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British Museum director Hartwig Fischer quits and his No2 steps down over stolen treasures

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer will step down after treasures were reported to be stolen or missing from the London institution.

Evening Standard

British Museum director Hartwig Fischer steps down amid theft inquiry - OLD

The German art historian has been in the post since 2016.

The Independent UK

British Museum director resigns after spate of treasure thefts

Hartwig Fischer admitted the museum ‘did not respond as comprehensively as it should have in response to warnings in 2021’

The Independent UK

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York gets flower power, Kew goes immersive and Wendy Red Star heads to London – the week in art

Still lifes by Henri Fantin-Latour, Islamic architectural inspiration and recent acquisitions at the British Museum – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Experience: I married my partner four times

Changes in the law and where we were living prompted us to have very different ceremonies

The Guardian - UK

When the Apple Ripens: Peter Howson at 65 review

Peter Howson is an artist who has spent much of his life “tussling with the beast inside”, said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. Born in London in 1958 and brought up in Glasgow, he immediately “stood out” when he first began exhibiting his work in the mid-1980s. For one…

The Week

Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76

The son of Picasso and French painter Françoise Gilot, who also died this year aged 101, managed his father’s hugely valuable estate until July

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The best exhibitions this week in London, from Donna Huddleston to Simnikiwe Buhlungu (September 9 to 16)

We pick the best art shows to enjoy this week

Evening Standard

‘It never feels like you can’t do something’: How Project Onward’s artists with disabilities strengthen each other

A gallery created a support system and lifeline for artists with disabilities to create together and give each other feedback.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police interview man in connection with suspected British Museum thefts

No arrests made and Met is working with museum, which said last week it had sacked a member of staff

The Guardian - UK

‘Grabbing you by the lapels’: a history of eye-catching NYC subway posters

Since the 1940s, the School of Visual Arts has been making alluring posters to brighten up the New York City subway, now being celebrated in a new exhibition

The Guardian - US

Hundreds of items ‘missing’ from British Museum since 2013

Police investigating after exhibits including gold coins and silver necklaces disappear

The Guardian - UK

Toppled, eaten, pooed on, licked, rusted and stolen: life’s tough for the treasures of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Its works by Moore, Hepworth and Gormley are priceless. But they are at risk – from toxic bird poo, shifting tree roots and 400,000 greasy humans. We spend a day with the team keeping everything safe

The Guardian - UK

Sharan Apparao’s ‘Ruminations on India’ showcases important signposts in modern and contemporary Indian art

Featuring 96 artists and over 150 artworks, the Ruminations on India exhibition by Apparao Galleries explores the journey towards post-colonial stylistics in Indian art

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Best art prints to make your home look like a museum

Adorn your walls with original prints from your favourite artists

The Hindu

Artix 2023 | The hotel as art district

Forty-three rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in New Delhi have been converted into galleries and salons to host Artix, India’s first hotel art fair

The Independent UK

Hundreds of items missing from British Museum since 2013, records show

A Greek silver coin, a 4th-century Roman coin and a German coin disappeared from the museum in April 2014.

The Hindu

Degree Show 2023 by students of the College of Fine Arts in Thiruvananthapuram explores a melange of emotions

outgoing batch of the college of fine arts in thiruvananthapuram holds an exhibition of their works in different media

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The Guardian - UK

First centre depicting UK role in anti-apartheid struggle to open in London

Focusing on movement’s history and legacy, centre will be housed in former ANC HQ bombed by South African police in 1982

The Independent UK

London artist who brought workshop ‘back from dead’ wins Shed of the Year award

Archie Proudfoot’s Frankenshed was up against 200 entrants.

The Guardian - UK

British Museum director says extent of missing items was ‘not revealed’ in 2021

Hartwig Fischer says person who first raised concerns is believed to have ‘had many more items in his possession’

Evening Standard

Greek archaeologists claim British Museum losses show Parthenon Marbles not safe

Legal action is being taken by the museum against an unnamed member of staff, who has been sacked.

Evening Standard

British Museum ‘must work on better catalogue to stop more theft’

More than 1,500 items have reportedly been taken from the Museum over 20 years

The Guardian - US

South-east Asian countries demand Denver museum return looted artefacts

Officials from Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand accuse the Denver Art Museum of possessing stolen antiquities and asked for return of eight pieces that were looted from temples and historical sites

The Independent UK

MP accuses Greece of ‘blatant opportunism’ following British Museum thefts

Legal action is being taken by the museum against an unnamed member of staff, who has been sacked.

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