July 2023 -

ARTISTS

Mbongeni Buthelezi returns

The South African artist turning plastic into portraits. While other artists might use watercolours or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured portraits at his studio in Booysens, Johannesburg. His medium is the plastic litter he collects from local rubbish dumps and city streets. “Animals are […]

MUSEUMS

The British Museum apologizes

Editors of Live Art News 11 months ago

The British Museum apologizes after using a translator’s work in an exhibition in China without payment or acknowledgment.When the British Museum launched its “China’s hidden century” exhibition last month, writer and translator Yilin Wang began getting confusing messages from her peers. The show, which featured 19th century Chinese works including […]