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2019Larry Achiampong and David Blandy use video games to explore issues around race and class
2019
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2023Serene and fluid, Gleeson Paulino’s photo series gives baptism a new meaning
2023
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2016Ian Davis’ picturesque paintings of bureaucratic dystopia
2016
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2019Viktor Hübner photographs American anxieties amongst a shifting political environment
2019
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2012We love Superflex's hand-painted, and powerful "To Let" signs for the Biennial
2012
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2015Nice and Serious swings cats in protest at London housing prices
2015
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2016Ewen Spencer on new commission, Kick over the statues
2016
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2019Photographer Eva Verbeeck looks at the place of young women in modern American society
2019
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2012Oscar Bolton Green
2012
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2013Artist Julie Mehretu explores how cities serve as backdrops for change
2013
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2019“Drunkenness and debauchery!”: Peter Dench captures events of English gentility
2019
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2019Turning fear and paranoia into punchy comics: Alex Jenkins comments on our society
2019
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2012Photographer Gustavo Lacerda puts albinos centre stage in his stunning project
2012
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2012Elusive street artist Faif makes clever digs at the art scene in his sarcastic works
2012
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2017Photographer Evija Laivina explores the ridiculous reality of the beauty industry
2017
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2018Sophie Harris-Taylor breaks down the stigmas of skin issues with photo series Epidermis
2018
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2018“The grandmother of socially active art”: the generous work of Sister Corita Kent
2018
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2012Brighten up your day with DangleBoris as creatives take on mayor's mishap
2012
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2012Class equality explored through trash miniatures by Kim Alsbrooks
2012
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2016Class A Marketing analyses the advertising techniques of drug dealers
2016
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2015The Man Who Tore The Tate In Two: Stuart Smith on making Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth a reality
2015
Motion
2025Dan Bowhay photographs the “factual reality” of being a disabled passenger on public transport
2025
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2018Photographer Josh Adam Jones challenges western preconceptions of the Middle East in XO
2018
Motion
2014This stunning film documents JR's recent project in a French port
2014
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2014Progressive, provocative work from publishers Shabazz Projects
2014
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2012Greg Eason takes on some big themes in his latest thought-provoking work
2012
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2011Ilona Karwinska: Polish Cold War Neon
2011
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2020How can photography unveil invisible systems of power in society? Kirsten Bosma explores
2020
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2017Designer Ted Hyunak Yoon creates a visual analysis of dictators’ statues in history
2017
Garment
2018Toxic masculinity, sexuality, gender and racial inequality: inside the portfolio of fashion photographer Max Hirschberger
2018
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2019Using documentary photography, Ross Mantle engages with the world – and questions it
2019
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2020Agnieszka Sejud reflects on fake news in Poland in her frenzied collages
2020
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2016Cats flying out of speakers and our technology addiction: highlights from Channel 4 Random Acts
2016
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2023Whimsical and organic, David Horgan’s paintings are based on overheard conversations
2023
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2021Indulge in the decorative cakes of Scott Csoke, where things aren’t quite as sweet as they seem
2021
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2017Tria Giovan’s thoughtful portrait of Cuba in the 1990s
2017
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2013Art: Giant tape paintings of disgraced billionaires from Kuhl and Leyton
2013
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2017Richard Turley and Rod Stanley discuss protest broadsheet, Good Trouble
2017
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2015Marc Kremers slams rampant conformism in the design world
2015
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2022Suzy Chan’s kitsch and sparkly project explores the children who grow up in China’s factories
2022
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2017Offshore Studio on their publication re-appropriating the word “migrant”
2017
Poster
2020The Grapes of Wrath (1940 poster)
2020
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2020Blackboard Jungle (1955 poster)
2020
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2018"Save me from my friends!" - Dalrymple. LCCN2012647469
2018
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2014The Design Displacement Group offers an alternative Christmas message
2014
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2012opusBOU: El Empleo
2012
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2023Forget ‘quiet quitting’, Elizabeth Lum’s animation proves hustle culture to be a sham
2023
