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‘Hopefully people don’t think I made a shrine to myself’: a portrait gifted to a fellow skateboarder

In our series on artworks in Australian homes, Morgan Campbell shows a piece by a renowned street artist that’s steeped in skating nostalgia

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2023

When liberal institutions screw up

A small college panicked and fired a professor — but the real lessons aren't the ones the right wants to teach

Salon · Mar 4, 2023

Climate activists target art work near German parliament

Climate activists have splashed a dark liquid over an art work near the German parliament building engraved with key articles from the country’s constitution, drawing condemnation from the speaker of parliament and other lawmakers

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2023

Scientists reveal hidden corridor inside Cairo's Great Pyramid

Scientists have discovered a hidden passage inside Egypt's Great Pyramid. The find is part of a seven-year international research mission.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 3, 2023

David Bowie: five must-have items for the V&A's new centre

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced the opening of a new David Bowie Centre for the Performing Arts in 2025 at V&A East Storehouse in east London. This follows the news that the museum has acquired – through donation – the artist’s fabled archive.

The Conversation · Mar 3, 2023

The Profumo sex scandal revisited, rival queens and a post-human pioneer – the week in art

New depictions of Christine Keeler and the great 60s sex scandal, archive insights into two of Henry VIII’s wives and experiments with art in the age of AI

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023

The three-tonne Edinburgh statue that was accidentally dropped from a crane

The famous equestrian statue on Princes Street fell from a crane just days before its official unveiling, with one worker sustaining a head injury.

Edinburgh Live · Mar 3, 2023

Kandinsky painting stolen by Nazis fetches record £37.2m at auction

London sale comes after descendants of the owners, one of whom was murdered at Auschwitz, were reunited with work found in Dutch museum

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2023

Getting off the beaten track in Crete on a road trip to the Greek island’s rebellious heart

Forget fly and flop: central Crete’s highlands have long been a stronghold of resistance against invaders throughout the island’s history. Len Williams takes a drive through this fascinatingly rebellious region

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Egypt unveils 4,500-year-old tunnel hidden inside Great Pyramid

Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago.

France 24 · Mar 3, 2023