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Jane Harris obituary | Art

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Other livesArtObituaryJane Harris obituaryJane Harris, who has died after a short illness aged 65, was one of Britain’s most significant abstract painters. For 30 years she explored, through a set of self-imposed rules, the perceptual qualities of the ellipse. It was a shape that, in her hands, could be both ornate and Spartan, and that, through her beautiful handling of paint, could be visually mischievous. Carefully painted in oils, each of the meticulous brushstrokes that mark out her curvilinear shapes describes both a form, themselves, and a texture, which captures and reflects light. Read More...

Kisses at a Mexican house party: Mayan Toledanos best photograph

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Tiempos Kisses, Lomas de Tecamachalco by Mayan Toledano, 2022Tiempos Kisses, Lomas de Tecamachalco by Mayan Toledano, 2022My best shotArt and design‘I think capturing love and joy is really important because it gives hope and inspiration on how to live in a country that is still violent to queer and trans people’ Mexico City’s queer, creative community: Mayan Toledano’s work – in pictures I had been working in Mexico City for a few years when I took this in 2022. Read More...

Richard Avedon: In the American West in pictures | Culture

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Richard Avedon: In the American West – in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email Some of the most powerful portraits that Richard Avedon ever shot were those commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum of Art, in Fort Worth, Texas, in 1979. A selection of images from the series In the American West, showing the people he photographed in Texas, will be on show at the museum until 2 July Read More...