Stop Scrolling

Welcome to Stop Scrolling, where each fortnight arts and culture writer Gilda Bruno will be bringing you a roundup of carefully curated exhibitions, art fairs and photo books to check out, as well as exclusive conversations with some of today's most exciting emerging artists.

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Stop Scrolling: Here are 6 art shows to go to this March

Featuring indie sleaze photography, working class portraits and powerful protest art

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Stop Scrolling: Here are 7 art shows to go to this February

Stop Scrolling: Here are 7 art shows to go to this February

Featuring rave archives, wild sculptures, and artwork for the Very Online

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Performance art is magic, says Miles Greenberg

Performance art is magic, says Miles Greenberg

The New York-based artist examines the therapeutical function that his medium fulfils in his life for woo’s art column

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Images of Indigenous Brazilians showing resistance

Images of Indigenous Brazilians showing resistance

Photographer Fernanda Liberti's acclaimed series Dancing with the Tupinambá focuses on a community’s enduring fight to preserve their culture

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The intoxicating power of queer, Black love in Sola Olulode’s latest exhibition

The intoxicating power of queer, Black love in Sola Olulode’s latest exhibition

In her latest show, the artist captures the burning intensity of an early romance through a series of paintings imbued with joy, intimacy and affectio...

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Melissa Schriek’s dynamic photos celebrate the magic of female friendship

Melissa Schriek’s dynamic photos celebrate the magic of female friendship

In her new photo book 'ODE’,, the Dutch photographer documents the bonds uniting women beyond stereotypes

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Carlos Idun-Tawiah’s striking photographs restore the Ghanaian utopia of his childhood

Carlos Idun-Tawiah’s striking photographs restore the Ghanaian utopia of his childhood

In his award-winning series ‘Sunday Special’, the Accra-based artist creates an ode to the rituals, places and people in his life

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 these subversive still life paintings interrogate femininity’s relationship to the domestic

these subversive still life paintings interrogate femininity’s relationship to the domestic

Curator Bella Bonner-Evans walks us through STUDIO WEST’s latest art show ‘The Angel in the House’

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Photos of Georgian youth using techno and activism to break free

Photos of Georgian youth using techno and activism to break free

The image-maker lenses young Georgians breaking away from the country’s Soviet influence through techno, politics and activism

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Clifford Prince King on capturing the legacy of his queer, Black ancestors

Clifford Prince King on capturing the legacy of his queer, Black ancestors

As a new group show explores his archive of love and intimacy, the LA-based artist discusses his “euphoric” portrayals of gay Blackness

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Why Martin Parr is the offbeat role model young UK photographers need

Why Martin Parr is the offbeat role model young UK photographers need

For woo's fortnightly arts column, Gilda Bruno meets the legendary image-maker to discuss his new Photo London show

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"We need more softness to survive": Alfhild Külper’s fuzzy sculptures are an oasis of joy

Alfhild Külper’s fuzzy sculptures are an oasis of joy

The Swedish textile artist unpacks the meaning behind her impactful solo show ‘Call It Angel Earth’

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these mesmerisingly surreal photos put the artist centre stage

these mesmerisingly surreal photos put the artist centre stage

TJ Boulting’s founder Hannah Watson talks the making of ‘Eye Body’, where performance and photography collide, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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Darryl Daley’s dream-like moving image is a spectacular ode to his Jamaican roots

Darryl Daley’s dream-like moving image is a spectacular ode to his Jamaican roots

The artist discusses his new solo show, ‘What You See Here / What You Hear Here’, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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A couple embracing - image by Caroline Tompkins

Caroline Tompkins’ uncanny photos explore blurred boundaries of fear, pleasure and lust

The New York-based photographer takes us inside ‘Bedfellow’, her new book and exhibition, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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Johny Pitts, ‘Home is Not a Place’

Johny Pitts’ photo book gave him the hope to face Britain's future

The Sheffield-born multidisciplinary creative retraces the journey behind his new monograph and exhibition for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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The image-makers queering the lens this LGBT History Month

The image-makers queering the lens this LGBT History Month

Woo columnist Gilda Bruno speaks to seven photographers exploring new ways of depicting intimacy, love and the body

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Image of young child for Kristina Rozhkova's 'The Bliss of Girlhood'

Kristina Rozhkova’s whimsical, ethereal portraits of teenagers entering adulthood

The Russian artist unpacks her nostalgia-fuelled book and exhibition, ‘The Bliss Of Girlhood’, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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The story behind Sabiha Çimen’s free-spirited images of Turkish girlhood

Sabiha Çimen’s free-spirited images of Turkish girlhood

We take a closer look at ‘Hafiz’, a new book exploring the reality of girls-only Turkish Qur’an education, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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Masculinity is under the microscope in this surreal photo series

Masculinity is under the microscope in this surreal photo series

Photographer Ziyu Wang explores his autobiographical project, ‘Go Get ’Em Boy’, for woo’s fortnightly culture column

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