Art
How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
![Opake](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/P1200314-scaled-e1666692640646.jpg?w=768)
How graffiti artist Opake overcame addiction and homelessness and is now changing lives
The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity
![Group of women dressed as witch coven reading spell book in forest.](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/witches-by-sierra-koder.jpg?w=768)
The witch is a post-#MeToo icon of defiance, solidarity and creativity
Homeless people get creative with self-portraits for new photo exhibition
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Homeless people get creative with self-portraits for new photo exhibition
This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers
![homeless in heatwave](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SHP_No_Water_04-e1659949598970.jpg?w=700)
This evaporating pavement art is highlighting how heatwaves are a threat to rough sleepers
This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council
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This Is The Modern World: New exhibition showcases Paul Weller from The Jam to The Style Council
Walter Sickert – an artist of controversy and complexity
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Walter Sickert – an artist of controversy and complexity
These artists are turning their street into a solar power station
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These artists are turning their street into a solar power station
Exclusive: Government has spent £1.5m on art for official buildings since start of pandemic
![Government Art Collection](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/51612897847_8af8ae1e77_h-e1655305270779.jpg?w=765)
Exclusive: Government has spent £1.5m on art for official buildings since start of pandemic
This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
![The Spong Man, displayed in the British Library. Credit: BBC/ClearStory/Menace](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/spong-man.jpg?w=768)
This week's Big TV picks: Art That Made Us, Hacks, Slow Horses and The Andy Warhol Diaries
Our most beautiful art treasures hide a multitude of sins
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Our most beautiful art treasures hide a multitude of sins
Abstract beauty to light up an increasingly ugly world
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Abstract beauty to light up an increasingly ugly world
Meet the winner of The Big Issue Kids Christmas Cover Competition 2021!
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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
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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
![MyLondon calendar homelessness](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2022-04-ShenanChandler.jpg?w=768)
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
![The mural of Kevin Headley, created by street artist Tizer and curated by Teddy Baden. Image: Tizer](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TizerKevinHeadley-e1634142277934.jpg?w=652)
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
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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](https://www.bigissue.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dave_martin-5189.jpg?w=700)
Big Issue vendor Dave Martin is showing off his art work in a London exhibition
I can’t fight the big fights without a fix of beauty
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I can’t fight the big fights without a fix of beauty
Timothy Spall: LS Lowry and the impact industrial landscapes had on my life
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