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Roger Owen obituary

Other lives: Art teacher and potter whose work was shown in galleries across the south-west of England

The Guardian - UK

Bust of John Gordon could fetch £2.5m – if Highland town agrees to sale

Proceeds from potential sale of Edmé Bouchardon’s 18th-century sculpture could be used for community projects

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Harvey obituary

Other lives: Co-founder and former chief executive of Acme Studios, a provider of affordable spaces for artists

The Guardian - UK

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Parisian glamour (and snails) headed to Bendigo

The latest international exhibition at the Bendigo Art Gallery brings Parisian paintings and fashion to the Victorian goldfields.

AAP

The longer you look, the darker it gets: reassessing Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss

Is the woman unconscious? Could the man’s embrace be violent? A new film invites us to challenge our preconceptions about the gilded masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Stanley Spencer’s ‘village in heaven’: an arty weekend in Cookham, Berkshire

The bucolic banks of the Thames, dotted with fine pubs and historic locations, make a picturesque setting for exploring the life and times of one of England’s greatest artists

The Guardian - UK

‘This is our reality’: the Ukrainian artist putting bomb-blasted roads in a gallery

Some artists use paintbrushes. Zhanna Kadyrova uses an AK-47. And for her latest show, she braved unexploded mines to turn the shrapnel-hit roads of a formerly occupied town into astonishing art

The Guardian - UK

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Che Guevara’s lucky Irish cigar lighter among historical items up for auction

Other items include a bible Michael Collins had when he was assassinated, a newly discovered copy of a speech by Wolfe Tone and Phil Lynott’s guitar.

The Independent UK

Shepherd Ndudzo's celebrated sculptures tell an untold history of southern African art

The work of award-winning Zimbabwe-born sculptor Shepherd Ndudzo is instantly recognisable. Fluid, elongated black bodies and body parts flow from white rock in a typical work. The bodies are dancing or praying, holding hands or reaching out.

The Conversation

Stuart Duffin's latest exhibition speaks to the tragedy in Gaza

Stuart Duffin RSA (master printmaker and member of the Royal Scottish Academy) has every right to hold very mixed feelings about A Redder Sun, his…

The National (Scotland)

Typist Artist Pirate King review: warm-hearted portrait of outsider artist Audrey Amiss

Carol Morley’s fictionalised portrait of an overlooked British artist is generous to its subject but disjointed as a film

The Guardian - UK

No one can draw from life like David Hockney – but more than ever are trying

Growing numbers of hobbyists are attempting to emulate the artist and capture the truths of the human body at life drawing classes

The Guardian - UK

Seeds of potential: the Caribbean women reviving a dying art

Seed work was first practised by enslaved African women in Antigua and Barbuda. With few artisans left, efforts are under way to preserve it in a way that empowers younger generations

The Guardian - UK

Southeast Side mural pays tribute to hip-hop’s Public Enemy

This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at a mural on the Southeast Side, a new painting celebrating the Chicago Bulls and another piece of art in Austin chronicling Black history in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Tracey Emin: My mother was spat on in the street in Hendon because my father wasn't white

Yesterday I was in Brooklyn, I went to see my installation, Exorcism of the last painting I ever made, at the Faurschou Foundation.

Chicago Sun-Times

Humboldt Park artist Stef Skills loves Public Enemy and paid tribute to the hip-hop icons with a mural

The rap group “baptized me into hip-hop music and culture,” the artist says, with lyrics that helped instill in her “the spirit of activism and being able to question things.”

The Hindu

Ayroor panchayat makes Kathakali part of school routine for kids

Ayroor Grama Panchayat in Pathanamthitta, renowned for its Kathakali legacy, is providing children a chance to learn the classical art form as part of their school routine. 200 children will receive free training on Kathakali mudras for six months, with four trained artistes appointed to lead the sessions. The local…

The Guardian - UK

Hockney bounces back, a Myanmar blockbuster and fantasy in the library – the week in art

Hockney’s life and art, the crises of modern Myanmar, new works by Yinka Shonibare, and a celebration of the many worlds of fantasy

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The Guardian - AU

‘This is not rubbish’: retired Australian teacher painted thousands of works in secret

A collection of 7,000 works was discovered in Robert Martiensen’s South Australian farmhouse after his death in 2007, and is now on display

The Guardian - AU

My husband persuaded me to swing. I’m desperate to do it again, he’s not – what should I do?

Talking to your husband might be the trickiest bit, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. It could help to find the fun in this together

The Guardian - US

Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: ‘Like his face was crying’

Brass from the statue of the Confederate general will be used for a public art installation in Virginia city

Zenger

Rediscovered Bouchardon Bust Worth £1.4M Found In Scottish Shed

Rare 18th-century sculpture may be sold to benefit local community

The Independent UK

Priest kicked out of Jesuits for alleged abuse of women welcomed into Slovenia diocese

A famous priest-artist who was thrown out of the Jesuits after being accused of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuse of women has been accepted into a diocese in his native Slovenia

The Independent UK

Sanctioned billionaire loses High Court challenge over upkeep of mansion

Mikhail Fridman had financial assets frozen by the UK Government after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

How we met: ‘I’m normally rational, but this romance was like jumping out of a plane without a parachute’

William, 67, and Sandhini, 47, met 10 years ago at a formal dinner. He asked to see her again – then told his PA to clear his schedule

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