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West Belfast art initiative transforms area by bringing life to old black gates

The Stewartstown Road initiative engaged local kids to come up with ideas for artworks

Belfast Live · Dec 20, 2022

Wartime Ukraine erasing Russian past from public spaces

Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase Soviet and Russian influence from its public spaces by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honor its own artists, poets, soldiers and independence leaders

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Artist Tomás Saraceno wants to improve our knowledge about atmospheres – and arachnids

In Oceans of Air, the new exhibition at Hobart’s Mona, artist Tomás Saraceno imagines a future where humans become as sensitive to the environment as a spider in its web. He invites visitors to become participants in his multiple networks and projects. He aims to make us aware of our…

The Conversation · Dec 20, 2022

What is today’s Google doodle and who is Judith Leyster?

Judith Leyster was a Dutch painter working in the 17th century

The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022

Leaving London: how one family started over in north Wales — in a home twice the size for half the monthly rent

Rebecca and her two daughters were renting a two-bedroom house in Brockley, south-east London, which cost £1,600 a month.

Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2022

Giants of Mandurah fire: Hopes statue can be rebuilt as police offer $25,000 reward for information

The WA organisation behind the Giants of Mandurah exhibition in Perth's south is hopeful a way can be found to recreate one of the sculptures after it was destroyed by fire.

ABC News · Dec 19, 2022

Pope Francis orders Parthenon marbles held by Vatican be returned to Greece

Three 2,500-year-old pieces will be ‘donated’ to Greece’s Archbishop Ieronymos II amid wider conversation about future of Parthenon marbles held by Britain

The Guardian - AU · Dec 19, 2022

Jesuits ask victims to come forward in artist abuse case

Pope Francis’ Jesuit order is asking any victims to come forward with complaints against a famous Jesuit artist

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Green Vault: Bulk of items stolen in £100m museum heist found by police

Police say they have retrieved most jewels taken in Dresden art theft dubbed ‘largest in modern history’

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Conrad Atkinson obituary

Other lives: Artist who highlighted contentious sociopolitical issues in his work

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022