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Artist Zeng Fanzhi depicts 'zero-COVID' after a lifetime of service to the Chinese state

A year after protests pushed Beijing to end its strict “zero-COVID” controls, retired architect Zeng Fanzhi is on the road, displaying stark portraits of life under the policy

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2023

In a first, artists depict Mahabharata in mural style on a larger canvas

Kerala Art Gallery's Mahabharata mural is the first visual representation of the epic in traditional Kerala mural style. Led by Arun Aravind, a crew of five artists spent almost one and a half years to paint 43 scenes over 125-ft-long canvas. The project was completed recently and can be found…

The Hindu · Nov 26, 2023

‘Bold, outrageous’: forgotten star of swinging 60s pop art finally gets solo show

Before she died aged 28, Pauline Boty’s work brought a female gaze to the London art scene. Now she is set to reach a new generation

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Keeping Elgin Marbles in UK akin to ‘cutting Mona Lisa in half’ – Greek leader

Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said he will raise the issue during meetings with Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer in London this week.

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

Elgin marbles in British Museum like cutting ‘Mona Lisa in half’, Greek PM says ahead of Sunak meeting

Issue not one of ownership but ‘where can you best appreciate what is essentially one monument?’

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2023

Women in revolt achieved so much. Why are decades of progress now being reversed?

An exhibition of feminist activism charts the struggle towards equality, but hard-won rights are increasingly being taken away around the world

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

The big picture: artists Robert Frank, Raoul Hague and a lost bohemia

Brian Graham’s shot of his friends in a Woodstock cabin in 1988 encapsulates romantic notions of the ​creative life

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023

Prestigious exhibition to be staged in Scottish museum next year

A PRESTIGIOUS exhibition featuring Scottish design talent which has pulled in the crowds in Venice will be staged in Scotland next year.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 26, 2023

Greek premier to meet Starmer and Sunak in renewed push to return Elgin marbles

Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to meet Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in London next week

The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2023

From phones to flies, artist inspired by the everyday

Artist Nadine Christensen looks back on 25 years of painting with a rare career survey show.

AAP · Nov 25, 2023