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Climate activists target art: Van Gogh’s masterpiece “Sunflowers” defaced

Environmental protesters threw tomato soup over one of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings at London's National Gallery on Friday, in the latest "direct-action" stunt targeting works of art.

France 24

Composer Lei Liang and Scripps oceanographers take deep dive in Arctic to create game-changing 'Six Seasons'

SAN DIEGO — Groundbreaking composer Lei Liang has never been to the Arctic or to its Chukchi Sea, which sits between Alaska and Siberia. But that imposing 240,000-square-mile body of water's beneath-the-surface sounds not only inspired his provocative new work, "Six Seasons," they are an intrinsic and very audible part…

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Derrick Greaves obituary

Artist whose first solo show was a popular and critical success, and who later taught printmaking at Norwich School of Art

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Where is the Van Gogh sunflower painting and why was it attacked?

A can of tomato soup was thrown at Vincent Van Gogh’s historic Sunflowers painting

Evening Standard

‘I never want to leave’: the immersive exhibition where art breaks free

Art experience Frameless is winning over audiences with its dazzling displays of animated masterpieces

The Guardian - UK

Huge mural on Odeon building would 'improve image' of Ayr town centre

Siobhian Brown is calling on South Ayrshire Council to step up and find ways to fund the artwork.

Daily Record

100,000 tulip bulbs to be planted on South Side vacant lots

The public work orchestrated by Chicago artist Amanda Williams aims to redefine redlining in Washington Park.

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Eco-warriors attack Van Gogh’s Sunflowers with Heinz soup – here are the other famous acts of art vandalism

What is it about art that activists (love to) hate so much?

Evening Standard

Who are Just Stop Oil as activists throw soup over £76m Van Gogh painting

Just Stop Oil claim its supporters are engaging in an 'act of resistance' against a criminal government.

Daily Record

Woman gets mystery tattoo from stranger behind wall and instantly regrets decision

The woman put her blind faith in an artist for a mystery tattoo and almost immediately started searching for nearby laser clinics.

Daily Record

Rensselaer, Indiana, has become a mural hot spot, drawing people from the Chicago area, elsewhere

More than 60 murals have gone up in six years in the small town about 85 miles from Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

John Currin: ‘Misogyny’s kind of a dumb word. I don’t hate women. I hate men’

His paintings of nude women remain controversial yet sell for huge sums of money. Now with a new exhibition, 30 years after his first, the American artist talks inspirations, ‘the real history of art’ and the turning point in his life

The Guardian - UK

Fuseli and the Modern Woman review – a dark, perverse mindset laid bare

Absurdist updos, bulbous buttocks – the Swiss painter’s surrealist portrayals of women go into the weird recesses of the 18th-century gothic imagination

The Guardian - UK

Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London

Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting.

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Brad Pitt recalls ‘failed relationships’ amid Angelina Jolie abuse allegations

Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016

Evening Standard

London College of Fashion showcases black talent in exhibition through Black History Month

A London College of Fashion exhibition taking place throughout Black History Month is aiming to highlight the influence of black culture and history through fashion.

Al Jazeera

Environmental activists throw soup over van Gogh’s Sunflowers

London’s National Gallery says action caused ‘some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed’.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil’s attacks on art risk becoming a cliché

Though there is situationist wit in throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the protest is more likely to provoke eye-rolls than action

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Cultural Capital: Frieze Art Fair special - we visit the tent in Regent’s Park for the biggest show in town

It’s a Frieze Art Fair special

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil activists arrested as Met Police HQ sprayed with orange paint

One activist said she was carrying out the protest to draw attention to five protesters from the group who are in prison

The Guardian - UK

The Turner prize heads to Merseyside and sofas get sexy – the week in art

Tate Liverpool opens its Turner prize exhibition, the Design Museum hosts a new show on surrealism and the pre-Raphaelites decode a mythic king – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London

Edinburgh Live

Da Vinci rapist Robert Greens 'moved out' of Midlothian home as house boarded up

Witnesses have reported that the notorious Da Vinci rapist has been relocated after weeks of persistent community action from raging residents who wanted him out.

Belfast Live

Local artist donates work to fundraiser after husband loses studio in Belfast fire

“The creative community in Belfast show up for each other. It feels natural for me to offer this painting in support."

Reuters

UK climate change protesters throw soup at van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'

Climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery on Friday, causing minor damage to the frame.

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