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A message from my skin

As wildfires threatened Seattle, resident Sydney Baker experienced corresponding flares of acne and rashes. Her skin was telling her something about the health of the world around her.

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Reversing the psychiatric gaze

Nineteenth-century psychiatrists were keen to categorise their patients’ illnesses reductively – by their physical appearance. But we can see a far more complex picture of mental distress, revealed by those patients able to express their inner worlds in art.

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How to thrive in lockdown

Gareth Berliner shares how being a Disabled person has given him the resilience and motivation to find a new creative challenge during lockdown.

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Air of threat

Novelist Chloe Aridjis vividly describes the suffocating atmosphere of Mexico City, as a combination of topography, crowded neighbourhoods, and reckless political diktats create a downward spiral.

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  • Above, red-figured Greek cup decorated with a naked man; below, red-figured Greek lamp decorated with a stylised leopard and a palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine-mixing bowl (volute-krater) decorated with the figure of a man in a temple; below, red-figured Greek perfume jar (lekythos) decorated with the face of a youth. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Red-figured Greek plate decorated with three fish. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Frieze decorating the inside of a Greek red-figured cup (kylix) showing naked youths and a palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, a red-figured wine bowl (krater); below, decorative detail including an erotic (?) scene between two men. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of decoration showing two men and two women. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek wine bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing two women and a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured Greek perfume jar (lekythos); below, detail of the decoration showing two seated women holding various objects. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Red-figured Greek water jar (hydria) decorated with a palm motif. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
  • Above, red-figured wine-mixing bowl (column krater); below, detail of the decoration showing a maenad dancing with a satyr. Watercolour by A. Dahlsteen, 176- (?).
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