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Statue of ‘curvy’ mermaid divides Italian fishing town

Busty statue divides opinion online before official unveiling

The Independent UK

Belfast city centre Frederick Douglass statue finally gets planning green light

The council received anonymous objections suggesting a lack of consultation

Belfast Live

Inside the DAG x Jamini Roy house

While India has not had a private ‘single artist’ museum so far, CEO Ashish Anand explains why it is time for change

The Hindu

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‘Too provocative’ mermaid statue causes stir in southern Italy

Art school headteacher hails ‘tribute to the great majority of women who are curvy’ amid social media uproar

The Guardian - UK

New Tate Modern Director announced as Karin Hindsbo, Director of the National Museum in Oslo

Hindsbo oversaw a major consolidation of five national organisations in Norway, so knows a thing or two about big venues

Evening Standard

‘Beyond excited’: Head of Norway’s National Museum named new Tate Modern director

Karin Hindsbo vows to ‘continue the magnificent work being done’ at the landmark London venue as she prepares to replace Frances Morris in September

The Guardian - UK

Artwork showing train journey through Ukraine goes on show ahead of Eurovision

The work, Izyum to Liverpool by Katya Buchatska, is one of a number of works commissioned as part of EuroFestival.

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Persian power, Pinochet protests and postwar punks and princes – the week in art

A new twist on Greece v Persia, the Pinochet dictatorship remembered through art, and a provocative mash-up of art history and modern life

The Guardian - UK

King Charles III coronation: what the controversy over an ancient stone tells us about historical symbols in the modern age

The coronation of King Charles III will see history play out in the modern age. From the venue of Westminster Abbey to the coronation oath, the symbolism is steeped in centuries of tradition. One symbol, the “Coronation stone” – also known as the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny…

The Conversation

Royal Mail reveals four new stamps for King's Coronation

The stamps go on sale on May 6

Manchester Evening News

Carsethorn artist Ailsa Black shares her story in Galloway People

A newspaper featured a jigsaw with one of Ailsa's artworks as one of their top 10 puzzles for adults during lockdown

Daily Record

'Artist activist' says he wants to bring about change

Actor, writer and singer Tayo Aluko is inspired by Paul Robeson and Harry Belafonte

Liverpool Echo

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life review

The premise for this new exhibition is a “weird” one indeed, said Laura Freeman in The Times. On the face of it, the Dutch artist Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) and the Swedish painter Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) have little in common: he was a cosmopolitan modernist, she a visionary mystic; he…

The Week

King’s crowning appears on new stamps celebrating coronation

The stamps, which cost £7.50 for four, will go on general sale from 6 May

The Independent UK

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Auerbach, grand master of paint, as hot-wired as a live grenade at 92

A mesmerising show of late, great self-portraits proves why Frank Auerbach is one of Britain’s most celebrated painters, writes Geordie Greig

The Hindu

Visakhapatnam joins the global phenomenon of urban sketching

In Visakhapatnam, artists and amateurs meet every weekend to chronicle the city’s architecture and open spaces as a part of the global trend of urban sketching

The Hindu

Calligrapher Artist Bhattathiri exhibits works based on Kumaran Asan’s poems in Thiruvananthapuram

exhibition of calligraphy works by artist bhattathiri on verses of kumaran asan in thiruvananthapuram

The Conversation

From joyous celebration to the depths of grief: the new orthodoxy of the Archibald prize is there is no orthodoxy

About 50 years ago an unknown artist entered a portrait of the artist Russell Drysdale in the Archibald Prize. They had painted the artist as a craggy head, emerging from the landscape. The gallery trustees, who knew Drysdale well, loved it – but it was never hung. In their collective…

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The Independent UK

The royal family has been captured in art for generations

A Government-funded scheme is offering public authorities the chance to claim a free portrait of the King ahead of his coronation in May.

The Independent UK

Moment of King’s crowning to appear on new stamps celebrating coronation

The set is based on newly-commissioned wood engravings by artist Andrew Davidson.

Daily Mirror

Inside Homes Under the Hammer 'time warp' house unchanged from the Victorian era

A house in Stoke-on-Trent was visited by the BBC's Home Under the Hammer as it went up for auction unchanged from the Victorian era by late local artist Tim Chitty

Chronicle Live

County Durham man convicted of possessing Viking coins which change history - after he tried to sell them

Police found the 44 coins, which are valued at approximately £766,000, at properties in County Durham and Lancashire

The Independent UK

Tom of Finland exhibit celebrates Nordic country's gay icon

A new exhibition showing the works of Touko Laaksonen, better known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, adds a personal touch to the late Finnish artist whose homoerotic drawings of muscular men gained a following in the gay community from the 1950s

The Independent UK

Chopin museum reopens in Warsaw with new original exhibits

A baroque Warsaw mansion hosting a museum dedicated to Polish pianist and composer Frederic Chopin reopens this week after months of renovations spurred by the pandemic

Chronicle Live

Spanish City's original iconic 'Dancing Ladies' set to be replaced with replicas and placed inside, pending council approval

The original duo may soon be moved inside Whitley Bay's Dome with new replicas bearing the elements outside

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