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2013Multi-talented Estonian creative Eiko Ojala is a particular paper collage whizz
2013
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2015Retro-futuristic digital scenes from Lithuanian artist Art Belikov
2015
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1875Zanze
1875
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1700Kuduo vessel
1700
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1700Seated male gold weight
1700
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1700Mudfish gold weight
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1801Drum
1801
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1800Abamphruwa (gold-dust box)
1800
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1800Lion Ornament
1800
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1700Geometric gold weight
1700
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1801Atumpan
1801
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1700Kuduo vessel
1700
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1700Double-headed bird gold weight
1700
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1600Mask gold weight
1600
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1700Sankofa bird gold weight
1700
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1700Bird gold weight
1700
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1800Box of Cowrie Shells
1800
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1801Ganga?
1801
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1700Amulet gold weight
1700
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1800Man's kente (prestige cloth)
1800
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1700Shield gold weight
1700
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1700Geometric gold weight
1700
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1800Lion Ornament
1800
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1700Chicken's head gold weight
1700
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1700Male figure with bird gold weight
1700
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1700Gold Weight
1700
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1700Mother and child gold weight
1700
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1801Breasted Drum
1801
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1700Fly whisk gold weight
1700
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1925Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925
1925
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2007Soviet pocket watch (2)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch (1)
2007
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2007Soviet pocket watch
2007
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2014Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR
2014
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2016Latvian illustrator Zane Zlemeša's delicately painted drawings
2016
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2020A Vibe Called Tech, Gucci and Manju Journal come together for series celebrating Ghanaian culture and gender fluidity
2020
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2020Riga-based illustrator Roberts Rurans on the evolution of his lively style
2020
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2013Beautifully approachable design from Latvian creative Zigmunds Lapsa
2013
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2012Introducing Aiste Bileviciute a Lithuanian illustrator with bags of talent
2012
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2018"It looks just the same as when I was a kid": Kristen Dobbin's oddly-timeless images of a Canadian-Estonian summer camp
2018
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2019From South Korea, Ghana to Berlin, Alexander Beer captures the people of the world
2019
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2020Jeremy Snell cinematically documents life on Ghana’s Lake Volta
2020
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2012Sami Kallio
2012
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2017Victory Journal turns its gaze on Ghana’s boxing scene
2017
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2020On the Estonian islands of Kihnu and Manija, Anne Helene Gjelstad beautifully photographs its older women
2020
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2021Mozaika explores a spectacular archive of Lithuanian children’s book illustration, and its cultural significance
2021
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2016Jeremiah Quarshie paints hyperreal portraits of Ghanaian women and water
2016
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2016Photography collective Tripod City's “candid and erratic” Ghana street photography
2016
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2016The wheels on the tro tro: Charlie Kwai captures Ghana’s spirited public transport
2016
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2011What's On: Kings of Kumasi: New Painting from the Asante Capital
2011
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2017A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine
2017
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2024The life cycle of tro tro buses: Caleb Kwarteng Prah fuses portraiture with Ghana’s popular transport
2024
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2018Vilnius-based illustrator Kissi Ussuki on her love affair with the colour pink
2018
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2017A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums
2017
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2018Asafo flags embody cultural meanings and narratives from Ghana’s Fante people
2018
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2020Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova
2020
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2023Carlos Idun-Tawiah captures the intimacy of childhood friendships in Accra
2023
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2013Things 2013 #9: a green football zine, a pretty LP, Latvian architecture, superheroes and pop stars
2013
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2019Joana Choumali’s art reimagines life in Accra and Abidjan at daybreak
2019
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2012The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future
2012