Art
A visit to The Big Issue mural was like stepping into my former life
![The Big Issue mural](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1574_John-Bird_The-Big-Issue-Village-Underground-Final-HQ-7-of-18.jpg?w=768)
A visit to The Big Issue mural was like stepping into my former life
My Dog Sighs: 'The power of art is it makes people look at the world in a different way'
![Large-scale mural of an eye by My Dogs Sighs in Jackson, Michigan (2020)](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_art-supp-p4-7_Photo-06-09-2022-09-50-45.jpg?w=768)
My Dog Sighs: 'The power of art is it makes people look at the world in a different way'
Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose
![Campaigners against cuts to education funding march to Parliament](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_art-supp-p10-11_JHX9KF-2.jpg?w=768)
Arts funding in schools must be protected, or we all lose
Discarded things deserve a second chance... that goes for people too
![My Dog Sighs](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_art-supp-p4-7_MDS_Press06.jpg?w=768)
Discarded things deserve a second chance... that goes for people too
Acclaimed street artist My Dog Sighs designs exclusive cover and guest edits Big Issue art special
![Limited edition prints of Reclaiming The Lost by My Dog Sighs will be sold to raise money for The Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_art-supp-01_My_Dog_Sighs_Canvas_FINAL_COVER_HERO.jpg?w=768)
Acclaimed street artist My Dog Sighs designs exclusive cover and guest edits Big Issue art special
Self-portraits: The surprising history of the selfie
![Jan van Eyck self portrait, 1433](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1572_books_First-Self-Portrait_-Jan-van-Eyck-Portrait-of-a-Man-Self-Portrait_-1433-©-The-National-Gallery-London-1.jpg?w=768)
Self-portraits: The surprising history of the selfie
How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world
![the other renaissance illustration](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/1565_Books_The-Big-Issue_Illustration_Jonas-Kalmbach_Final_online-RGB-TIF.jpg?w=768)
How the ‘Other Renaissance’ shaped the modern world
Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching
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Jim Moir, Nancy Sorrell, Chris Packham and the fine art of birdwatching
National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights
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National Vendor Week: Big Issue sellers pick their favourite cultural highlights
Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
![Monument by Rachel Whiteread](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1549_JB_GettyImages-1318393.jpg?w=768)
Here's what we should do with Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth
The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history
![pride flags being waved at a Pride celebration](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/teddy-o-owiVf9bFKHM-unsplash.jpg?w=768)
The pop culture milestones that helped shape LGBTQ+ history
Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
![Monument by Rachel Whiteread](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1549_JB_GettyImages-1318393.jpg?w=768)
Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth should honour our past struggles
Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance
![Courtyard on Via Fondazza (1954) by Giorgio Morandi](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1548_JB_2-Giorgio-Morandi-Courtyard-on-Via-Fondazza-1954.jpg?w=768)
Giorgio Morandi: an Italian artist of understated brilliance
Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
![Greg James picks Harry Styles’s jumpsuits as his cultural moment of the year. Illustration: The Big Issue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1544_cultural-moment.jpg?w=768)
Harry Styles’s jumpsuits and the Jubilee: It's the cultural moments of the year
Why The Crown stars have unveiled a giant sculpture of a homeless person
![the crown/ homeless statue](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PinPep_Crisis_051222_0030-1-1.jpg?w=768)
Why The Crown stars have unveiled a giant sculpture of a homeless person
Prizes announced for Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition
![Big Issue Kids Cover Competition winners](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Kids-cover-comp-HERO-IMAGE.jpg?w=768)
Prizes announced for Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition
Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
![Paul Cézanne](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1539_JB_Paul-Cezanne-Portrait-of-the-Artist-with-Pink-Background-1875.-Paris-Musée-dOrsay-donation-de-M.-Philippe-Meyer-2000.-Photo-C-RMN-Grand-Palais.jpg?w=768)
Cézanne left me jaded, but I still dream of owning one of his works
Just Be Nice! Real Hackney Dave rallies UK artists for essential message
![Dave Buonaguidi](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1538-Art-supp_Real-hackney-Dave-scaled-e1668165370928.jpg?w=768)