Michaelis School of Fine Art alumni

"Words and images drink the same wine. There is no purity to protect," South African artist Marlene Dumas once said, echoing her paintings. "Open-End," her solo show at Palazzo Grassi in Venice in 2022, was a revelation touching upon two themes that are intrinsically linked to the Italian city: love and death.

Cartoonists and writers from around the world are reacting as they know best - by putting pen to paper - in an outpouring of anguished and biting solidarity with those gunned down at French weekly Charlie Hebdo.