Laura Gascoigne

Are kids’ games under threat?

The Barbican Art Gallery celebrates the dying arts of the playground – while Barbie-branded clobber fills the Design Museum

'Children’s Game #38: Ellsakat’, Azilal, Morocco, 2023, by Francis Alÿs, in collaboration with Ivan Boccara, Julien Devaux, and Félix Blume

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