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29 Sep

Motherland: This exhibition is a playful celebration of pubic

Motherland: This exhibition is a playful celebration of pubic
At the guts of Motherland, a recent exhibition in Paris which opened last night, is a playful and celebratory approach to the topic of pubic hair – women’s, particularly – that could be very much lacking in most cultural discussion. Across a series of images, models’ pubes are braided, dyed, bedazzled and styled. There’s cotton candy-coloured pubes tied into twin ponytails, pubes fashioned into flames, a rhinestone Marie from The Aristocats. They're daring images, but all the time fun, and done with a way of humour that brings the ladies in on the joke, slightly than making them the butt of it, as is so often the case with a subject still treated with discomfort, if not outright disgust, by...
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27 Sep

Identity is a latest exhibition exploring the realities of

Identity is a latest exhibition exploring the realities of
Affecting one in 100 people, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a condition where an individual spends an unusual period of time worrying about flaws of their appearance, flaws which go unnoticed by other people. It typically affects young adults and teenagers, and although the condition is far-reaching, those that suffer will often draw back from speaking about it publicly on account of a fear they can be shamed as self-obsessive or vain. Identity is a latest exhibition that goals to challenge this stigma and begin an open conversation around it. Examining how our self-perceptions are shaped by experience, society and the media (in addition to its impact on mental health), the show will consider the importance of talking about these anxieties...
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26 Jun

The exhibition shining a highlight on the feminine form

The exhibition shining a highlight on the feminine form
British curator Bryony Stone’s brand recent exhibition all in: bodied is a love letter to the female-identifying body in motion. Stone arrange her platform ‘all in:’ in 2017, and has already curated two successful exhibitions on mental health and across the notion of progress. Nonetheless, after her sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, leading to a mastectomy, Stone was left occupied with people's relationships with their bodies, most notably women's. “The operation limited her ability to maneuver her body in the best way that she was used to, and he or she needed to learn how you can move through the world with a recent form of body,” Stone says. Inspired by people’s perceptions of the bodies they exist in, Stone...
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19 May

This exhibition explores evolving beauty ideals – and the

This exhibition explores evolving beauty ideals – and the
The Cult of Beauty exhibition on the Wellcome Collection takes an in-depth have a look at the wonder industry and our ever-changing understanding of what it means to be beautiful What does it mean to be beautiful? Throughout history, this difficult query has been always challenged. Across different cultures and times, ideas of beauty have differed and today with the prominence of social media in our culture the cycles of beauty trends have never been so fast. Opening this week on the Wellcome Collection in London, The Cult of Beauty is the last word investigation into this concept. Curated by Janice Li, the show investigates how morality, status, health, age, race and gender...
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