Curator Gus Casely-Hayford looks at the origins and history of the Asafo flags, made by the Fante people of the Gold Coast of Africa, now known as Ghana.
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‘If the work doesn’t relate to your family and your community, then what’s the point?’, Harding asks.
Artist Dale Harding – ‘Environment is Part ...
Meet Richard Bell, an activist and artist who challenges preconceived ideas about Aboriginal art.
Artist Richard Bell – ‘My Art is ...
Conceptual artist, curator and entrepreneur Xu Zhen is a leading figure among the younger generation of Chinese contemporary artists.
Xu Zhen – ‘Artists Change the Way ...
Shanghai based photographers Ji Weiyu and Song Tao, aka Birdhead, make art about everyday life in their home town.
Birdhead – ‘We Photograph Things That Are ...
Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat uses film, video, and photography to explore issues of gender and identity, with a particular focus on women's relationships with religious cultural systems of Islam.
Shirin Neshat, ‘Dreams Are Where Our Fears ...
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist, female artists devoted to fighting sexism and racism within the art world.
Guerrilla Girls, ‘You Have to Question What ...
The Singh Twins discuss the appropriation of British and Asian culture within the UK.
The Singh Twins, EnTWINed
Behold (2009) consists of two contrasting materials, steel car bumpers and knotted human hair.
An interview with Sheela Gowda
Photographer Sunil Gupta talks about how his work in the dark room helped him deal with his HIV positive diagnosis
An interview with Sunil Gupta
Photographer Dayanita Singh explains how her photography books are like sculptures.
An interview with Dayanita Singh
Naeem Mohaiemen works with film, installation and essays. Mohaiemen combines autobiography and history to explore how national borders create new peoples. His material includes the film archives and the way their contents can be lost, fabricated and reanimated.
Naeem Mohaiemen
"My work is about opening up a conversation and opening up other ways of seeing."
An interview with Sheba Chhachhi
Artist Zarina Hashmi left India in 1958, her family were subject to relocation from Delhi to Karachi following the partition of India and Pakistan.
An interview with Zarina Hashmi
Over 100 million porcelain seeds filled the Tate’s Turbine Hall in a critique of conformity and censorship.
A-level: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
Fancy a trip to Tate Britain? Visit the largest collection of work by Turner anywhere—no passport required.
A-level: J.M.W. Turner at Tate Britain
What happens when a painting is vandalized? See how conservators at Tate leapt into action to save a painting.
Restoring Rothko
Can color just be color, rather than representing something else? Step into Mondrian’s studio to find out.
TateShots: Piet Mondrian
Serious Art or a jungle gym? Morris shows us that art can be experienced bodily, and Minimalism can be fun.
Robert Morris, Bodyspacemotionthings
What happens when a painting is vandalized? See how conservators at Tate leapt into action to save a painting.
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