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In an ad agency free collaboration, filmmaker Justin Anderson has made a film with lingerie brand Damaris. The film, called Chore, features a girl going about her regular cleaning routine at home, whilst also trying out a whole range of Damaris lingerie… The film – which is set to live and air online only, rather [...]

Black Atlantic culture – spanning Africa, the Americas and Europe – has had a profound influence on artists, from Picasso to Chris Ofili. Fred D’Aguiar celebrates the power of art to debunk historical stereotypes Paul Gilroy has a lot to answer for. Not since Edward Said’s Orientalism has a book – Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic [...]

From ice cream to elephant dung – there’s something for all tastes in exhibitions around the UK this week Read the original post on Guardian Arts & Architecture

Today and for the next six weeks Michael Landy is inviting artists and members of the public to submit their own works for acceptance into this 600 cubic metre art bin Gallery: Works lined up for the bin at South London Gallery Wearing a neat pair of white gloves – the uniform of the curator [...]

With his eye for old-fashioned collage – and his mean hand with a scalpel – Stezaker gives new life to images from our past With a few deft incisions with his scalpel, John Stezaker reveals what is lurking beyond the glossy surface of postcards and publicity stills. Sometimes one picture is simply positioned over the [...]

Graphic designer Albert Exergian’s modernist posters inspired by popular TV shows Read the original post on Guardian Arts & Architecture

Fancy an armchair in your bathroom or a bath in your bedroom? Then just do it – you’d be surprised at how well furniture works out of its usual context Armchair in a bathroom Armchairs don’t usually furnish bathrooms – dampness issues aside, few of us have a large-enough space. But size is no ­problem [...]

Three cheers for Brooklyn bands, posh kitchen accessories and William Eggleston. Boo hiss to clutches, practical boots and Ikea Going up Clogs The new offbeat fashion shoe? From the pretty weird but ­fabulous ­tasselled ones at Louis Vuitton to classic tan at Clarks Brooklyn The good bands just keep on coming… Latest iPod ­additions are Yeasayer‘s psychedelic [...]

Tim Etchells, London Tim Etchells is best known as the creative director of radical British theatre group Forced Entertainment, a company with a reputation for shows that abuse both the cast and their viewers – from putting on 24-hour performances to players telling audience members they’re going to die of cancer. When Etchells isn’t directing, [...]

Your stories Snapshot: An extra­ordinary coincidence The story behind this photo contains the most extraordinary coincidence imaginable. The photo belongs to my grandmother Julia Brunskill, who is now 84. She is the young girl in the far right of the photo, brandishing what seems to be a feather duster. The ­picture was taken on Christmas Eve [...]