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The secrets of the Olympic torch with French designer Mathieu Lehanneur

Paris's 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games embrace more than athletic prowess. The event is also a stage for designers, artists and artisans to showcase their talents. RFI met Matthieu Lehanneur, the designer of the Olympic torch, an iconic object that is one of the symbols of the Games.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 30, 2024

Loewe marks 100 years of the Surrealist Manifesto in Madrid

Loewe Foundation presents 'Surrealist Centennial' at the Leica Gallery, Madrid

Wallpaper · Jul 30, 2024

Ceramics, miniatures and mosaics: the London school reviving the world’s endangered sacred arts

From Pakistan to Iran, a new generation is learning traditional crafts and taking their knowledge back home

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2024

Hello sailors: what these two kissing seamen can tell us about Kamala Harris’s White House bid

With this luminous painting, Amy Sherald sought to ‘uncensor’ a passionate act that should only ever have been regarded as normal. It came to mind as I watched Harris setting her sights on the presidency

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Ora ïto expresses his design language in an artistic alphabet he calls Grammatology

Abstraction and functionalism inform two exhibitions from the maverick multidisciplinary French designer Ora ïto at St-Paul de Vence and Marseille

Wallpaper · Jul 29, 2024

After Narrow Miss in Tokyo, Torri Huske’s Gold Medal Win in Paris Was an Olympic Masterpiece

The Stanford swimmer and part-time artist stormed back to upset her U.S. teammate and world record holder Gretchen Walsh by 0.04 seconds in the 100-meter butterfly on Sunday.

Sports Illustrated · Jul 28, 2024

Paris exhibition celebrates global spread of surrealism

Pompidou Centre show will move on to Madrid, Hamburg and Philadelphia, changing from city to city

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024

How to draw a scene in graphite

Drawing a whimsical aviation scene in graphite – from thumbnail to final.

Creative Bloq · Jul 28, 2024

Paris 2024 apologises over ‘Last Supper’ parody at Olympics opening ceremony

The controversial sketch angered the Catholic Church and many on social media, prompting the organisers to explain the logic behind the parody

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2024

Who’s on the 2024 RA Dorfman prize shortlist? A lingerie factory turned weekend home, Ukrainian volunteer roofers – and more

The four disparate projects shortlisted for the annual prize add up to a heartening display of style, beauty, collaboration and force-for-good ambition

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024