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Artist honours Rishi Sunak with sand sculpture - but it looks more like one of his predecessors

‘Oh hi Tony Blair’, one person jokes

The Independent UK

‘Supernatural force tells me when to paint,’ says artist who works with human ashes

Federico Portalupi, 38, says he did not believe in supernatural activity before he started making artwork with ashes in 2020 during a Covid lockdown

The Independent UK

October design news: cave living and chairs made from car exhausts

Hyperlocal makers, rebranding a nation and the Design Council’s festival

The Guardian - UK

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Meet Boots, the poet who leaves inspirational messages on Chicago’s sidewalks

CHICAGO — After a 10-year relationship ended, she started writing poetry to heal a broken heart. