Stories
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Political brilliance and the power of self-promotion
How do you convince people you’re exceptional? Meet the ultimate self-styled genius.
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Performance art, frozen in time
For over a year, live performance art with an audience present has been largely impossible. But still images continue to allow artists in this sphere to inspire audiences at home.
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Native Americans and the dehumanising force of the photograph
In the second part of Native Americans through the 19th-century lens, we delve deeper into the ambivalent messages within the images.
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Western magic’s fascination with the foreigner
Could modern magic shows be perpetuating damaging cultural stereotypes? Shelley Saggar shows how ‘exotic’ costumes and imagery are far from harmless fun.
Catalogue
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Four figures on ladders painting the words 'Stop AIDS' representing an advertisement for AIDS and the family, an event to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 1994? in Japan. Colour lithograph, ca. 1994.
Date: [1994?]Reference: 678539i- Pictures
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A young woman with her head thrown back wearing a band in her hair representing a woman with AIDS, a painting by a 19 year old haemophiliac who died of AIDS; an advertisement for Children Living in a World with AIDS, ca. 1997.
Date: [1997?]Reference: 678571i- Pictures
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A red and white criss-crossed painting by M.A. Plumelle with the words 'Lutte contre le SIDA - echange - partage - accueil - ecoute - information - soutien' repeated in blue lettering at the top; advertisement for AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 672578i- Books
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A catalogue of a collection of pictures, among which are Many very agreeable and pleasing Subjects, by the masters of the different schools. Which will be sold by auction, By Mr. Greenwood, At his Room, in Leicester-Square, On Thursday the 16th of June, 1785, and following day. To be Viewed on Tuesday, and 'till the Sale. - Conditions of sale as usual.
Greenwood, John, 1727-1792.Date: [1785]- Pictures
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The AIDS ribbon painted in red with multi-coloured bubbles at the end representing an advertisement for an exhibition of paintings in aid of World AIDS Day on Saturday 30 November to Sunday 8 December 1996. Colour lithograph by Chann [?] Mali.
Date: 1996Reference: 672450i