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Beverly Buchanan review – ramshackle mini barns and shanties bursting with brutal history

Inspired by the shacks and sheds of the American south, Buchanan’s exceptional sculptures combine folk art and minimalism to memorialise the survival of enslaved people

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Nicole Eisenman review – ICE-like goons clash with sublime stargazing as America’s magical magpie returns

Abstract, humorous yet deeply unsettling, the painter’s dazzling exhibition sees her caught between distant skies and the ugly reality on the ground

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

These 66 Surreal Artworks Of Catrin Welz-Stein Look Like They Came Straight From A Dream

Catrin Welz-Stein is a contemporary German artist who combines digital collage and traditional painting to create surreal, dreamlike compositions that exist somewhere between reality and imagination. Working with vintage illustrations, found imagery, and acrylics on canvas, paper, and wood, Catrin transforms individual elements into new worlds. While her work is…

Bored Panda · Sep 24

Seattle’s 'Inconvenience Store': Former 7-Eleven sells tangled USBs, fake corn dogs and more

A former 7-Eleven in downtown Seattle has been given an unusual second life as an interactive art shop where familiar convenience-store products have been transformed into deliberately impractical artworks. Called the 'Inconvenience Store', the exhibition keeps much of the former shop's layout, including its aisles, checkout area, refrigerator and hot-food…

The Times of India · Sep 24

46 Dark Paintings By Kevin Peterson That Find Innocence And Hope Among The Ruins Of Broken World

Kevin Peterson’s haunting paintings imagine a world where childhood innocence exists alongside crumbling buildings, abandoned factories, and landscapes slowly being reclaimed by nature. Children move through these eerie spaces with wild animals at their side, creating scenes that feel both protective and unsettling. Rendered with near-photographic detail, the paintings explore…

Bored Panda · Sep 24

Turner prize review – soulful cyborgs go into battle with a stack of massive Hobnobs

In a truly competitive year, Kira Freije’s apocalyptic humanoids trounce everything in their path, even the sculpture that looks like a pile of biscuits

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Buddhist deity bought for $75 at a garage sale later sold for $2.06 million at auction

A Buddhist sculpture bought at a garage sale for approximately $75–100 later became the centre of a major Sotheby’s auction result, selling for $2.06 million in New York. The gilt-bronze figure depicts Cintamanicakra Avalokiteshvara, a form of the Chinese Buddhist deity Avalokiteshvara, also known as Guanyin. According to Sotheby's, the…

The Times of India · Sep 24

This Artist Creates Adorable Weird Ceramic Sculptures That Double As Home Decor (40 Pics)

Ceramics can be charming, practical, strange, and even a little unsettling all at once. Agata Iwaszkiewicz embraces that mix through Ceramika Matylda, filling her handmade pieces with crooked smiles, oversized eyes, unusual proportions, and the kind of personality that makes an object feel almost alive. Her creations move easily between…

Bored Panda · Sep 24

Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’

But Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he cannot accept any arrangement that recognises British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

British charity shop plate bought for £2 is identified as Imperial porcelain, sold for £7,620

A Chinese porcelain dish bought for £2 at a charity shop in Blandford Forum has sold for £7,620 after an expert identified its connection to the Chinese Imperial Collection. The blue and yellow "five dragon" dish was examined by John Axford, chairman of Woolley and Wallis and an Asian art…

The Times of India · Sep 24