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Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters

This corporate gathering full of artists’ drab, desperate attempts to get bought by clueless rich collectors has domesticated contemporary art and thus killed it

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023

New stores are sweet relief from Oxford St candy curse

City Voices: Oxford Street will be made wider, greener, and more pleasant to spend time on

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

‘They won’t last long’: London artist fears elderly parents taken hostage by Hamas

Sharone Lifschitz, from Walthamstow, says she is ‘broken’ after her parents went missing

Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2023

Manhole covers become collector’s items in Japan

Kyoto to sell its obsolete manhole covers in a bid to cash in on the public’s fascination with the decorated pieces

The Guardian - AU · Oct 11, 2023

Colourful beauty of Parthenon marbles revealed in scientific analysis

Innovative scanning techniques show painting of sculptures was potentially as intricate as their carving

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Nicole Eisenman review – Castration? Giving birth while being hanged? Nothing is too OTT here

As erudite as it is fun, this daring American painter’s electrifying retrospective proves nothing is too silly, too trashy, too raunchy or too difficult for her to attempt

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Philip Guston: controversial delayed Tate show asks 'what would it be like to be evil?'

American painter Philip Guston’s (1913-1980) work was filled with creative innovation. But the paintings he is best known for are the series of cartoonish hooded figures begun in the late 1960s.

The Conversation · Oct 10, 2023

‘Famous then forgotten’: can Frieze rescue the legions of lost female painters?

Their work dazzled the world – but was obliterated from history. As the giant art fair Frieze opens in London, we explore its historic new section aiming to write women back into the story of art

The Guardian - UK · Oct 10, 2023

Porcelain sculptures of gods: Inspired by India, made in Spain

In its 70th year, Spain-born Lladró, known for its handcrafted porcelain sculptures, opens its second-largest store in India and launches two sculptures — Radha Krishna on a swing and the Ram Darbar — inspired by Hindu mythology

The Hindu · Oct 10, 2023

Michael Armitage print unveiled as new artwork for diplomatic buildings

The Government Art Collection has commissioned a unique limited edition print by a leading British artist every year since 2018.

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023