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2015In these photographers' Black Tropicana, the drinks are definitely not free
2015
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2019Evie O’Connor on her intimate portraits that explore class and politics
2019
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2014Gregg Segal's powerful portraits of households surrounded by a week's worth of their garbage
2014
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2015Utopia-focussed design work from studio Public School
2015
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2018The other side: AGI Open Mexico explores what it means “to live on opposite sides of an imaginary wall”
2018
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2021Cassian Gray celebrates the postal service’s ability to maintain “our delicate fabric of society”
2021
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2012Surreal, pastel social commentaries from illustrator Mark Whalen
2012
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2017A world of pain: Sixteen Journal's latest issue
2017
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2013Film: Will Robson-Scott's new work digs into the violence gripping Chicago
2013
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2018Over several years, Philipp Gallon charts the social changes in the US through random encounters
2018
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2018Tish Murtha's Elswick Kids portrays "the joy and freedom of childhood"
2018
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2023Jeroen van den Bogaert’s tapestries show just how close the classical and contemporary are
2023
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2025Futuristic, detached and intensely human: Ard Su’s editorial illustrations are simple yet unique
2025
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2016Johnathon Kelso’s thought-provoking exploration of the southern states of America and Neo-Confederacy
2016
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2025Photographer Alex Bex unravels the mythmaking behind the Western cowboy
2025
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2020If boobs could speak, what would they say? Breast Friends is a hysterical animation on Western beauty standards
2020
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2015Duane Hanson’s hyperreal sculptures question how we address the world
2015
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2017James Bannister breaks down Las Vegas’ facade of success and glamour in What Makes Grass Grow In the Desert
2017
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2012Irreverent studio Snask teach us all how to make enemies and gain fans
2012
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2012David Chancellor's Hunters offers an unsettling look at African blood sports
2012
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2010Michael Haneke / The White Ribbon
2010
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2016“Most of the photographs I take are bad”: Martin Parr brings the good stuff to a stunning new retrospective
2016
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2018Mischa Appel's series This is Where You End investigates the "increasing polarisation of society"
2018
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2018Robert Darch's series The Moor argues that we are already living in dystopia
2018
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2013A stark study of life in Britain's legal black hole by Edmund Clark
2013
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2017Political posters and Youtube Sans: a look back at May 2017
2017
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2018Rae-Yen’s site-specific work offers an alternative perspective on our social reality
2018
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2022“Finding humour in something painful allows me to digest it”: Inari Sirola’s new film Eating in the Dark uses absurdity to tackle big topics
2022
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2014Sam Bush tells us what it's like to photograph riots
2014
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2012There Must Be More To Life provocatively explores fading glamour in powerful, poignant photographs (maybe NSFW)
2012
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2015Bright, nicely deadpan narratives from illustrator Jenn Liv
2015
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2008Dirty Beach
2008
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2018Clifford Prince King looks to “express truth and realness” in his portraits of male black youth
2018
Publication
2012We've got nothing but love for Mr Bingo's brilliant new book of Hate Mail
2012
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2014Photography: Tastes and stereotypes of Essex through the lens of Lucy Sparks
2014
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2012Check out this "Pretty Ugly" design work from Two Points Studio
2012
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2018Sharif Hamza on how he photographed young America's gun culture
2018
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2022In his paintings, Ikeorah Chisom Chi-Fada seeks to respect and “deify” his fellow Nigerians
2022
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2019Nettle Grellier's tender paintings show how we can occupy space as equals
2019
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2019Aimé Mpane's paintings confront the legacy of colonialism in Congo
2019
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2021Ellie Bainbridge looks to 1970s Sunday league football culture as inspiration for her retro work
2021
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2016Sophie Littman captures the underlying awkwardness of a village orchestra
2016
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2020“I like to slap my audience or shock them”: Iranian documentary photographer Shayan Sajadian
2020
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2017Max Guther is back with more hyper real illustrations visualising social trends
2017
