From Buenos Aires to London, Argentinian artist Benito Ekmekdjian is blurring the lines between canvas and stage. With his latest series exploring love and personal relationships, Ekmekdjian shares his journey from his early roots in graffiti to creating pieces that bring his paintings to life — and his dream of always painting, wherever he chooses.
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Photography’s grammar
Edita Liessner’s “Short stories on a long theme” is a pleasurable photobook to open and the pleasing playfulness of its title adds to its attractiveness. Sean Sheehan Her photos are of two very different kinds: geometric, colourful arrangements and scenes of everyday life. It is not immediately obvious […]
On the streets of Harlem
Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson, two black police detectives, have a tough shift on the streets of Harlem in New York. Sean Sheehan Their task is to try and administer justice in a place and a time when the odds are stacked against them. They give […]
Nazi capitalism: beyond the darkness
Nazism tends to be mostly written about and situated in the context of World War II and the Holocaust. Sean Sheehan What tends to be underplayed is the extensive network of concentration camps within Germany itself and eastern Europe that relied on slave labour and the application of […]
Inside Cuba after Castro: An interview with Díaz-Canel
Miguel Díaz-Canel was interviewed by a US journalist in La Havana on the state of the country after the Castro years, reviewing his rise to power and the constant threat the country is under its North American neighbours. Pablo Muñoz On Wednesday 20 May, Cuba celebrated 124 years […]
















