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These artists paint with their feet – scans show how unique their brains are

Peter Longstaff, one of the participants in the study. © Peter Longstaff, Author provided

Harriet Dempsey-Jones, UCL
Your brain contains a highly organised map of your body. Not a normal kind of map – this one will vary ever so slightly because of the particular way you use your body. What you do for a living might affect this, for example – your brain’s hand map might show subtle clues that you are a pianist or a surgeon. Or reflect that you rock climb or write a lot.
We’ve known subtle details of the brain’s body map can change as a result of our daily life experiences for a while. But new research by myself and colleagues has now demonstrated how powerfully experience can affect the brain.
We used ultra high-res brain scanning to reveal clear maps of individual toes in two foot painters, born without either arm. While these organised toe maps are not found in typically developed humans, they are found in monkeys – who, like the foot painters, use their toes in skilled ways.
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Pussy Riot - 1937

Tate Modern appoints curators specialising in African, Middle Eastern and South Asian art

Tate Modern announced today new and recent appointments to its curatorial team which will continue the pioneering research and scholarship already undertaken in the fields of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian modern and contemporary art. These Curators are: Nabila Abdel Nabi, who will focus specifically on art from the Middle East and North Africa; Osei Bonsu, who will focus on further developing the representation of African art in Tate’s collection and programme; and Dr Devika Singh who will specialise in art from South Asia. These posts will further Tate’s commitment to rethinking the history of modern and contemporary art from a less Western-centric vantage point as well as supporting the work of the newly established Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational.

These appointments form part of Tate’s ongoing strategy to explore multiple art histories from a global perspective. Over the past two decades, Tate’s collection, displays and exhibitions have focused on expanding be…

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For the many not the few
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Banana Blush - Paul Garrard

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