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Joshua Reynolds’ ‘Portrait of Omai’ is a national treasure. Why is Britain struggling to keep it?

The fight to save the iconic work reflects a painful truth about the UK’s financial state

Financial Times

At Mona Foma, I encountered death rituals, underwater soundscapes, worship – and transcendence

Mona Foma has returned to Launceston. As always, the festival offers a diverse program of contemporary art, design, music and performance, and works that sit somewhere between. There will be bands, there will be lasers, and there will be queer woodchopping.

The Conversation

Why David Hockney's Bigger and Closer is an important step forward for immersive art shows

Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely painterly, he has challenged the practice of painting. He was an early adopter of computer-assisted drawing, using the iPad and iPhone.

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Fostering curiosity: the Tate brings great art to the people of Merseyside

Works from the museum’s collection begin a 10-week tour of the Liverpool city region

The Guardian - UK

'World treasure' Turner painting to go on show at Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle

City gallery announces it has been picked to exhibit the masterpiece The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W Turner for four months

Chronicle Live

Woman left in tears after star sign tattoo goes horribly wrong

Lydia Sawyer got more than she bargained for after asking a tattooist to ink her with an intricate lion portrait to represent her Leo astrological sign

The Independent UK

Tattoo artists share 'overrated' designs they wish people would stop asking for

A group of tattoo artists have taken to Reddit to share the 'over-requested' designs that they always end up doing on clients, wishing they'd ask for something more unique

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Race to save £50m Reynolds painting showing early portrait of person of colour

Exclusive: There are just two weeks to save the £50m 18th-century Joshua Reynolds painting – one of the earliest portraits of a person of colour – or it could be lost to a foreign buyer

The Independent UK

Our guide to London’s best free museum exhibitions – get your culture hit for less

London is jam-packed with fantastic free displays

Evening Standard

David Hockney’s cigarettes set off fire alarm at launch of new exhibition

The 85-year-old painter is a passionate advocate for smoking

The Independent UK

Recycling sculptor chosen for next Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

An African artist who recycles old bottle tops to make large shimmering sculptures has been chosen to take on the monumental Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.

Evening Standard

British woman died in Bali after drinking fatal local brew

Coroner urges UK Government to warn Britons of the danger of cheap spirits in Indonesia

Evening Standard

The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea at the Queen’s House review - a clear view to the horizon

Assuming you have a high tolerance for maritime pictures this exhibition is a fascinating look at two artists who entranced the English court with their images of the sea

Evening Standard

Did pop art have its heyday in the 1960s? Perhaps. But it is also utterly contemporary

Review: Pop Masters: Art from the Mugrabi Collection, New York, HOTA Gallery.

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Travelling artist brightens country towns with murals while finding relief from chronic pain

Despite battling chronic pain, Deborah Parker is living her dream, travelling through regional Australia in a van and painting bright murals to beautify the streets.

Chicago Sun-Times

Hyde Park native brings ‘Battle Royale’ installation to WNDR Museum

The New Vanguard and the museum partnered for “Creatives of Color,” a rotating exhibition spotlighting four Chicago artists. Nikko Washington’s installation highlights the dehumanization of famous boxers.

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Lamborghini Huracan STO Time Chaser_111100 Debuts As Futuristic Art Car

The same artist created a cyberpunk-inspired sculpture using parts from a variety of Lamborghinis.

Bangkok Post

Engine of creativity

When Aroonkamol Thongmorn was a student at the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, she spent her time during summer break working at an auto parts manufacturer to earn money towards the purchase of a new mobile phone. It was the first time she'd seen auto parts…

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The Independent UK

David Hockney, Lightroom review: An immersive show that synthesises Hockney’s career in utterly beguiling fashion

The much-loved British artist’s foray into new technology is a breathtaking triumph

Daily Mirror

Deep dive into British master artist David Hockney's stunning immersive exhibit

The Yorkshireman’s latest exhibition, David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away) - and it definitely is - opens on Wednesday 22 and places you at the centre of his art as it is projected around you on four, 11m-high walls

The Guardian - UK

David Hockney: Bigger and Closer review – an overwhelming blast of passionless kitsch

Gigantic projections of the painter’s work fill entire walls in this immersive audiovisual extravaganza – but there is no real art to catch the memory or move the soul

Daily Record

Tattoo artist reveals designs she 'refuses' to ink - which includes some names

Certain offensive images and even some monikers are strictly off-limits for this tattoo artist and studio owner.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow's world-famous King Tut's venue recreated in miniature by local artist

It's the world-class Glasgow music venue that's long defied its small stature to host some of the biggest acts in the country - and now it's been shrunk down even smaller thanks to the crafty hands of a local designer.

Evening Standard

David Hockney at the Lightroom review: full immersion into the artist’s career produces mixed results

The experience projects the artist’s seven decades of work onto huge walls in the new Lightroom space... but too much disappoints

The Guardian - UK

Art fraudster jailed for trying to sell 15 forgeries at Madrid auction house

Fake works linked to Guillermo CT include forgeries of Munch, Lichtenstein, Chillida and Guerrero

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