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This Artist Created 64 Artworks That Blur The Lines Between Comics, Fantasy, And Folk Art

Some artists build imaginary worlds with a few simple lines. Theo Ellsworth fills his with so many creatures, characters, textures, and strange details that something new always seems to be hiding in the picture. His art sits somewhere between comics, surrealism, and pure imagination, creating scenes that can feel playful…

Bored Panda · Sep 28

Getty acquired a 17th-century Velázquez portrait in LA; the painting is now the first work to...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has proudly added a remarkable 17th-century portrait by Diego Velázquez to its esteemed collection. Titled Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, this artwork was recently uncovered from a private collection, marking the museum's first acquisition of a Velázquez piece. Originally commissioned for Cardinal Francesco Barberini…

The Times of India · Sep 28

Painting the French Riviera review – about as erotic and glamorous as a wet day in Margate

They’ve marginalised Matisse and given Picasso the cold shoulder – and what’s left seems more informed by pedantic geography than sensual art

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28

Paris psychiatric hospital's art collection challenges myth of the ‘mad genius’

A collection of art built up inside a Paris psychiatric hospital is challenging one of the most persistent myths about mental illness – that it fuels creative genius. Paintings and drawings made over more than a century at Sainte-Anne hospital are being presented not as medical curiosities but as works…

Radio France Internationale · Sep 27

Hiraeth, síreacht and cianalas at heart of award-winning photographer's exhibition

THE Celtic concepts of hiraeth, síreacht and cianalas are the theme of a new exhibition by award-winning photographer Miriam Morris.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 27

Archaeologists found gold, rare pottery at 2,700-year-old Etruscan tomb in Italy

Archaeologists have uncovered a monumental Etruscan tomb inside an ancient cemetery at Vulci in central Italy, nearly 140 years after French archaeologist Stéphane Gsell first identified the burial mound surrounding it. The newly excavated Tomb of the Stone Chamber dates to the late seventh century BCE, one of the most…

The Times of India · Sep 27

British Museum apologises after chaotic queues leave Bayeux Tapestry ticket holders waiting for hours

Visitors have reported waiting more than two hours to enter the gallery

Evening Standard · Sep 27

Rare sale of David Hockney painting of beloved dog Stanley could fetch £2.5m

Exclusive: Dog Painting 17 is believed to be one of only six of works from Dog Series in private hands and first to be auctioned

The Guardian - UK · Sep 26

Designer turns mussel shells and Thames sand into award-winning glass

London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison's recipes use materials including sand from around the River Thames, wood ash and waste quagga mussel shells supplied by Thames…

The Times of India · Sep 26

A $50 Hamptons barn-sale painting later sold for C$290,000 at auction

A dusty barn sale in the Hamptons is not where most people expect to encounter a significant work of Canadian art. Yet that is exactly where New York-based art dealer Allen Treibitz found a painting that would eventually sell for hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars. Bought for just $50,…

The Times of India · Sep 26