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'This has been my shelter': Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing
Art

'This has been my shelter': Powerful exhibition spotlights artists with experience of insecure housing

This touring exhibition explores the theme 'shelter'. Here is a selection of works, with written commentary from the artists themselves
'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day
Artist Stuart Semple
Art

'It's an emergency': Why artist Stuart Semple is giving £30k of art supplies to 50 schools in one day

Connections are the art of the matter
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin creating abstract artwork at a table, surrounded by examples of his colourful geometric prints. Beside him is an illustration of a person using a smartphone for contactless payment, symbolising digital inclusion, with logos for giffgaff and Big Issue Group and the tagline ‘Connecting people to their potential’.
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Connections are the art of the matter

10Foot, Tox and Fume's art exhibition shut down after 'f**k the King' graffiti
Graffiti

10Foot, Tox and Fume's art exhibition shut down after 'f**k the King' graffiti

'A bright and bold mosaic of creatures': Meet the winner of Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition 2025
Kids Cover Competition

'A bright and bold mosaic of creatures': Meet the winner of Big Issue's Kids Cover Competition 2025

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
'If I didn't do graffiti I'd be doing way worse crimes': Banksy interviews Tox, London's most prolific vandal
10Foot Takeover

'If I didn't do graffiti I'd be doing way worse crimes': Banksy interviews Tox, London's most prolific vandal

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and 'king of the tube' Bas DDS
10Foot Takeover

Revealed: First published photos from graffiti writer and 'king of the tube' Bas DDS

Alan Moore salutes the 'ramshackle institution' that changed his life
10Foot Takeover

Alan Moore salutes the 'ramshackle institution' that changed his life

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his 'disgustingly deep love of London'
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer 10Foot on finding meaning in the ugly and his 'disgustingly deep love of London'

Graffiti writer Fume: 'All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me'
10Foot Takeover

Graffiti writer Fume: 'All the bad things that happened to me ended up strengthening me'

Banksy explains why he uses tag of 'UK's most imprisoned graffiti writer' Tox in his work
10foot takeover

Banksy explains why he uses tag of 'UK's most imprisoned graffiti writer' Tox in his work

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the 'pain and hope' of women in prison

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: 'It's like battery farming'
Artist Stuart Semple
Art

Artist Stuart Semple on why education in the arts needs an urgent reset: 'It's like battery farming'

From Henry Moore to refugees: London's remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed
Art

From Henry Moore to refugees: London's remarkable post-war public art deserves to be noticed

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue
Christmas Wrapping paper

Harry Hill, Opake, Real Hackney Dave and more design Christmas wrapping paper exclusively for Big Issue

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas
Opake
Art

'Love is the most powerful emotion there is': Artist Opake on homelessness, addiction and Christmas

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'
Fin DAC
Fin DAC

Fin DAC: 'As a creator of public murals, I aspire to leave spaces brighter than I found them'

'It's art for people': This one-man kayak project shows the beauty of slowing down
Lying down flat in a kayak offers a rarely seen view of the UK’s waterways
Art

'It's art for people': This one-man kayak project shows the beauty of slowing down

'I cried my eyes out making this': Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William
david tovey
Art

'I cried my eyes out making this': Meet the artists in homeless exhibition backed by Prince William

Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create
Art

Superstar Arts: This charity gives people with learning disabilities the chance to create

'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets
homeless artist David Bedford
Homelessness

'Each brush tells a story of hope': Homeless artist hosts exhibition to help himself off the streets

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Those wounded by the Troubles still walk among us. Their pain is as relevant today as ever
Art

Those wounded by the Troubles still walk among us. Their pain is as relevant today as ever

Artist Aasen Stephenson turns leaves into astounding works of art: 'Nothing beats what nature makes'
The Leaf Man at work in his studio
Art

Artist Aasen Stephenson turns leaves into astounding works of art: 'Nothing beats what nature makes'

Artist Ray Young: 'Our government is threatening disabled people's rights – there's no compassion'
Theatre

Artist Ray Young: 'Our government is threatening disabled people's rights – there's no compassion'

Remembering Tim Hetherington, a fearless photojournalist and friend who died in Libya
Photojournalism

Remembering Tim Hetherington, a fearless photojournalist and friend who died in Libya

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