Henry Gibbs painting looted by Nazis to be returned to Jewish art dealer’s family Samuel Hartveld’s great-grandchildren to welcome back stolen 17th-century painting that was sold to Tate Britain The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2025
UK Gallery To Return Nazi-looted Painting To Heirs Of Jewish Collector The Tate Britain gallery is set to reunite the great-grandchildren of a Belgian Jewish art collector with a painting looted from his home by the Nazis, officials said on Saturday. International Business Times · Mar 29, 2025
Tate Britain to return painting ‘looted by Nazis from Jewish art collector’ The heirs and great-grandchildren of Samuel Hartveld will receive the work. Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2025
Mark Pawson obituary Other lives: Artist and maker of collectible badges, posters and stickers whose work found homes in the Tate and V&A library collections The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025
London Museum calls for staff to challenge ‘whiteness’ in diversity drive Staff at the publicly-funded institution have been issued a pamphlet described as a ‘tool for culture change’ Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2025
Creativity should be integral to the classroom – we must fight to protect it Letters: Readers respond to an editorial calling for improved arts education in all schools, rather than a fortunate few The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025
Peter Sedgley obituary Op artist and friend of Bridget Riley with whom he founded Space artist studios in London The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025
Towering trunks, disturbing dolls and deep-sea daydreams – the week in art A veteran environmentalist celebrates trees, the Quay Brothers create an atmosphere and artists take a deep dive below the waves The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2025
'Concerned citizen' apologises for 'foolish' petition against Scottish bagpiper mural THE “concerned citizen” who started a petition against calling for the removal of a Scottish bagpiper mural has apologised ... The National (Scotland) · Mar 28, 2025
Hong Kong painter draws inspiration from city's recent history in works at Art Basel At Hong Kong’s Art Basel, painter Chow Chun-fai’s new works transport viewers back to the night in 1997 when the former British colony returned to Chinese rule, displayed in the very exhibition center where one era ended and another began The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2025
Rafał Zajko: The Spin Off – fantastical sci-fi visions with a side order of pickles The young Pole’s work is buzzing with pop references and ideas about the future, all grounded in the everyday – with kaiser rolls and gherkins The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025
How to draw hands: master gesture sketching with this professional process Portrait painter Kate Oleska reveals how to get started with drawing hand motion. Creative Bloq · Mar 27, 2025
Capturing the cosmos on canvas: How art helps scientists and space agencies communicate with the public Astrophysicist and artist Ed Belbruno explains how art helps scientists communicate their work to the public and even discover solutions to spaceflight and astronomy problems. Space · Mar 27, 2025
8 spring nail colours that embrace the season - with chic picks for every preference These are the timeless and surprising shades you'll see springing up on everyone's nails this season... Woman & Home · Mar 27, 2025
The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2025 How a 1970s Chicano art group defied the mainstream and made history “ASCO: Without Permission” is director Travis Gutiérrez Senger's latest documentary and executive produced by Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna
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The Guardian - UK · Mar 27, 2025 ‘CSI: Miró’: X-ray reveals Spanish artist painted out his mother – but why? Decades of detective work have uncovered Joan Miró’s hidden act of rebellion: painting over his mother’s portrait. But why did the artist do it?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025 Janet Stowell obituary Other lives: Designer and illustrator whose linocut cards and pictures were popular sale items at craft markets
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025 Pam Walker obituary Other lives: Social worker turned artist whose paintings of urban landscapes bordered on the abstract
The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025 Jesuits make broad offer of reparations to women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit artist
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025 Here Is a Gale Warning review – five tumultuous decades of catastrophic art A flag hoisted in 1971 looms over a show that references to George Floyd, Inuit women and spear-bearing Amazons – to a droll soundtrack from Xena: Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2025 Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae Artworks ‘by’ Perry’s new alter ego – an abuse survivor from the East End called Shirley Smith – sit among works by real outsider artists. His stronger pieces are more straightforward
The Guardian - AU · Mar 26, 2025 Khaled Sabsabi show cancelled one month after sacking from Venice Biennale Monash University has ‘indefinitely postponed’ upcoming exhibition at Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne, after ‘consultation with our communities’
Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025 Shocking moment drunk RAF engineers break and steal Paddington Bear statue Judge called two Royal Air Force engineers responsible ‘the antithesis of everything Paddington stands for’
The National (Scotland) · Mar 25, 2025 Petition rages against 'provocative' bagpiper mural on Scottish tenements A PETITION is calling for the removal of what they call a "hostile and provocative" mural depicting a bagpiper.