The International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, which is run in partnership with the Royal Botanic Gardens in London, holds three contests each year. Here are the finalists in the [...]
A combination of art and socially motivated stunt, HSCB is selling printed ‘banknotes’ to raise cash to buy back local people’s debt
We meet the artist who has launched a website allowing members of the public around the world to name and shame local authorities and urban planners who commission pieces of 'hostile design'
A touring exhibition, Museum Without A Home, tells the stories behind items people have donated to refugees and migrants
The Inside Stories project matches artists with prisoners. Together, they write and illustrate stories that help dads maintain relationships with their children on the outside
French-born artist Camille Walala brightens up the streets of London with her signature colourful style
From ballet dancing to mountain climbing and from art to athletics, we meet seven older people who prove that later life can be anything but dull
Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh challenges preconceptions about her country and continent with her bold, colourful images
A tattoo artist in Russia is helping domestic violence survivors reclaim their bodies. It helps them believe they can start afresh, finds Manon Masset, reporting for Le Courrier de Russie
Immersive night-time adventures into a ‘wild avian landscape’ are taking place this week as part of Brighton Festival. Artist Jony Easterby explains why he and his team created the woodland [...]
From origami to photography, Londoner Sam Furness challenged himself to attempt a new skill for each month of 2016. Whether to broaden your horizons or simply disrupt routine, he believes [...]
More than 100 comics artists and illustrators from around the world have launched Draw The Line, a visual guide to ‘positive political action that anyone can take’
Positive News subscriber member Jessica Smulders Cohen explains how her passion for weaving chimes with changing the news for good
Roma people in the UK listed things they wanted people to better understand about their communities before their thoughts were transformed into art
Striking political art campaign aims to spark conversations about American values in the week Donald Trump will become president
Discovering that milk can be cheaper than water left a sour taste in the mouth of artist Nessie Reid. She explains why she turned to performance art to challenge the modern dairy industry
Ikon Gallery in Birmingham have launched one of their most ambitious projects to date, transporting the entire contents of photographer Vanley Burke’s Nechells flat into the gallery space and [...]
A city of extreme contrasts, the capital of Venezuela is quite literally getting a new lick of paint and a whole lot more to bring communities together and increase wellbeing
There is still little documentation of how art creates social and personal change. We must develop this language, argues Charlotte Onslow
