Amnesty International

Retrospective of Peter Kennard’s art

Peter Kennard seems to be grappling with doubts even as he hangs a work for a retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery in London, one of the places where he spent his childhood. Archive of Dissent is a celebration of 50 years of work by Britain’s leading political artist, but he admits to “a sense of… Read More »

How South Africa’s ‘pit latrines’ became a cursed symbol of the nation’s inequality

Pit latrines ‘a stark depiction of inequality in South Africa’, says Amnesty International – Simon Townsley/The Telegraph Michael Komape’s mother took her other child on her back and ran to the primary school as soon as the officials called. Teachers said his son was missing. The five-year-old was nowhere to be found until a young… Read More »