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Viewing Rethinking the art of protest

The Wick Culture - Sethembile Msezane, Chapungu – The Day Rhodes Fell, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Above Sethembile Msezane, Chapungu – The Day Rhodes Fell, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

The Wick Culture - Guerrilla Girls, History of Wealth & Power, 2016. Copyright © Guerrilla Girls, courtesy guerrillagirls.com

The Wick Culture - Zanele Muholi, Bester, New York, 2019. © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy Yancey Richardson, NY.

Above Zanele Muholi, Bester, New York, 2019. © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy Yancey Richardson, NY.

The Wick Culture - Hoda Afshar, Untitled #14 from the In Turn series, 2023. © Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin / Brisbane.

Above Hoda Afshar, Untitled #14 from the In Turn series, 2023. © Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin / Brisbane.

The Wick Culture - Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel, Happy Birthday Marsha!, 2018. Courtesy of the artists and Chapter NY, New York.

Above Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel, Happy Birthday Marsha!, 2018. Courtesy of the artists and Chapter NY, New York.

The Wick Culture - Sheida Soleimani, Delara, 2015. © Sheida Soleimani. Courtesy of Edel Assanti.

Above Sheida Soleimani, Delara, 2015. © Sheida Soleimani. Courtesy of Edel Assanti.

The Wick Culture - Mari Katayama, just one of those things #002, 2021. C-print ©Mari Katayama

Above Mari Katayama, just one of those things #002, 2021. C-print ©Mari Katayama

The Wick Culture - Poulomi Basu, from the series Sisters of the Moon, 2022. Courtesy Poulomi Basu, TJ Boulting and JAPC.

Above Poulomi Basu, from the series Sisters of the Moon, 2022. Courtesy Poulomi Basu, TJ Boulting and JAPC.

Above Sethembile Msezane, Chapungu – The Day Rhodes Fell, 2015. Photo: Courtesy of the Artist

Above Zanele Muholi, Bester, New York, 2019. © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy Yancey Richardson, NY.

Above Hoda Afshar, Untitled #14 from the In Turn series, 2023. © Hoda Afshar. Image courtesy of the artist and Milani Gallery, Meeanjin / Brisbane.

Above Tourmaline and Sasha Wortzel, Happy Birthday Marsha!, 2018. Courtesy of the artists and Chapter NY, New York.

Above Sheida Soleimani, Delara, 2015. © Sheida Soleimani. Courtesy of Edel Assanti.

Above Mari Katayama, just one of those things #002, 2021. C-print ©Mari Katayama

Above Poulomi Basu, from the series Sisters of the Moon, 2022. Courtesy Poulomi Basu, TJ Boulting and JAPC.

Acts of Resistance: Photography, feminisms and the Art of Protest

South London Gallery, 65 Peckham Rd, London SE5 8UH
8 March – 9 June 2024

See protest photography in a new light at the South London Gallery in Acts of Resistance, an exhibition that explores feminism and activism from an international and contemporary perspective.

The show reflects on recent global sensations, such as anti-rape protests in Bangladesh responding to the rise in violence against women and girls in 2020; the US Supreme Court overturning of Roe vs Wade in 2022; as well as the ongoing protests against the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. Discover how artists such as Hoda Afshar, Poulomi Basu and Nan Goldin are wielding their camera in ever more powerful ways.

Viewing Cristina de Miguel’s melting figures at Almine Rech

The Wick Culture - Cristina de Miguel Staring into the void, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Cristina de Miguel Staring into the void, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

The Wick Culture - Cristina de Miguel
Selfportrait with Birkenstocks, 2023 Acrylic on paper

Above Cristina de Miguel Selfportrait with Birkenstocks, 2023 Acrylic on paper

The Wick Culture - Cristina de Miguel Cama, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Cristina de Miguel Cama, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

The Wick Culture - Cristina de Miguel Outburst of sorts, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Cristina de Miguel Outburst of sorts, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

The Wick Culture - Portrait of Cristina de Miguel, 2023
© Cristina de Miguel / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech

