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While football fans were packing into pubs to watch UEFA EURO 2024, several members of the climate group Just Stop Oil sprayed an orange powdered paint over a portion of Stonehenge. The protestors proceeded in defacing the megalithic structure around noon local time in Salisbury, Wiltshire on June 19, just a day prior to summer solstice, which is believed to be one of the dates in the calendar year where ancient civilizations once performed rituals and ceremonies around the prehistoric columns.A number of British politicians came out to lambast the group's actions, including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who labelled it a “disgraceful act of vandalism." It's certainly not the first time Just Stop Oil has taken over headlines for targeting artworks as a way to galvanize awareness towards the ...

Sagan Lockhart spent years photographing the early years of many of hip-hop’s most popular artists today. Living in Los Angeles, Lockhart found himself photographing the likes of Playboi Carti and Mac Miller years before they found mainstream success.He was eventually tapped by Odd Future to serve as the collective’s unofficial photographer.“To me, it was always important to build mutual relationships,” Lockhart told Hypebeast in a Diaries earlier this year. “What I was really looking for is these up-and-coming artists that I could see had some sort of potential. You know, this guy’s going to be the shit.”Well over a decade into his career, the photographer will be releasing his debut photo book, I Don’t Play. Designed and published by ism, the 220-page book will contain a bulk of his mate...

Spanish contemporary artist Okokume is set to open her new solo exhibition in Tokyo’s JPS Gallery at the end of the month. Titled Saó, this exhibit follows from Okokume’s last showcase in Paris as she continues to delve into her emotional and creative evolution through her artistic explorations.The title of the exhibition hail from an old Catalan term that describes the essence of opportune moments, maturity as well as perfection. These themes and ideas pervade the artist’s works, inviting the audience on a self-reflecting journey through the exhibits, while also learning to embrace the beauty in acceptance.The centerpiece of the exhibition is a triptych of acrylic and oil pastels-painted canvases, united through pastel-colored skies, river, fauna and a blue-hair girl alongside Okokume’s h...