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‘An ode to Altadena’: LA arts community bands together to support fire-ravaged neighborhood

The eclectic neighborhood was devastated by the wildfire last month; galleries and artists are now working to protect its legacy

The Guardian - US · Feb 23, 2025

Investing in Art: 10 Things You Should Know

Savvy collectors know that investing in art blends an eye for aesthetics with a head for business.

Kiplinger · Feb 23, 2025

Netherlands agrees to return 119 Benin statues to Nigeria

The Netherlands has agreed to return 119 Benin bronze statues to Nigeria, the Dutch embassy in Abuja announced this week. It becomes the first European nation to do so after Germany. The majority of these 19th-century African sculptures, however, remain in France and the UK.

Radio France Internationale · Feb 23, 2025

Figures in Extinction review – Crystal Pite and Simon McBurney’s impassioned response to the climate crisis

The choreographer and director’s impassioned trilogy, a co-production between Nederlands Dance Theater and Complicité, reaches its hugely moving conclusion

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025

Culture wars: Trump’s takeover of arts is straight from the dictator playbook

US president’s attempt to control or dismantle cultural institutions plays into a long history of authoritarians using arts to push their agenda

The Guardian - US · Feb 22, 2025

Five Great Reads: the nuance of art, the pain of parental burnout and the mysteries of a velvet worm

Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Imogen Dewey

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2025

City Hall rejects plan for London art trail blaming lack of funds

A new artwork would have been commissioned for each London borough under the proposals

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

Nine working-class creatives on class in the arts – and how they made it

As artists call for better access to the arts, Sally Wainwright, Steven Knight, Larry Achiampong and others speak out

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2025

Designer Foday Dumbuya's guide to London: dinner at Stork, books in Soho and runs in Postman’s Park

Joe Bromley sits down with Foday Dumbuya, creative director and founder of Labrum London, ahead of his upcoming London Fashion Week show.

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

‘This could have all been avoided’: how Creative Australia allowed itself to be blind-sided over its Venice Biennale pick

High-profile artists and curators stunned by Creative Australia’s swift abandonment of Khaled Sabsabi, the art community, and the complex nature of art itself

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2025