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Cher’s flat new book exposes the limits of the ghostwritten memoir

THE READING LIST: The legendary performer recruited three different writers to help her with her new memoir – something so stacked with detail and juicy stories that it spans two books, the second of which will be released next year. But her concerns about her book not sounding like ‘her’…

The Independent UK

The Observer view: Selling a piece of fruit for £4m isn’t bananas, it’s decadent. Art is better than this

The sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s work, Comedian, to a crypto entrepreneur is a grim concept that has little to do with disruption

The Guardian - UK

American photographer Nan Goldin opens exhibition in Berlin with fiery speech against Israel

American photographer and activist Nan Goldin has used a speech at the opening of her exhibition in Germany to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza

The Independent UK

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Star nails are the subtly festive nail art you can get away with pre-December

Taking inspiration from dark, starry winter evenings, these celestial nail designs are minimal and perfect for an early party-season mani...

Woman & Home

Unseen Barbara Hepworth letters reveal ‘recipes’ for sculptures – and her high standards

A cache of notes that will be auctioned this week include the artist’s instructions to her bronze foundry and show how deeply involved she was with the casting process

The Guardian - UK

Hella Jongerius’ ‘Angry Animals’ take a humorous and poignant bite out of the climate crisis

At Salon 94 in New York, Hella Jongerius presents animal ceramics, ‘Bead Tables’ and experimental ‘Textile Studies’ – three series that challenge traditional ideas about function, craft, and narrative

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Turin’s Museo Egizio gets an OMA makeover for its bicentenary

The Gallery of the Kings at Turin’s Museo Egizio has been inaugurated after being remodelled by OMA, in collaboration with Andrea Tabocchini Architecture

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Calico Wallpaper founders Nick and Rachel Cope set up studio and home in Upstate New York

Having put down firm roots in the Upper Hudson Valley since the pandemic, the Calico Wallpaper duo is developing new collections inspired by this bucolic setting

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Researchers claim Tutankhamun’s burial mask may have originally been made for a woman – but there is reason to doubt

Since the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt over 100 years ago, the contents have been examined countless times. But new details continue to surprise archaeologists.

The Conversation

‘I heard the most phenomenal stories’: why 500 women over 50 posed nude for a photograph

The experience of posing nude for the project left some women in tears – but no one ever changed their mind about being photographed

The Guardian - AU

Inside Luna Luna: the amusement park designed by artists lands in New York

‘Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy’ – featuring rides by Basquiat, Lichtenstein, Hockney, Haring, and Dalí – has opened at The Shed

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Popular Glasgow museum named as Scotland's best building

A MUSEUM has been named the best building in Scotland following a major refurbishment...

The National (Scotland)

Surreal landscapes, psychedelic techno visions and pop art fairground rides – the week in art

Pre-internet computer creations get rebooted at Tate Modern, Graham MacIndoe documents his drug use, and a Keith Haring carousel is on show in New York

The Guardian - UK

Iran's vast collection of Western art, much long hidden, re-emerges despite high tensions with US

As Iran faces increasing tensions with the West and turmoil at home, a new exhibition at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is displaying Western artwork including pieces not seen by the public in at least a decade

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How Clive of India’s 1767 sofa ended up in a British south Asian living room

Seven artists launch project to ‘decolonise’ national museums and arts organisations in Wales

Evening Standard

Brit Awards unveil striking new trophy design for 2025

Gabriel Moses, who has previously worked with the likes of Little Simz and Stormzy, designed the trophy

The Guardian - AU

I want to find my ‘thing’. How can I work out what I want to do with my life?

Try too hard to find your purpose and you might miss it, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But wait too long for it to find you and you could lose out

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A friendly rivalry coloured by kinship: Wendy Maruyama and Tom Loeser on their two-artist show

'I wanted to make furniture, just not traditional furniture, but weird furniture,' says Wendy Maruyama on ‘Colorama’, a two-artist show presented at design gallery Superhouse (until 11 January 2025)

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Evening Standard

Art of Thom Yorke and Radiohead album covers to be exhibited for first time

The exhibition will include paintings, drawings and digital art from the 1980s onwards.

The Guardian - UK

Transgender woman wins record payout in China after electroshock treatment

Case marks first time a trans person has successfully challenged use of such conversion practices in country

Evening Standard

Duct-taped banana artwork sells at auction for almost £5m to crypto entrepreneur

Justin Sun purchased a certificate of authenticity that gives him the authority to duct-tape a banana to a wall and call it “Comedian.”

The Guardian - UK

Majority back British Museum exhibit on transatlantic slave trade

New poll finds 53% of Britons support permanent exhibition on Britain’s role in slave trade at British Museum

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Mexican designers show their metal at Gallery Collectional, Dubai

‘Unearthing’ at Dubai’s Gallery Collectional sees Ewe Studio designers Manu Bañó andHéctor Esrawe celebrate Mexican craftsmanship with contemporary forms

International Business Times

Banana Taped To A Wall Sells For $6.2 Mn In New York

A fresh banana taped to a wall -- a provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan -- was bought for $6.2 million on Wednesday by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur at a New York auction, Sotheby's announced in a statement.

The Independent UK

Banana duct-taped to wall bought at art auction for $6.2m by crypto mogul who plans to eat it

Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun identified himself as the buyer, pledging to ‘personally eat the banana’

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