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Perthshire art student Jim will draw on the support of his painting pals when he turns 100

James Gregory turns 100-years-old on Sunday, October 9 but sadly because of the change in the reigning monarch, he won't get of a card from the palace to make his big day special.

Daily Record

Diamonds, a sceptre and a set of spurs among crown jewels inherited by King Charles III

Collected over centuries from across the globe, the crown jewels are as valuable as they are controversial.

ABC News

‘I’m proud of us in the picture’: a family portrait captures laughter in lockdown

In a new series sharing stories of the artwork in Australian homes, Alice Gage shows the painting she commissioned for her husband’s birthday – which still gives her a shock every time she sees it

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Catch Canberra's first Kinetic Sculpture Race - an heir to the Birdman Rally?

Make sure you get a good possie to watch the race from Braddon to Lake Burley Griffin on Saturday, October 22

The Canberra Times

Williamson Pink Star diamond sells for record £45m in Hong Kong auction

The diamond was originally estimated at £18.9million

Evening Standard

War memorial restored with £2.50 permanent marker after volunteers couldn't afford £5,000 repair

Action Shack members took it upon themselves to restore two stone marble memorials using cheap writing implements and hope they will be ready in time for Remembrance Day

Daily Mirror

Short story: Dream machine Winona, by Chad Taylor

"There’s a likeness to reality even in the abstract": on the road.

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NIMHANS to organise art workshop for persons with disabilities

The five-day workshop will begin from October 10

The Hindu

Rare ‘fancy vivid pink’ diamond sells for £52m in Hong Kong auction

Williamson Pink Star sets world record highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction

The Guardian - UK

Artist Turns Iran Fountains Red to Reflect Bloody Crackdown

Fountains in Tehran appeared to be pouring blood Friday after an artist turned their waters red to reflect a deadly crackdown amid weeks of protests sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini. A wave of unrest has rocked Iran since the 22-year-old Kurdish woman's death was announced on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Act of cowardice’: Mural of Marge Simpson chopping off hair in solidarity with Iran protests removed

‘We will not be intimidated by this despicable gesture,’ street artist says

The Independent UK

Francis Bacon triptych could sell for more than £30m at auction debut

The work is being previewed at Sotheby’s in London.

The Independent UK

Seven reasons to smile on World Smile Day

What better way to celebrate World Smile Day than to share some uplifting news stories?

Evening Standard

Pink Diamond Breaks Auction Record in Hong Kong

A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, sold for $392 million Hong Kong dollars ($49.9 million). It…

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Kamala Ibrahim Ishag review – memory maps and rumours of djinns from mystical Sudanese painter

Inspired by William Blake and Francis Bacon, Ishag traces winding webs of families and friendships with depictions of plants, neighbourhoods and – her main subject – women

Chicago Sun-Times

In Uptown mural, artist Anthony Lewellen combines a love of nature and ‘concrete and light poles’

The six-story mural at 844 W. Montrose Ave. aims to show ‘an overlap between nature and the urban environment . . . these two things that I feel like I’m kind of always wrestling with.’

The Guardian - UK

Brian Catling obituary

Performance artist and fantasy writer whose gothic imagination found inspiration in the ‘wrongness of actions’

The Independent UK

Pink diamond breaks auction record in Hong Kong

A pink diamond has been sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction

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Billy Connolly covered for shipyard pals skiving off work in Glasgow by 'making welding noises'

The Big Yin has shared a priceless memory of working as an apprentice welder - and the tea boy - while his fellow shipyard workers went off to play illicit games of cards.

The Independent UK

Countess sues art dealer after £1m family painting re-sold for millions more

The dispute centres on a version of Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin’s Le Benedicite.

Wales Online

50 years of horror: Twisted new exhibition in time for Halloween

Work is featured from artists such as Noel Fielding, Spitting Image, Pam Hogg and many more

Zenger

Meet One Of The Last Blacksmiths In Israel

One of about eight blacksmiths in Israel, uses tools and techniques that have been utilized for many centuries.

The Guardian - UK

Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel review – vivacious paintings of liberated Iranian womanhood

As protests against head coverings once again shake Iran, there is a disturbing deja vu to discovering what was done to many of these defiant women

The Guardian - UK

Move over Brits: Danish royals in crisis after decision to strip titles

Evening Standard

Frieze for free? The best art fair exhibitions to see at London’s galleries

Cheat the system and enjoy some of the world’s great art, for nothing

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