thinking, in that moment, ...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/06/mexico-city-lucha-libre-wrestling-mask-pieter-henkets-best-photograph#Artanddesign #Culture #Photography #Mexico #TheGuardian(Wed, 6 May 2026 13:57:25 +0000)

Backflips, boulders and dancing dogs: the images that shaped art photography – in picturesAs photography became mainstream in the mid-20th century, a group of Princeton teachers helped solidify art photography as a movement. The work and lives of Minor White, Aaron Siskind, Harry Callahan and other photographers is celebrated in a new exhibition....https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/06/princeton-art-photography-exhibition#Photography #Art #Exhibitions #Artanddesign #PrincetonUniversity #TheGuardian(Wed, 6 May 2026 11:00:09 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

A surfing competition and a cheese race: photos of the day – MondayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-mondayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/may/04/surfing-competition-cheese-race-photos-of-the-day-monday#Artanddesign #UKnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 14:18:59 +0000)

Anish Kapoor says US’s ‘politics of hate’ should exclude it from Venice BiennaleArtist commends jury for resigning over inclusion of Russia and Israel but says reasoning should also have included US Anish Kapoor says the US should be excluded from the Venice Biennale because of the country’s “abhorrent politics of hate” and its “incessant w...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/04/anish-kapoor-venice-biennale-us-should-be-excluded#VeniceBiennale #Artanddesign #Culture #AnishKapoor #US-IsraelwaronIran #TheGuardian(Mon, 4 May 2026 12:41:38 +0000)

‘In every drop of paint he slurped, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg BaselitzThe German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude Georg Baselit...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/30/holocaust-georg-baselitz-nazism-hitler#Art #Painting #Germany #Artanddesign #Europe #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:05:43 +0000)

Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in picturesRecruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, made defining images of grand and intimate Indian life for five decades [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/30/raghu-rai-india-magnum-photos-in-pictureshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/30/raghu-rai-india-magnum-photos-in-pictures#Magnum #Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #India #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:20:47 +0000)

A river rescue and samurai celebrations: photos of the day – ThursdayThe Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/apr/30/a-river-rescue-and-samurai-celebrations-photos-of-the-day-thursdayhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2026/apr/30/a-river-rescue-and-samurai-celebrations-photos-of-the-day-thursday#UKnews #Worldnews #Photography #Artanddesign #Culture #TheGuardian(Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:21:06 +0000)

Oxford’s new £185m humanities hub is polished, refined … and funded by a Trump allyBillionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s portrait hangs discretely in a building that promises cultural clout and architectural poise – yet can seem rather bland and bloodless When the wealthy Paduan banker Enrico Scrovegni commissioned the building of his eponymous chapel in the 14th ce...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/29/oxford-university-stephen-schwarzman-centre-for-the-humanities#Architecture #Art #Artanddesign #Culture #Oxford #TheGuardian(Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:46:25 +0000)

‘Street culture is about revolution’: Brazilian ‘hip-hop’ painter Paulo Nimer PjotaThe artist started with graffiti at 13 in São Paulo. Now, he samples motifs from mythology and his vast, fantastical paintings have taken over the walls of the South London Gallery Paulo Nimer Pjota was 15 when he sold his first painting and already a three-year veteran. “I don’...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/28/paulo-nimer-pjota-painter-artist-encantados-south-london-gallery#Artanddesign #Painting #Art #Exhibitions #Culture #TheGuardian(Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:28:42 +0000)

‘A constant quiet terror’: Getting lost in Irish folklore – in picturesMaria Lax’s images are inspired by the phenomenon of ‘stray sod’, in which patches of enchanted land are said to lead astray anyone who steps on them [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/28/a-constant-quiet-terror-getting-lost-in-irish-folklore-in-pic...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/28/a-constant-quiet-terror-getting-lost-in-irish-folklore-in-pictures-maria-lax-stray-sod#Photography #Artanddesign #Books #Culture #Folkloreandmythology #TheGuardian(Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:00:41 +0000)

‘I was super horny when I made my early work’: Loie Hollowell’s abstract paintings of breasts and vaginasEqually inspired by childbirth manuals, Georgia O’Keeffe and her own hormones, pregnancy and motherhood, Hollowell paints beautiful anatomical abstractions. She opens up about her cosmic birth and out-of-body experience ‘It’s magical,” says Loie Hollowell. ...https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/27/loie-hollowell-abstract-paintings-interview-overview-effect-pace-gallery#Art #Painting #Artanddesign #Culture #Exhibitions #TheGuardian(Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:52:46 +0000)