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You are my Kindred Spirit: how growing up black in ‘the quiet racism of Scotland’ shaped the art and politics of Maud Sulter

She was one of the first chroniclers of the modern experience of being black in Scotland. The daughter of a Scottish mother and Ghanaian father growing up in 1960s and 1970s Glasgow, Maud Sulter experienced first-hand the racism of the period. That experience strongly registered in her art, writing, poetry…

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The world gets its first glimpse inside Notre Dame Cathedral after 5 years under wraps

Five years after a catastrophic fire reduced Notre Dame Cathedral to a smoldering shell, the Associated Press entered the Gothic masterpiece for a first glimpse of its fully restored interiors during a visit with French President Emmanuel Macron that was broadcast to the public

The Independent UK

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought banana art for $6.2 million eats the fruit in Hong Kong

A cryptocurrency entrepreneur who had bought a piece of conceptual art consisting of a simple banana, duct-taped to a wall, for $6.2 million last week ate the fruit in Hong Kong on Friday

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Why the Dungeness landscape is so inspirational for writers and artists

Writers and artists are often inspired by the landscapes they encounter or inhabit, and one of the most distinctive is Dungeness in Kent, on England’s south coast. This headland is punctuated by converted lookout towers, fishermen’s cottages, tanneries and wood-panelled artists’ studios, turquoise crab nets and rusted anchors.

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A Renaissance pooch, pop art hammers and sublime northern landscapes – the week in art

Parmigianino puts an alternative slant on Christmas, Jim Dine displays his tools, and Gabrielle Goliath takes a global view of male violence

The Guardian - UK

Restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris unveiled after 2019 fire

Macron inspects results of 700-million-euro restoration, including 19th-century Gothic spire returned to former glory.

Al Jazeera

Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2m

Conceptual work created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan was sold at auction in New York last week

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At ACMI’s The Future & Other Fictions, artists challenge us to imagine a more optimistic world

The Future Other Fictions, ACMI’s flagship summer exhibition, explores where storytelling imagines and rethinks the future.

The Conversation

Find humanity in a surreal high-tech city with Cao Fei

At the exhibition Cao Fei: My City is Yours, people can imagine their virtual identities, or contemplate the loss that accompanies relentless urbanisation.

AAP

Queer quilts, rebellious knitting and political pants: the radical world of textiles

From union banners to sewn sculptures, a major new exhibition in Adelaide celebrates the emotional and revolutionary force of textiles

The Guardian - AU

UK-based spy ring passed secrets to Russia for nearly three years, court told

Bulgarian nationals Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev allegedly carried out surveillance on ‘prominent’ individuals.

Evening Standard

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail for a third time over ‘serious risk’ of witness tampering

Judge rules that the court ‘doubts the sufficiency of any conditions’ that place trust in Combs to follow bail rules

The Guardian - UK

Lupillo & Jackie Rivera Reunite to Record A Song In Honor of Jenni Rivera

A few days after the anniversary of her death, Jacqie and Lupillo Rivera have decided to pay tribute to the singer through music.

Latin Times

‘An underlying stillness’: the Yinka Shonibare retreat where artists have space to grow and thrive

The earth-brick barn house nestled among cassava and yam fields in southern Nigeria is one of two artists’ residences established by the British-Nigerian artist

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Painting of Māori elder sells for £1.7m and becomes most valuable artwork in New Zealand history

‘Thoughts of a Tohunga’ by Charles Frederick Goldie has been called the artist’s best work by many critics

AAP

Boulevard goes dotty for Japan's art superstar

For artist Yayoi Kusama, polka dots represent infinity. For Australia's biggest exhibition of her art, more than 60 trees will be wrapped in her signature dots.

The Independent UK

Heartbreaking reaction of the 74-year-old banana seller who sold 35c fruit that became $6 million artwork

A silver duct-taped banana, once sold at a Manhattan fruit stand where bananas are sold for 35 cents each, went for millions at a Sotheby’s auction last week

Evening Standard

Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture worth £3.5 million at risk of leaving UK

The wooden painted sculpture, made in the 1940s, has been exhibited at the Tate galleries.

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Dying people deserve a choice. Let them make it

Letters: Readers who believe the assisted dying bill should be passed into law in England and Wales respond to Guardian coverage

International Business Times

Historic Maori Portrait Shatters Auction Records

An oil painting of Maori elder Wharekauri Tahuna by Charles Frederick Goldie sold for a record-breaking $3.75 million, becoming the most valuable Maori portrait in New Zealand art history.

Latin Times

Diddy Could Spend Christmas Out of Jail

His lawyers are asking the judge to allow him to await trial confined in a three-bedroom NYC apartment.

The Guardian - UK

Diana Cumming obituary

Other lives: Artist whose strange, expressive paintings were admired by Frank Auerbach and collected by Benjamin Britten

The Independent UK

Jean Rather, artist and wife of former CBS anchor Dan Rather, dies aged 89 after cancer battle

The Rathers were married for 67 years

The Guardian - UK

Electric Dreams review – the future ain’t what it used to be

The singing robots and 8-bit graphics are diverting and sometimes sublime, but there’s a darker story to be told in this show about technologically-assisted art before the internet

Salon

Trump taps megadonor to lead Navy

John Phelan is a GOP megadonor who will prioritize the "America First vision," Trump said

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