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Sycamore Gap tree exhibition opens to mark a year since its felling

Section of trunk on display along with images sent in by public of the tree when it was still standing

The Guardian - UK

Activists receive two-year jail sentence for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting

TWO Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

The National (Scotland)

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed

Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022

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50 Funny Memes That Classical Art Lovers Might Especially Enjoy

Resulting in some remarkably good artwork, the blend of classical art and quips typical of memes somehow perfectly captures the realities of the 21st century. The post 50 Funny Memes That Classical Art Lovers Might Especially Enjoy first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Afrofuturism thrives in Philly − 5 artists you should know

From the creation of the Liberty Bell in the 1750s to the world-famous Philadelphia Sound soul music of the 1960s and ’70s, artistic innovation has long been a staple in Philly history. Today, the city’s thriving Afrofuturist scene is continuing this legacy.

The Conversation

Impressionism-on-Thames, a star slacker and a disturbing double act – the week in art

Monet brightens up London, Mike Kelley’s teddies have their big day out and Goya goes head-to-head with Paula Rego – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Glenn Ligon: All Over the Place review – Black art disruptor shakes down the museum

Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeThe US artist has rifled the Fitzwilliam’s collections and ruffled the calm of its gilded masterpieces with playful unruliness and stark, neon-lit questions

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‘A temple of liberation’: behind the unwavering rise of the National Black Theatre

Created in 1968 and making groundbreaking strides, the organisation is looking to further expand

The Guardian - US

Home is where the art is: bright, gallery-like houses and flats for sale from Bethnal Green to Battersea

Just the thing for an aspiring collector, these London homes have a distinctly museum-like mood

Evening Standard

Patriarchy 'smashed': ladies' win in lounge legal fight

A legal decision that forced the closure of an art gallery's ladies' lounge because it "discriminated" against men has been overturned.

AAP

Controversy Surrounds Church Art Amid Abuse Allegations

Belgian church confronts controversy over art by accused clergy, sparking debate on ethical display.

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Uncanny Visions: Rego and Goya review – it’s Little Miss Muffet vs the horrors of war

Goya’s disturbing etchings, full of terrors plucked from the edge of the abyss, leave Rego’s mildly subversive Nursery Rhymes looking like superficial sketches

The Guardian - UK

Monet at the Courtauld Gallery review: this groundbreaking show comes to London at last

For the first time in a century, the great artist’s studies of the capital are on display as they were meant to be seen

Evening Standard

'Get to f***': Glaswegians furious after Duke of Wellington plastered with adverts

Glaswegians have been left outraged after a beloved city statue seems to have had a bit of a makeover.

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Art gallery investigated by police over ‘pornographic’ painting

The painting has now sold to a local person who said they would be proud to display it in their window

The National (Scotland)

Scottish museum facing temporary closure as council overspends by £26m

An Edinburgh museum is facing months of closure as the city's cash-strapped council looks to take "urgent action" to cut costs.

The Guardian - UK

Monet and London review – genius lurks behind the capital’s filthy light

Between 1899 and 1901, this passionate painter of beauty came to Britain’s polluted capital to experiment with ugliness. Through the smog emerged a great modernist

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101 Hilariously Relatable Art Memes, As Seen On This Online Group

The artistic mind is a curious one. It's always searching for new ways to interpret the world and can find inspiration even in the mundane and unexpected. The post 101 Hilariously Relatable Art Memes, As Seen On This Online Group first appeared on Bored Panda.

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The Guardian - UK

Artists plead for activists who threw soup on a Van Gogh to be spared jail

More than 100 artists, curators and academics said Just Stop Oil action was in keeping with ethos of the arts

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‘This blood that is flowing is my blood, and that should be a positive thing’: Tracey Emin at White Cube

Tracey Emin’s exhibition ‘I followed you to the end’ has opened at White Cube Bermondsey in London, and traces the artist’s journey through loss

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The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw reinterprets the ‘white box’ in Poland

The Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw opens its minimalist doors to a design by Thomas Phifer and Partners

The Guardian - UK

Norman Ackroyd obituary

Artist whose etchings of British landscapes were produced with technical brilliance

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Jonathan Lyndon Chase on creating a ‘complicated and messy’ domestic space for Acne Studios’ latest show

A musing on ‘emotions and the body, and how they affect the space around you’: American artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase tells Mahoro Seward the story behind their Acne Studios runway set, which will backdrop the brand’s S/S 2025 show in Paris later today

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Sportswear logos, intimate portraits and a curled-up cat: Elizabeth Radcliffe’s beguiling tapestries go on show in New York

At Scottish artist Elizabeth Radcliffe's first US exhibition, a series exploring identity through branding is among works at Tribeca gallery Margot Samel

The Conversation

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

There is little doubt that historic racism has influenced the content and composition of several famous figurative paintings. In March 2024, this could be seen in the debate around the exhibition of the Rex Whistler mural, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats (1927), at the Tate Britain. Critics asked…

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