Above Portrait of Cristina de Miguel, 2023 © Cristina de Miguel / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech

The Wick Culture - Viewing Cristina de Miguel’s melting figures at Almine Rech

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Above Cristina de Miguel Staring into the void, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Cristina de Miguel Selfportrait with Birkenstocks, 2023 Acrylic on paper

Above Cristina de Miguel Cama, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Cristina de Miguel Outburst of sorts, 2023 Acrylic on canvas

Above Portrait of Cristina de Miguel, 2023 © Cristina de Miguel / Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech

Cristina de Miguel: Dissolving

Almine Rech, Broadbent House, Grosvenor Hill, W1K 3JH
29 February – 6 April 2024

Bodies melt and morph in the wild, gestural paintings of Spanish artist Cristina de Miguel. There’s a delicious streak of risk to the works in her solo show, Dissolving, at Almine Rech, created by applying acrylic on to wet surfaces. It’s as if she is letting go, freeing the body from its rigid confines and allowing it to distort as it pleases. The result is highly expressive works that radiate their own energy. The physicality of the paint itself also comes to the fore.

Viewing Collect brings together a feast of the handmade at Somerset House

The Wick Culture - ‘Retrato Brutalista’ by Renata Cassiano Alvarez, at Thrown © Kes Efstathiou

Above ‘Retrato Brutalista’ by Renata Cassiano Alvarez, at Thrown © Kes Efstathiou

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(From left) Glass vessel by Shu Kumagai, at Maud and Mabel; Juliette Bigley’s bowls; ‘Dicotyledon’ by Robert George; both at Cavaliero Finn © Photo by Jake Curtis; stylist Alex Kristal

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The Wick Culture - ‘St Stanley Bearskin Table’ by Steven John Clark, at Charles Burnand © Bobby Clark

Above ‘St Stanley Bearskin Table’ by Steven John Clark, at Charles Burnand © Bobby Clark

The Wick Culture - ‘Grande Demoiselle à Facettes’ by Jean-Servais Somian, at 50 Golborne

Above ‘Grande Demoiselle à Facettes’ by Jean-Servais Somian, at 50 Golborne

The Wick Culture - ‘Sweet Violet’ by Jennifer Hickey, at Design & Crafts Council Ireland

Above ‘Sweet Violet’ by Jennifer Hickey, at Design & Crafts Council Ireland

The Wick Culture - Teapot from the ‘Reproduction’ series by Qiushuang Sun, at BR Gallery

Above Teapot from the ‘Reproduction’ series by Qiushuang Sun, at BR Gallery

The Wick Culture - Coffee table from ‘A Window to the Past’ collection by Yanxiong Lin, at Charles Burnand

Above Coffee table from ‘A Window to the Past’ collection by Yanxiong Lin, at Charles Burnand

Above ‘Grande Demoiselle à Facettes’ by Jean-Servais Somian, at 50 Golborne

Above ‘Sweet Violet’ by Jennifer Hickey, at Design & Crafts Council Ireland

Above Teapot from the ‘Reproduction’ series by Qiushuang Sun, at BR Gallery

Above Coffee table from ‘A Window to the Past’ collection by Yanxiong Lin, at Charles Burnand

Collect Art Fair

Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 1LA
1 – 3 March 2024

Collect, the annual fair for contemporary craft and design, celebrates its 20th edition this week with a bumper crop of 40 international galleries representing more than 400 artists at Somerset House. It’s a textural feast, featuring museum-quality pieces handmade in ceramics, glass, lacquer, textiles, wood, metal, paper, resin, corn-starch and more.

Each object – from vessels and furniture to wall hangings and art jewellery – has a story to tell. Among our highlights are textile works by Juan Arango Palacios and and Talia Ramkilawan, exploring queerness and memories; collaborative ceramic vessels by father and daughter duo Chris and Freya Bramble-Carter, in which faces emerge from ocean-like glazes; and glass shipwrecks by James Devereux