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Grimes accuses Elon Musk of not allowing her to see son as she pleads with mother of his twins

Canadian musician shares two children with Tesla CEO

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Artists want complete control over their public exhibitions. Governments say it’s not that simple

Collaboration between art and government sometimes breeds conflict

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Restoring the reputation of British Museum curators

Letters: A sad episode at the museum has been characterised by ill-informed comment, writes Andrew Oddy, while Elizabeth Lewis says George Osborne should be replaced as chair

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

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With Chinatown mural, artist Ocean Muerto says he’s playing with the idea of ‘dust to dust’

The artist says his message was that “even something negative can regenerate into something positive.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023

Craft of the candle

Arushi Agrawal's passion project of crafting candles, Seva Home, recently launched limited-edition candles in collaboration with artist Suryakant Lokhande. The teak-wood boxes feature a Maharaja and Maharani portrait, and come in two variants. With every purchase, eye cataract surgeries are conducted for villagers. The range of candles vary in size…

The Hindu · Sep 8, 2023

Illinois governor’s mansion haunted by history, hijinks, heirlooms and art — but no ghosts

First lady M.K. Pritzker gave columnist Michael Sneed a tour of the quietly elegant, Illinois artist-infused, dreamily redecorated mansion and exclusive details on the book she’s written about its history and secrets.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023

OPINION - How is Marina Abramovic the first solo woman in the Royal Academy’s main space? I’ll tell you how

Don’t let the great London exhibitions this autumn fool you - things are still grim for women artists

Evening Standard · Sep 8, 2023

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African identities, surreal genius Ken Dodd and doors, doors, doors – the week in art

The Fitzwilliam museum re-examines its legacy and recycling found objects points toward the planet’s future – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2023

Black Venus: Reclaiming Black Women in Visual Culture review

The representation of the black female body in art is a “complicated” topic, to say the least, said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. It is “a fiery stew of big issues” – of sexual, racial and colonial politics – which are all explored in this “riveting” exhibition. “Black Venus:…

The Week · Sep 8, 2023

Iconic Alasdair Gray painting to go on display in Scottish museum

AN ICONIC painting by artist and author Alasdair Gray is to go on display at a Scottish museum after its acquisition ...

The National (Scotland) · Sep 8, 2023

How photography can reveal, overlook and manipulate truth: the fearless work of Australian Iranian artist Hoda Afshar

Through her poetically constructed images, Hoda Afshar illuminates a world overshadowed by history and atrocity. Yet we never see despair: we see defiance, comradeship, reinvention and a search for how photography can activate new ways of thinking.

The Conversation · Sep 8, 2023

Alasdair Gray mural to go on display at gallery where he spent ‘happiest times’

Cowcaddens Streetscape In The Fifties depicts post-war Glasgow.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Tattoo artist astounds clients by singing during appointments

‘What would you do if your tattoo artist did this?’

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Champagne, Elton and million-pound lyrics: Inside the eye-watering Freddie Mercury auction

Fans, millionaires, and millionaire fans descended on Sotheby’s in the hopes of taking home a piece of Freddie Mercury. From fierce bidding wars to Freddie lookalikes, it was a night to remember. Annabel Nugent ventures inside the history-making auction

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023

Dining across the divide: ‘He was much more keen on anecdote than data’

They agree about corporate tax and the NHS, but will they ever see eye to eye on the Tories’ Rwanda plan?

Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023

Standard Art Prize: 19,401 minutes on the phone help student land award

Iman Sidonie-Samuels’ prize-winning work is made from 81 paper phone bills collected from her grandmother’s house in St Lucia

Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023

Brooklyn artist Will St. John: ‘If you go to art school, you’re paying for connections’

Will St. John has adapted a centuries-old style of painting to depict the modern-day stars of New York. Isobel Van Dyke meets him on the eve of his debut London show

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Artist creates portraits with wallpaper as ‘love letter’ to Windrush generation

Artist Yvadney Davies created an art exhibition as a ‘love letter’ to the Windrush generation.

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The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Freddie Mercury’s green garden door sells for more than £400,000 as auction attracts huge bids

Victorian-style silver snake bangle sells for whopping £698,500

The Hindu · Sep 7, 2023

The hammer has spoken | S.H. Raza’s Gestation is the most expensive Indian artwork ever sold at auction

Even as S.H. Raza’s Gestation sells for a record-breaking ₹51.75 crore, the art world is looking at a quarter that could go down as the most ‘value generating’ ever

The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2023

Roman bust seized from US museum in investigation into stolen pieces

Worcester Art Museum says bust, bought in 1966 but probably stolen and improperly imported from Turkey, to be returned

The Conversation · Sep 6, 2023

With 2,000 missing objects, the British Museum faces a historic crisis of custodianship - but this case is far from unique

Since mid-August, the British Museum has been mired in a controversy over the theft of about 2,000 objects from its collections. The theft is suspected to be an inside job that took place over a period of twenty years. Alerted to the sale of alleged stolen items in 2021, the…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

The greatest street in Angola: Kim Praise’s best photograph

‘I decided to get above street level and show the mix of colours: the oranges of the market set against the reds of the roofs. It is my country at its very best’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023

‘Beautiful havoc’: the film about the angel of death that lost its director to Covid

Steve Booth, former guitarist of scorching hot glammers Pink Grease, died before End Credits was finished. Our writer relives the Orphic odyssey that has finally brought his vision to the screen

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

New British Museum interim director vows to ‘restore reputation’ of institution

Sir Mark was previously the director of National Museums Scotland

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