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Story behind the peace murals seen throughout Liverpool and Merseyside

You might have seen one of the hundreds of small murals throughout the city centre

Liverpool Echo · Jan 8, 2023

At Skokie Jewish center, this mural by the ‘Pop Art Rabbi’ aims to convey the essence of a ‘mitzvah’

“There is public art in Skokie and Chicago,” says the Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie rabbi who tapped his friend Rabbi Yitzchok Moully to create the mural. “But there isn’t Jewish public art. And that’s what I wanted.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023

Interactive Glasgow mural to commemorate first female commercial pilot

The amazing story of Winnie Drinkwater from Cardonald, will be opened up to a whole new audience thanks to the project, which hopes to also celebrate other local heroes.

Glasgow Live · Jan 6, 2023

Kids, submit your artwork on Chicago diversity for student art contest; winning work to be turned into a mural at the Salt Shed

The Sun-Times, WBEZ and Vocalo are sponsoring the contest. The theme: ‘Bringing Chicago’s voices together,’ to celebrate the city’s diversity. Here’s how to enter.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023

In Nairobi, Naperville native Jennifer Sapitro helps Kenyans fulfill their artistic dreams

She grew up in the west suburb and has lived for over 10 years in Kenya, where she helped start a foundation and an art program for people in an impoverished area.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 6, 2023

Skilled Dumbarton woodworker transforms church pews into chopping boards

Tom Gardiner has upcycled the pews from the former EU Congregational Church on Glasgow Road.

Daily Record · Jan 6, 2023

I left my baby to write this. How do artists balance creativity and the ache for their child?

All writers and painters who are mothers must tread a heroic path. In an ideal world, we wouldn’t have to, says the Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023

Riyadh Art Exhibition Highlights 'Fall of Baghdad'

After the Fall of Baghdad in 2003, Iraqi Artist Elaf Adel al-Alousi left her country full of emotions that she strongly wanted to express with painting. Running until January 7, her first exhibition dubbed “Dreamers of the Other Time” currently held at the Naila Art Gallery, Riyadh, highlights Elaf’s artistic…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 6, 2023

How Hockney's iPad paintings illuminate his enriching way of seeing the everyday

My Window describes flowers and the sunrise in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. I started on the iPhone in 2009 … it was backlit and I could draw in the dark. I didn’t ever have to get out of bed. Everything I needed was on the iPhone.

The Conversation · Jan 6, 2023

British collector of Russian art saves Málaga museum from possible closure

Jenny Green offers to exhibit her private collection at Museo Ruso, a Russian art museum

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023