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2013Chilling insights into plastic surgery clinics and the instruments of transformation
2013
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2012Mikell Fine Iles gorgeous graphic look at the parks he visited in 2011 has an important social underpinning
2012
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2015One of the finest books we've seen, Craig Oldham's homage to the miners' strike
2015
Motion
2018Dinner For Few is an allegorical animation depicting our society that benefits a select few
2018
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2011Oliviero Toscani
2011
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2020Painter Lily Kemp examines the sexualisation of women’s bodies in her graphic works
2020
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2017Other Forms explores publishing and print as increasingly militant mediums
2017
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2013Jeremy Deller's British Pavilion in Venice challenges and provokes our self-image
2013
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2015Matteo Berton's considered illustrations of a Nazi raid on a Jewish community
2015
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2019In her latest series, Lauren Harris captures moments of violence and tenderness in the boxing ring
2019
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2018Latin American artist Maria Berrio's collages explore the innate power of women
2018
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2014Photography: Jackie Nickerson's photos of workers' environments
2014
Poster
2017Nathaniel Russell adapts his woodcut technique to create positive propaganda posters
2017
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2018Anonymous illustrators Germes Gang “perceive everything related to contemporary life traumatic"
2018
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2012Powerful, evocative and unflinching. We take a look Stuart Griffiths' photography
2012
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2012Going for gold: Aleksandra Mir investigates our relationship with the trophy
2012
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2021Evie O’Connor shows the emptiness of affluence in her latest critique of class structures
2021
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2012Stuart Smith: All About Eve
2012
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2021Toberg’s new animated film Pile explores the “acute dystopia” the world has drifted into in recent years
2021
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2017Cleon Peterson's works continue to investigate the evil side of humanity
2017
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2012Ben Pawle single-handedly solves the mystery of unwrapping a condom
2012
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2017"The White Man's Burden" Judge 1899
2017
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2013Poster - No More Ladies 04
2013
Poster
2026Tadeusz Trepkowski Po walce praca
2026
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2019Extinction Rebellion on the creative industries: “What is the cultural sector even for?”
2019
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2012Aude Debout and Caroline Lollo show us how the greedy see the world
2012
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2019Photographer David Denil explores Ukraine's mindset after the 2014 revolution
2019
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2009This is Why You're Fat
2009
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2017Donald Sanger illustrates a grotesque and humorous version of humanity
2017
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2018João Sobral has a soft spot for depicting “losers or weirdos who’ve been mistreated by the system”
2018
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2018"The truth can be controversial": illustrator Edel Rodriguez on going viral
2018
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2013Illustration: Peter Rhodes' illustrations form a lovely social narrative
2013
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2012Yasmin Bawa: He Didn't Care…
2012
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2013Art: Pedro Reyes creates working musical instruments from decommissioned arms
2013
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2026Tadeusz Trepkowski Nie rzucaj ognia
2026
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2017Hiding in Plain Sight: photojournalist Ivar Wigan on the importance of fitting in
2017
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2010Taryn Simon
2010
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1980World solidarity with Cuba — Cuban poster
1980
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2019Illustrator Amber Vittoria challenges stereotypes in her elaborately posed drawings
2019
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2018Boris Camaca's eerie, otherworldly photographs are rooted in social criticism
2018
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2022Olivia Twist unpacks the colourful layers to her community-driven illustration practice
2022
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2015Annie Collinge dresses up New York strangers like old dolls
2015
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2020What would Wikipedia look like if it acknowledged its gender and racial biases? Graphic designer Sharon Park explores
2020
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1971Black Words That Say: Don't Cry, Scream.
1971
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2022Yvette Mayorga’s sugary sweet cake decorations reveal a dark critique of surveillance and consumerism
2022
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2022“A kind of theatre”: Photographer Diego Saldiva on the decline of televised wrestling and the rise of Youtube street duels
2022
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2020Jamie Lee Curtis Taete on how and why he ventured among LA’s quarantine protests
2020
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2012Blessed be those captured by the lens of Boo George!
2012
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2017Lernert and Sander name and shame the adverts copying their work, then forgive them
2017
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2018Nick Drnaso's graphic novel is a timely critique of fake news and social media frenzies
2018
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2018Portrait of a psyche in flux: photographer Shane Rocheleau on white American masculinity
2018
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2012Artist Sebastian Errazuriz turns Occupy's visceral anger into a line of chairs
2012
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2018India Sleem’s Small Town Country Boy is a rich portrait of race, class and her dad
2018
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2018Animator Alice Bloomfield explores sex, wealth, and validation
2018
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2013David Emery's portraits of brothels are powerfully poignant in their haunting stillness
2013
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2011Real Impact Productions: Under Offer
2011
Garment
2012New Ian Stevenson show skewers modern society in stereotypically funny fashion
2012
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2021Eliza Hatch’s latest series focuses on the overlooked harassment routinely faced by key workers
2021
Poster
The Apotheosis of War — Russian painting
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2019Yolanda Y. Liou confronts Asian beauty standards in a new photography series
2019
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2022The Male Gaze in 3D: Why are there so many naked, bald women?
2022
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2025Jacob Lazarus turns surveillance footage from the West Bank into an act of resistance
2025
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2022“No shits given”: Luke John Matthew Arnold’s cut-throat posters are rooted in love and acceptance
2022
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2020Capturing moments and creating narratives, Don Brodie’s documentary works are here to spark conversation
2020
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2013Photography: Alexander Coggin's friends are better looking than yours
2013
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2009Print Liberation Halloween
2009
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2012Damien Poulain talks us through his powerful, ubiquitous Vaccines artwork
2012
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2015Kerry James Marshall's energetic paintings combine rawness and rigour
2015
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2016Jessica Lehrman's photographic document of social revolution, Black Lives Matter and Occupy Wall Street
2016
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2018Travis Alabanza’s radical performance practice is disrupting politeness and gratitude
2018
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2020Renowned photographer Bruce Davidson revisits the humour, stoicism and complexities of 1960s Britain
2020
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2016Anja Wicki's sarcastically sweet comic illustrations
2016
Poster
2019Symbols of freedom "and the struggle for it": a look at the Polish School of Posters
2019
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2012Ioana Cîrlig and Marin Raica get under the skin of post-communist Romania
2012
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2007Ben Freeman
2007
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2022“The spectacular in the ordinary”: photographer Michelle Sank shines a light on everyday encounters
2022
Garment
2018Take Care i.l.y asks artists, photographers, authors, journalists and sociologists to discuss fashion
2018
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2019“Social observation” is central to Bill Daggs’ painted portraits
2019
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2018Natalia Poniatowska employs photography to convey the emotions, truths and challenges of modern reality
2018
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2012Emiliano Ponzi's dark illustrated glimpse into the lives of others
2012
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2019Kate Isobel Scott makes us think twice about staring at your phone on the train
2019
Poster
2015Pentagram designer uses his own blood to create poster marking Hiroshima Nagasaki
2015
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2011Santiago Sierra: No, Global Tour
2011
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2019Rebecca Harper's paintings are a “reflection of the time we are living in”
2019
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2016Photographer Harley Weir documents the domestic spaces of Calais' migrant camps
2016
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2013Art: Excellent project makes portraits of women from censored Iranian packaging
2013
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2017Hetty Douglas and Alfie Kungu’s Good Luck exhibition is their “strongest” show to date
2017
Motion
2018Fuck boys beware: this animation tells a cautionary tale
2018
Publication
2025It’s a (wo)man’s game: Janet Delavan’s Feminine American Pastime deconstructs gender-based activities
2025
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2011Parra & Mr.Boonstra: Put Your Gun Away
2011
Poster
2018Tsar, priest and kulak
2018
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2011What's On: Despite Intentions
2011
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2017Anna Beeke explores the contradictions of life aboard a cruise ship
2017
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2020Soufiane Ababri returns with more politically charged and explicit drawings
2020
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2020Stephen Burridge’s series Homegrown focuses on “the margins of our capital”
2020
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2011Gil Scott-Heron
2011
Poster
2018Two generations (Kalikin)
2018
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2018If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next - 1930s poster
2018
Poster
2026Tadeusz Trepkowski Ręka skaleczona nie może pracować
2026
Poster
1963American imperialism must be driven from Vietnam! — Chinese poster
1963
Print
1968Cities Burning
1968
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2007Make Love Not War
2007
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2019Jamie Earle Murray's series Folly tells the experience ex-prisoners reintegrating into society
2019
Identity
2019Challenging stereotypes, Lee-Ann Olwage turns her lens to gender and identity in South Africa
2019
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2013Photographer Stuart Leech explores the philanthropic principle in the art world
2013
Designer
Shigeo Fukuda
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2017Pentagram designs Francesca Gavin’s Watch This Space, dissecting the screens impact on society
2017
Publication
2018Magazine Us of America captures the truth behind the 'land of the free'
2018
Print
1990Enjoy AZT
1990
Poster
1912All workers must protest the horrors of modern war – Hungarian poster
1912
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2020In her ongoing series, Anna Grevenitis depicts the everyday life of her child living with Down syndrome
2020
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2012Photographer Ben Roberts explores the secret spaces of London's Occupy movement
2012
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2013Ji Yeo's stirring project photographs the plastic surgery obsession in Korea
2013
Garment
1800The Teatotal Destruction of Sir John Barleycorn
1800
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1977Zimbabwe. One Enemy: Imperialism [verso]
1977
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2010The Black Belles - What Can I Do?
