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Mario Cresci review – mind-bending tricks from an Italian iconoclast

Whether photographing the cave-dwelling inhabitants of the south or a black square he’d painted on a wall, Cresci showed how the camera could manipulate our memories

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

Proclaimers and Val McDermid lead calls to scrap controversial Elsie Inglis statue

The Proclaimers are among those who have signed an open letter calling for the proposed statue of Dr Elsie Inglis in Edinburgh to be rejected by…

The National (Scotland) · Mar 18, 2025

British tourist detained in US after visa mix-up returns to UK – reports

Images broadcast of Rebecca Burke’s arrival at Heathrow after her release from immigration detention centre

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2025

‘I think my fetish furniture hampered my career’: Allen Jones on decades of controversy

He wanted to remove sculpture’s safety valve – and blew up the 60s as a result. The great pop-pioneer looks back on an extraordinary career, from getting thrown out of art school to covering Kate Moss in fibreglass

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

Nuisance, "Modern Female Artists," Hunting, and Fiber Lines for Internet Access

In Bingham v. Kentucky Foundation for Women, Inc., decided Mar. 6 by Judge Charles Simpson (W.D. Ky.), writer Sallie Bingham… The post Nuisance, "Modern Female Artists," Hunting, and Fiber Lines for Internet Access appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason · Mar 17, 2025

The Mona Lisa is a vampire

When Bernard Berenson learned that Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa had been stolen from the Louvre Gallery in Paris, the art critic heaved an enormous sigh of relief. Finally, he reflected, he could remove himself once and all from the dangerous influence of the work. “She had simply become an…

The Conversation · Mar 17, 2025

"The 9 to 5 work routine was draining my creativity”: a day in the life of Tina Touli

The designer, artist and creative director discusses her work with the Pentawards and the value of celebrating small wins.

Creative Bloq · Mar 17, 2025

Borderline genius: how José María Velasco’s landscapes redefined perceptions of Mexico

An exhibition of works by the 19th-century artist shows his role in creating a sense of Mexican identity – revealing that he was more polymath than painter

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025

‘The Polynesians loved him’: the astonishing revelations that cast Paul Gauguin in a new light

He has been tarred as a French colonialist who spread syphilis to underage girls in the South Seas. But, writes the author of an acclaimed new book, fresh discoveries challenge this view of the artist – and even show him as a hero

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2025