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The Scot making her mark in the world of art curation

THE best curators are invisible. Toiling behind the scenes, they are the progenitors of ideas ...

The National (Scotland) · Mar 29, 2023

David statue in Italy draws flood of tourists in wake of Florida uproar

Tourists, many of them Americans on spring break or studying abroad, posed for selfies in front of the giant marble statue, which features the Biblical David, naked with a sling over his shoulder and a rock in his hand, ready for battle with Goliath.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 28, 2023

Artist JonOne's unique style comes to Bangkok

For the first time in Thailand, a solo exhibition by abstract expressionist graffiti painter JonOne is featured in Bangkok under the theme "Thaï Love" at The Art Gallery of Rosewood hotel.

Bangkok Post · Mar 28, 2023

Visitors flock to see David sculpture after Florida uproar

Visitors have flocked to see Michelangelo’s David sculpture in Florence following the uproar over the Renaissance masterpiece at a Florida school

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

‘Before cancer I was really unhappy’: Tracey Emin on the joy of founding her own art school

When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Brueghel work found in dim French TV room sells for $845,000

One of Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Younger’s largest known works, whose discovery behind the television room door of a house in northern France amazed the art world, has fetched 780,000 euros ($845,000) at auction in Paris

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

Scientists gain insights into Old Master artists’ use of egg in oil paintings

Researchers believe egg was used by likes of Botticelli and Da Vinci for fine-tuning of oil paint properties

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2023

Old Master artists ‘used egg yolk in their paint to overcome humidity issues’

Proteins have previously been detected in many of their paintings.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

JMW Turner painting of Chepstow Castle sold at auction for more than £90,000

The British artist was 19 years old when he created the watercolour, which has been kept in a private family collection in London since 1956.

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

Greta Thunberg coming to the Southbank... with a forest of 390 trees

Greta Thunberg will join fellow campaigners including Malala Yousafzai for the Planet Summer events

Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2023