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The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

Bleak expectations for London’s art auctions as estimates down

Total expected sales this contemporary art week are down 26 per cent on last year

Evening Standard · Feb 28, 2023

Gene Simmons As The Guest Of Honor To Unveil The Mural Of A Polish Catholic Holocaust Hero

Artists 4 Israel is expanding its series of murals honoring Righteous Among the Nations that will include Gene Simmons.

Zenger · Feb 28, 2023

‘Losing it would be sacrilege’: last-minute push to save ‘Ron’s Place’

Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institution

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Artist creates sand sketch of Greta Thunberg - using two rakes and a stick

It measured 100ft by 60ft before it disappeared with the tide

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2023

Lost LS Lowry masterpiece worth £150,000 is uncovered after being hidden away for decades

Lowry built his reputation for his paintings of matchstick men figures and industrial landscapes, but he was also fascinated by portraits and surreal imaginings

Daily Mirror · Feb 27, 2023

Nude figure with a huge hinged phallus found in field to be sold at auction

This male figure with its hinged oversized phallus would have had symbolic powers of good luck and warding off evil spirits

Wales Online · Feb 27, 2023

Young fundraiser Connor is first hero for mural project in Renfrew

A different piece of artwork will periodically appear on the wall.

Daily Record · Feb 27, 2023

Nude figure with hinged phallus to be sold at auction

Paul Shepheard, 69, was at a detector rally in Haconby, Lincolnshire in 2022 when he made the find in a stubble field.

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Royal Academy’s Spain and the Hispanic World – an expert in Spanish art reviews the exhibition

The Royal Academy’s first big show of 2023 is unusual. As well as presenting an impressive collection from Spain and the Hispanic world (around 150 items covering over 4,000 years, including paintings, sculptures, maps, books and manuscripts), it also tells the story of the collection’s source – the Hispanic Society.

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2023