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Microsoft co-founder’s collection poised to raise $1bn in ‘largest art auction in history’

Proceeds from sale of 150 works owned by the late billionaire Paul Allen will go to charity

The Guardian - UK

John Singer Sargent sketch to return to National Trust house where it was created

Oil sketch of Elsie Palmer to go on display at Ightham Mote in Kent after being acquired by trust

The Guardian - UK

Artist finds calling on Ship4Good

"I never lived on a ship before. It's a new experience. I got many moments of tranquility and peace and hectic and intense," artist Victor Holder says. "It's like the ocean, chaos and calm." In mid-July, Holder (artist name Victor Dreams Holder) arrived to take on the Ship4Good's first artist…

Newcastle Herald

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Woman tells what tattoo artists actually mean when they say 'I'm booked up'

She went on to give some examples of the things she says to customers against what she really means

Irish Mirror

‘It gives off psycho vibes’: the sharehouse with a homebuilt shrine to Princess Diana

In a new series sharing stories of artwork in Australian homes, Kate McGuinness shows the homage she made to the people’s princess and an eBay seller

The Guardian - AU

Michael Schumacher’s Winning Ferrari up for Auction in Geneva

The Ferrari driven to five race victories by Michael Schumacher during his World Championship-winning 2003 Formula 1 season is being auctioned next week in Geneva, auction house Sotheby's said on Friday. The red "Chassis 229" Ferrari raced by German world champion driver Schumacher nine times could fetch up to $9.4…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Face Off make up artist Laney Chantal, 33, dies from 'accidental drug overdose'

Make-up artist Laney Chantal Parkhurst, who first found fame in 2013 after taking part in the show, was found dead on October 31 from an 'accidental drug overdose', according to her family

Daily Mirror

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Climate Protesters Splatter Van Gogh in Rome with Pea Soup

Environmental activists tossed pea soup on a Vincent van Gogh painting Friday in Rome to protest carbon use and natural gas extraction, but caused no damage to the glass-covered painting. Security intervened immediately and removed the protesters kneeling in front of “The Sower” at the Palazzo Bonaparte to deliver a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

For Riverwalk mural, artist Kate Lewis drew inspiration from classic Chicago architecture

“The Radiance of Being” celebrates iconic Chicago structures with Art Deco elements, including The Rookery, the Palmer House and the Palmolive Building.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘The past glory is returning’: Ibadan’s nascent artistic revival

Oluwole Omofemi is just one of many rising artistic stars in Nigeria’s third-largest city.

Al Jazeera

‘He was like a father’: Picasso’s forgotten muse and daughter open exhibition

Lydia Corbett was one of Picasso’s muses and went on to be an artist herself. Now she has a new exhibition with her daughter Alice. Maddy Mussen talks to them about a remarkable past and a creative present

Evening Standard

Who was Tutankhamun? New research on pharaoh’s jewellery to be presented

Research suggests that some of the jewellery might have been taken by Howard Carter, a British archaeologist.

Evening Standard

Scots city named one of the most cultured in Europe - beating Paris, Florence and London

Edinburgh finished second only behind Venice in Italy in the top 10.

Daily Record

Cash as canvas, Turner returns and footy gets fashionable – the week in art

An exhibition on money as protest art, the creativity of terrace culture in Merseyside and Frick Collection treasures visit the National – all in your weekly dispatch

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Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Is smearing food on the ‘Mona Lisa’ a productive form of climate change protest?

In recent months climate activists have been in a food fight with art museums across Europe. Their protests include throwing tomato soup at a van Gogh painting in London’s National Gallery and smearing cake on the protective glass over the “Mona Lisa.” Last week they threw mashed potatoes on the…

Tribune News Service

Channel stress into creativity after a long day at work

Channeling your artistic side can be good for your mental health, but working in a high-stress environment can affect your creativity.

Bangkok Post

Guru's Weekly Buzz for Nov 4 to 10

Our pick of the most exciting products, activities, art exhibitions, shows, food and hotel deals.

Financial Times

The Benin Bronzes and the road to restitution

Why a digital record of the kingdom’s looted treasures marks a new era in the battle to reclaim its history

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‘I don’t have those stone testicles’: curator reveals secrets and myths of Paris’s famous cemetery

Benoît Gallot balances the needs of the city with those beating a path to legends such as Oscar Wilde at Père-Lachaise

AAP

Con artist who posed as French teen jailed

Con artist Samantha Azzopardi has been jailed over her 100th charge after leading police on a wild goose chase pretending to be an abused French teenager.

Bangkok Post

See Banksy's work up close at Moca Bangkok

For the first time in Southeast Asia and Thailand, work by world-renowned street artist Banksy is being displayed in an exhibition titled "The Art Of Banksy: Without Limits" which takes place at Moca Bangkok on Kamphaeng Phet 6 Road from now until Dec 31.

The Independent UK

George Booth, cartoonist of domestic farce, dies at 96

George Booth, a prize-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker who with manic affection captured the timeless comedy of dogs and cats and the human beings somehow in charge of their well being, has died

Chicago Sun-Times

DuSable Black history museum to host screening honoring Chicago artist Norman Parish

The documentary, titled “Walls of Respect: Norman Parish and the Parish Art Gallery,” honors the life, work and legacy of the artist and art dealer.

The Conversation

Eco-activist attacks on museum artwork ask us to figure out what we value

In the last few weeks climate change activists have perpetrated various acts of reversible vandalism against famous works of art in public galleries.

ABC News

Renowned percussionist Claire Edwardes to feature in world premiere honouring women in steel industry

Claire Edwardes brings her collection of unlikely instruments to a new orchestral work that pays homage to women who fought to work in the steel industry.

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