Family trees: the legacy of May Morris
William Morris, the textile designer, and champion of the British Arts and Crafts movement, is adored by art junkies, designers and hipsters alike. His popularity enjoyed a hearty revival in recent years thanks to taste-makers' predilection for the hand drawn, organic patterns of yesteryear. But it would be detractive to sum up Morris' legacy just by his artistic endeavours – he also contributed significantly to the Art and Crafts movement in the form of one May Morris – his
The permanence of artful protest
The act of protesting defies epoch, race, or gender – it's the tool which enables humanity to propel itself forward, identifying the parts of our existence that prevent progression and endeavouring to admonish and oblitherate those parts. It's also an emotional contradiction, in that it empowers individuals and groups to act with tenacious conviction whilst at the same time unveiling their most naked vulnerabilities. So when art is created as protest it has the ability to cap
INTERVIEW: Street art isn't bound by gender, culture or age
"Berlin has a very long history of street art, graffiti and urban art. Urban art needs free spaces and Berlin offered these spaces in the 1980s a lot. Not just the Berlin wall – vacant buildings were also a playground for international street artists". Yasha Young is the director and curator of the recently opened URBAN NATION – the world’s first major institution focused on the cultivation and recording of street art and graffiti. The museum opened late last month after Youn
