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National Portrait Gallery reveals shortlist for global painting prize

Three works selected from 1,647 entries across 62 countries, with 50 selected for final display

The Guardian - UK

My close friend is a therapist but all she does is complain. Should I exit this relationship?

There may be ways to protect yourself from her negativity without jettisoning the relationship, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. Start by creating boundaries

The Guardian - AU

Political tensions simmer behind Poland’s Venice Biennale entry

Painter replaced as country’s representative by centrist coalition is showing his work under the banner ‘Polonia Uncensored’

The Guardian - UK

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KNMA’s Kiran Nadar isn’t slowing down

Recently awarded the Padma Shri, the art patron is on a mission to promote Indian artists, both in Venice and at an ambitious new museum

The Hindu

Aindrea Emelife on bringing the Nigerian Pavilion to life at the Venice Biennale 2024

Curator Aindrea Emelife has spearheaded a new wave of contemporary artists at the Venice Biennale’s second-ever Nigerian Pavilion. Here, she talks about what the world needs to learn about African art

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Free expressionism: a fresh look at revolutionary art collective the Blue Rider

A new exhibition shows how the early 20th-century German artists, helmed by Wassily Kandinksy and Gabriele Münter, created a space where creativity could flourish without the constraints of gender, sexuality or artistic expectation

The Guardian - UK

VHP President unveils painting combining 108 depictions of Ramcharitmanas

Alok Kumar, the International President of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), unveiled a unique painting here on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail

Pope Francis to attend installation that includes short film featuring Zoë Saldaña and Giudecca inmates

The Guardian - UK

Javier Milei, America Ferrera among Latinos included in TIME's 100 Most Influential People of 2024

Actor Colman Domingo and Brazil's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva, also made the list

Latin Times

‘Women are not usually seen to be resting’: Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of repose

The photographer turned painter specializes in images of Black female solitude, luxuriating in the importance of relaxing

The Guardian - US

Berlinde De Bruyckere’s angels without faces touch down in Venice church

Belgian artist Berlinde De Bruyckere’s recent archangel sculptures occupy the 16th-century white marble Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore for the Venice Biennale 2024

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Streeton masterpiece sells for more than $1.8 million

A painting by Australian impressionist Arthur Streeton that was out of public view for more than a century has sold well above expectations for $1.875 million.

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Forget selfies. Now, you need a live wedding painter

The trend of Live wedding painting picks up as significant moments of a wedding are captured on canvas by artists painting on the spot.

The Hindu

Venice Biennale: what you need to know about 'the Olympics' of the art world

The glittering event begins on Saturday with 331 participating artists and 88 pavilions from around the world... let the games begin

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Elias Sime reflects on the destructive nature of technology in Venice

In his solo show ‘Elias Sime: Dichotomy ፊት አና ጀርባ’ at the Venice Biennale 2024, the artist spotlights technology's destructive nature for humans and the environment

The Guardian - US

Inside the world of hidden Renaissance portraits: ‘It’s very playful’

A new exhibition at the Met looks at the practice of hiding portraits attached to other portraits and the many reasons artists chose to be secretive with their work

The Guardian - UK

John Akomfrah’s British pavilion at Venice Biennale review – a magnificent and awful journey

The artist’s nightmare of colonial exile, ecology and globalisation – recurring endlessly over six interconnected video installations – leaves you unsettled, unhinged and gasping for air

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s a queered up history of art’: the provocateur turning Gaga and Kardashian into weeping saints

Why are there almost no tears in great works of art? Italian artist Francesco Vezzoli is rectifying this – by embroidering balloon-shaped drops on to modern mashups of Giotto and Botticelli

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See inside Derek Jarman's home for the first time as interiors of Prospect Cottage revealed in photographs

The artist and queer activist’s home was saved after a celebrity-backed campaign. Now a photography book offers a rare glimpse of how Jarman lived and loved

The Guardian - UK

Take that, Picasso: the frenzied work by Faith Ringgold that took MoMA by storm

The artist, who has died aged 93, spent her life battling white male dominance, in the gallery and beyond. Her work foregrounded Black American experience with a raw and unforgettable power

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“It always hurts to see the poor instrument face the wrath of these wannabes”: After another destroyed guitar controversy at Coachella, is guitar smashing simply not cool anymore?

After another destroyed guitar controversy at Coachella, is guitar smashing simply not cool anymore?

The Guardian - UK

‘Not even a pipe dream’: John Akomfrah represents Britain at Venice Biennale

Founder of Black Audio Film Collective says he would have laughed if someone had said he’d someday be in the UK pavilion

Evening Standard

Study for hated Churchill portrait immortalised in The Crown set to fetch £800,000 at auction

Winston Churchill hated the resulting portrait so badly it was destroyed

The Guardian - UK

Study for portrait Winston Churchill disliked goes on show at his old home

Painting by Graham Sutherland is being displayed at Blenheim Palace before being auctioned in June

The Guardian - UK

Artists refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until ceasefire is reached

Curators protesting against Gaza conflict say ‘art can wait but women, children and people living though hell cannot’

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