Yangon migrants’ cramped lives on show at Bangkok art festival
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Photographs of migrant workers living in tiny, dark spaces in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon – on display at a glitzy Bangkok gallery – highlight the sharp contrasts that exist in Asia’s cities, the show’s artistic director said last week. Titled Below Three Feet, Myanmar photographer Kaung Swan Thar’s images are showcased […]
Eight artists spotlighting the human cost of migration
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Videos of children playing on fluorescent pink seesaws on the US-Mexico border – an art project to highlight the impact actions on one side have on the other – were shared by thousands of people on social media this week. People play on a set of fluorescent pink […]
ON THE SCREEN: AI WEIWEI’S ‘HUMAN FLOW’ AN INSIGHTFUL EXPOSÉ OF A STILL UNFOLDING TRAGEDY
DAVID ADAMS watches ‘Human Flow’, artist Ai Weiwei’s impacting documentary on the world’s forced migration crisis…