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As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic review – every image contains some kind of magic

The Wedge Collection, one of the world’s most prominent private assemblages of Black portrait photography – or indeed of any photography – lands in London

The Guardian - UK

First Fraenkel Film Festival in San Francisco: what to see

The Fraenkel Film Festival, at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco, sees ten Fraenkel gallery artists choose films that impact their work

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‘It’s our job to change it for the better’: can artists influence the US election?

A new campaign brings together major names in the art world, including Shepard Fairey and Carrie Mae Weems, to urge voters to choose democracy over fascism

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The best art and architecture of 2023

Our critics’ high points include a ceramic wedding cake you can climb inside to Alice Neel’s fearless portraits, plus a new children’s V&A and a school with lumpy yellow walls

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The best exhibitions this week in London, from Donna Huddleston to Simnikiwe Buhlungu (September 9 to 16)

We pick the best art shows to enjoy this week

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Black Venus review – defiantly face to face with the inhuman past

The shocking life of 19th-century ‘Hottentot Venus’ Saartjie Baartman haunts a riveting show in which 18 artists respond to objectification and Black femininity

The Guardian - UK

Carrie Mae Weems: Reflections for Now; Paul McCartney: Photographs 1963-4 review – making history

A momentous 40-year retrospective of the African American artist builds to a damning indictment of racism, exclusion and photography itself. Plus, a joyous ringside seat as the Beatles go stratospheric

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Carrie Mae Weems review – evil clowns, race riots and tense kitchen table dramas

In this intriguing show, the photographer, film-maker and dancer explores the Black American experience from a wide range of angles

The Guardian - UK

Carrie Mae Weems at the Barbican review: a transcendent show from an artist who has delivered for 30 years

The American artist’s first major UK museum show is breathtaking

Evening Standard

Carrie Mae Weems is first black woman to be named Hasselblad Award Laureate

2023 Hasselblad Award goes to artist and photographer Carrie Mae Weems for her work exploring black struggle and identity

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Take a walking tour of free art popping up around the Loop

Pegged to EXPO Chicago, we put together a walking tour of four exhibitions for anyone near the Loop in the coming weeks. Each is free.

Chicago Sun-Times

Art can be a tool to capture this moment in American politics

Art can speak to our hearts. That’s part of its power to provoke thought, emotion, and action. And that is why censorship is often a weapon wielded by those who fear art’s motivating power.

Chicago Sun-Times

Our Selves: celebrating photographs taken by female artists

An empowering new exhibition looks back on the work of female photographers from around the world over the last 100 years

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