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This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries

This week’s Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
This week’s round up of the best new television serves up 1500 years of art, a Vegas comic on a quest to reinvent herself, and washed up spies.
International artists raise money for the homeless with scrapped bus panels 

International artists raise money for the homeless with scrapped bus panels
Internationally renowned urban artists have painted scrap bus panels to raise money for homeless and underprivileged people across London.
Our most beautiful art treasures hide a multitude of sins

Our most beautiful art treasures hide a multitude of sins
We’re still feeling the consequences of Victorian inequality – a browse through our museums reflects a society built on imperialism and hubris, and unearned wealth
Abstract beauty to light up an increasingly ugly world
Abstract beauty to light up an increasingly ugly world
Meet the winner of The Big Issue Kids Christmas Cover Competition 2021!
Meet the winner of The Big Issue Kids Christmas Cover Competition 2021!
Art must not be the only way our children enjoy the natural world

Art must not be the only way our children enjoy the natural world
Photos taken by homeless photographers show London like you’ve never seen it before

Photos taken by homeless photographers show London like you’ve never seen it before
Artist community pays tribute to late Big Issue seller with memorial on his old patch

Artist community pays tribute to late Big Issue seller with memorial on his old patch
This ‘protest art’ is touring Glasgow during COP26 to highlight the impact of climate change

This ‘protest art’ is touring Glasgow during COP26 to highlight the impact of climate change
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin is showing off his art work in a London exhibition

Big Issue vendor Dave Martin is showing off his art work in a London exhibition
Get your entries in for The Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Get your entries in for The Big Issue’s Christmas Kids Cover Competition
I can’t fight the big fights without a fix of beauty

I can’t fight the big fights without a fix of beauty
Joe Lycett draws portrait of 2020 exclusively for The Big Issue

Joe Lycett draws portrait of 2020 exclusively for The Big Issue

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Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’

Pure Evil: ‘Artists are just a few pay checks away from homelessness’
Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?

Brief Encounter at 75: How would the iconic film look in the Covid age?
Jarvis Cocker interviews Jeremy Deller: “Art and culture show us at our best”

Jarvis Cocker interviews Jeremy Deller: “Art and culture show us at our best”
Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue

Artist creates stunning wildlife collages using scraps of The Big Issue
Accumulate are sending 500 art kits a week to homeless people in London

Accumulate are sending 500 art kits a week to homeless people in London
Big Issue Changemaker Stuart Semple is opening a virtual art museum

Big Issue Changemaker Stuart Semple is opening a virtual art museum
A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize

A Big Issue-inspired design has helped a reader scoop a wood engraving prize
Timothy Spall: LS Lowry and the impact industrial landscapes had on my life

Timothy Spall: LS Lowry and the impact industrial landscapes had on my life
We speak to the PhD student behind this artificial intelligence masterpiece

We speak to the PhD student behind this artificial intelligence masterpiece
Big Issue vendor-turned-artist calls for help from readers for next work

Big Issue vendor-turned-artist calls for help from readers for next work
Hospice patients savour virtual art tour from the other side of the world

Hospice patients savour virtual art tour from the other side of the world
Free entry with this week’s Big Issue at The Other Art Fair

Free entry with this week’s Big Issue at The Other Art Fair
John Lydon and John Bird judge The Great British Postcard Competition

John Lydon and John Bird judge The Great British Postcard Competition
Homeless refugee displays otherworldly portraits in London exhibition

Homeless refugee displays otherworldly portraits in London exhibition
Get drawing for the The Great British Postcard Competition – and win £5,000!

Get drawing for the The Great British Postcard Competition – and win £5,000!
John Bird: Far from the election madness, a day with Ned Kelly
