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We must recognise the true worth of museum collections to society

Letter: Museums are not corporate entities with disposable goods, they reflect our relationship with the world and with each other, says Dr Jenny Durrant. Plus a letter from Margaret Dickson

The Guardian - UK

In Rogers Park, love notes from artist Gina Caruso to her husband Keith Lord inspire a lakefront mural

She painted it featuring Post-It Notes with images of her husband over the years to show her love, and celebrate his role in creating the Artists of the Wall Festival at Loyola Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

OPINION - The British Museum thefts have exposed a deeper problem than just security

Its next director is going to have to implement radical culture change if the institution is to remain fit for purpose in the 21st century

Evening Standard

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Where do the items in the British Museum come from?

The British Museum houses a collection of about eight million historical and cultural artefacts from around the world.

Al Jazeera

Lindokuhle Sobekwa's powerful personal journey as a photographer in South Africa

Lindokuhle Sobekwa has been awarded South Africa’s 2023 FNB Art Prize. He becomes the first artist using documentary photography as his primary medium to win the prestigious competition.

The Conversation

Michael Rakowitz: The Waiting Gardens of the North review

Michael Rakowitz is an Iraqi-American artist renowned for recreating ancient Middle Eastern sculptures, said Elena Clavarino on Air Mail. He does this not with limestone or basalt, but using cardboard, food packaging and other modern materials. In 2018, for instance, he recreated a huge Assyrian statue of a winged bull…

The Week

Artist with upcoming Glasgow exhibition credits dying father for pursuing career

Alison McWhirter’s father James offered her some words of encouragement ‘in the last week of his life’ which inspired her to refocus her career.

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‘It became a nightmare’: artist Christian Marclay on global smash The Clock – and his new work Doors

His 24-hour clock made of movie clips was a sensation. Can Doors, a montage of screen stars entering and leaving rooms, beat it? The artist reveals how lockdown and our new age of anxiety pushed him to finish it

The Guardian - UK

Mystery over change to iconic Glasgow statue as artist's involvement ruled out

A CHANGE to the iconic cone on the head of the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow was not made by famed street artist Banksy, it has been…

The National (Scotland)

Iran's street art shows defiance, resistance and resilience

A recent rise in activism in Iran has added a new chapter to the country’s long-standing history of murals and other public art. But as the sentiments being expressed in those works have changed, the government’s view of them has shifted, too.

The Conversation

Epiphone and Adam Jones unveil ‘Sensation’ – the latest Silverburst Les Paul Custom from the Tool guitarist’s Art Collection series

Sensation features art from Korin Faught and is the fifth of seven collaborations between Epiphone, Jones and his band of artists

MusicRadar

Get your own art detective! My simple solution for the British Museum fiasco

Museums don’t win awards or get rave reviews for their security systems – but they should. I have seen for myself how lax British Museum security was. It needs to stop living in a fantasy world

The Guardian - UK

In Vicki Smith’s Dreamlike Paintings, Women Court Peace in Pools and Lakes

She paints in total silence in an effort to achieve the same meditative state of her subjects

The Walrus

Man Ray’s sculptures go on show in New York

‘Man Ray: Other Objects’ opens at Luxembourg + Co, New York, revealing their author’s ‘artistic revolution’

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The London art student whose Chinese political slogan mural caused a storm

Royal College of Art student Wang Hanzheng thought a Brick Lane wall was better than a gallery

The National (Scotland)

Scottish artist represents country on international stage at French festival

A SCOTTISH artist is hoping for greater success after representing his country at the world’s biggest Celtic festival.

The Guardian - US

‘Telling truths about this moment’: climate change author Jeff Goodell curates vital exhibition

The acclaimed writer takes on a new challenge with his first art show, bringing together work and writing that tells a long history of environmental change

The Hindu

Culture corridor at G-20 leaders summit in Delhi

The G-20 nations had arrived at a consensus on cultural issues such as the need to address the destruction of cultural heritage.

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An exhibition on climate change featuring stories from PARI at Chennai’s DakshinaChitra

Krishnapriya CP curates Bhin Bhini: Changing Climate, Uncertain Livelihoods, an exhibition featuring works from People's Archive of Rural India (PARI).

Evening Standard

Six shows to see at Liberty Festival in Croydon this September

The event will celebrate the work of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists from across the UK and beyond

The Independent UK

Queen unveils portrait at RAF Club of British resistance agent Noor Inayat Khan

Ms Khan was the first agent to be infiltrated into enemy occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the Second World War.

Evening Standard

Will the British Museum give back the Elgin Marbles? History explained

Greece argues that the scupltures were obtained illegally, while the UK says they were not

Evening Standard

David Hockney says he is ‘just getting going’ in Melvyn Bragg’s new Sky Arts documentary

Bragg is concluding 45 years of The South Bank Show with four-part series Celebrating David Hockney

The Independent UK

Monarch of the Glen painting moved to new spot in gallery ahead of opening

The new galleries at the National in Edinburgh open on September 30.

The Guardian - US

Beyond the canvas: celebrating Lichtenstein’s lesser-known sculptures

A new exhibition aims to shine a light on the pop artist’s sculptural work, showing another side to his genius

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