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Anti-apartheid art, Keith Haring graffiti and new life for fallen trees – the week in art

A retrospective of South African artist Gavin Jantjes, new works by Zanele Muholi and Charles Lutyens’ insights as an art therapist

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024

Henry Moore at the Courtauld Gallery review: a splendid show of the great sculptor's lesser-known drawings

These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024

Matadors and space travel: an audience with Denise de la Rue

At the opening of her new Madrid show a new world, the Mexican artist tells Will Hosie that space is the final frontier, but she won’t go.

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024

Laser etchings, Chinese missions, and terrible PMs – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

‘Language is a massive exclusionary tool’: Delaine Le Bas, the Turner prize nominee battling Romany discrimination

A new exhibition shows how the acclaimed artist uses mixed media where words usually fail – in unravelling misconceptions about Traveller communities

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

French artist Ben Vautier, 88, dies by suicide hours after wife’s death

Fluxus movement proponent believed in the idea that ‘everything is art’

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024

Shortlisted designs revealed for London's transatlantic slavery memorial

The memorial is planned to be unveiled in east London in summer 2026

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2024

Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official's comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain

Greece’s culture minister says the comments made by a Turkish official at a UNESCO meeting last week, casting doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, have bolstered Athens' stand in the dispute

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

King Charles’s goat: why did this small, ceramic trinket sell for £11,000?

Amateur handicrafts don’t often make a fortune at auction – but this one comes with its own fairytale

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2024

“It's the end of anything that that could have been tribute-wise”: Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

Guitar World · Jun 5, 2024