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Jimmy Carter's woodworking, painting and poetry reveal an introspective Renaissance Man

Jimmy Carter was a president, humanitarian and Nobel laureate

The Independent UK · Jan 8, 2025

Pompeii comes to Australia, and ancient and contemporary stories of disaster and loss converge

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE.

The Conversation · Jan 7, 2025

‘I was drenched in painting’: how Jake Grewal’s nudes in nature caused a sensation

His dreamy, mysterious landscapes populated by naked figures have made him a rising star of the art world. But the young artist says he’s still figuring things out

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2025

The kindness of strangers: I needed a place to take my burnout and my dog, then a woman I’d never met sent me an invitation

A woman related to my memoir so much, she offered to lend me her holiday shack. When we met in person, we couldn’t stop talking

The Guardian - AU · Jan 6, 2025

‘Giant colouring book’: how money and paint mix in Melbourne’s street art scene

Melbourne’s street art is world-famous and highly competitive but these artists manage to make a living from their work

The Guardian - AU · Jan 6, 2025

‘We created our own island’: a new exhibition sees discreet Belgian fashion label Jan-Jan Van Essche step into the spotlight

Dal Chodha travels to Belgium to meet Jan-Jan Van Essche, the subject of a new exhibition at Antwerp’s MoMu that sheds light on the under-the-radar designer, whose eponymous label marries subtle elegance with extraordinary fabrications

Wallpaper · Jan 6, 2025

How I learned to paint in St Ives, Cornwall

A novice painter finds the artistic heritage of St Ives somewhat daunting initially, but expert tuition in a dream artists’ studio soon gets the creative juices flowing

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025

The ‘dollar princesses’: Sargent portraits of US women who married into British high society come to UK

Kenwood exhibition seeks to tell fuller story of wealthy American women who crossed the Atlantic for a husband

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025

Tudor psychedelia for £35 a night! Is this rescued Yorkshire pile Britain’s most thrilling holiday let?

It’s got triple-height splendour and 1550s wall paintings likely inspired by Emperor Nero’s villa in Rome. Our writer plays lord of the manor at Calverley Hall – once home to knights, weavers, stonemasons and murderers

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2025

The big picture: every chocoholic’s dream?

Irene Poon’s alarming 1965 image of a sweet shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown exemplifies her knack for intimacy and surprise

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025