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4 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Saeed Dehghan
Marco Berger’s films often begin, in one way or another, with a knock on the door. A young gay man steps into a summer house, or sometimes a luxury villa, typically inhabited by a group of attractive young men on holiday. As homoerotic tension simmers, the hyper-masculine environment is charged with banter, dares, and provocative games.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Saeed Dehghan
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Saeed Dehghan
The Burmese painter Htein Lin’s art bears the imprint of his years in a Myanmar jail, where he created hundreds of paintings using prison uniforms as his canvases and makeshift tools including syringes, soap blocks and cigarette lighters. “I had no canvas, no brushes, no paint. But I had to make art,” says Htein Lin from his home in Myanmar’s Shan state. “I befriended the prison guards to smuggle in paint, scavenging for materials wherever I could.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | Saeed Dehghan
When female African artists collectively surpassed men in auction sales in 2023 for the first time, many dismissed it as an anomaly. But the trend persisted. In 2024 women maintained a strong 52.8% share of sales, despite a broader decline in the African art market. “This shift marks a significant moment in art market history, particularly as global sales of women artists have not yet reached parity with men,” says Lindsay Dewar, chief operating officer of research company ArtTactic.
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | Saeed Dehghan
Whether self-portraits saturated in blue tones or sex workers elegantly dressed in suits, Hawa Awanle Ayiboro says her paintings are all infused with her childhood struggles. Ayiboro was 12 when she faced becoming a child bride. The pressure to marry a much older man came from her mother, who first sent her to cook and clean at his house. However, with the support of an aunt, Ayiboro was able to resist.
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