2010
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2015Grace Wilson reacts to contemporary cultural issues through her comics
2015
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2016Ace new Laura Callaghan work calls BS on the idea that we can be "whatever we want to be"
2016
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2014Miscellaneous: This blog flags up the best and worst places to cry in New York
2014
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2018Muuropschriften in verband met dood kraker in cel Amsterdam posters Van Thijn sc, Bestanddeelnr 933-4808
2018
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2013Opinion: Is it time to draw a line under artists producing so-called ruin porn?
2013
Poster
1926Poison — American anti-Mussolini cartoon
1926
Publication
2014Marinus Schepen's oddly appealing book about capital punishment
2014
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2020“Humour has the ability to make the unthinkable easier to process”: meet tapestry artist Kayla Mattes
2020
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2020Under / Over: Is toilet paper actually one of design’s most worrying environmental problems?
2020
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2019To produce Ugly, Melissa Kitty Jarram and Anna Ginsburg needed a lot of perseverance
2019
Motion
2013Film: Could these be the coolest kids in the world? Check out Unlocking the truth
2013
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2018Harley Weir and Jamie Reid explore the functions of the female body for Baron
2018
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2022From Pentagram to political slogans: Designer Harriet Richardson on her witty and disruptive practice
2022
Poster
2021Снял повязку с глаз, а на повязке „Спас“
2021
Poster
2021Vladimir Lebedev (British Library - Public Domain) Violence - A-Worker-Sweeping-the-Criminals
2021
Poster
2021Mao-era Propaganda Poster Featuring Chinese Typist
2021
Poster
2017Marriage in Transit poster
2017
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2021How comedy can challenge our beliefs by holding a mirror up to society
2021
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2017Lauren Greenfield’s Generation Wealth is an epic document of the lives of the super-rich
2017
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2020Move over Katy Perry, it’s all about the burkinis on top in Maria Mahfooz’s Pakistani Gurls
2020
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2016Work hard, be nice to people and have rich parents: addressing privilege in the creative industry
2016
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2019Max Miechowski on exploring community and urban spaces through portraiture
2019
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2012Grayson Perry weaves a titillating and tantalising tale of taste in new show
2012
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2025Jordan Sullivan searches for beauty in the circus of America
2025
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2012Happiness IS contagious so smile with me at THINGS!
2012
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2015What’s going on with all these half-naked people? Printed Pages is back in town!
2015
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2012A huge broken plate is thought-provoking addition to Belgian town
2012
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2013Photography: Arvida Byström's lens captures boys doing "girl's stuff" for Vice
2013
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2019Protests, cute culture and the UK’s fruit market: Suzy Chan on her innovative design practice
2019
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2021Zoe Lowdermilk-Oppenheim’s moving project documents young Chinese women adopted into British families
2021
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2019Ikko Narahara’s photographs of monks and inmates relaunch in a new edition
2019
Motion
2018Yan Dan Wong's animations approach tricky topics with sensitivity and thoughtfulness
2018
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2011The Burning House
2011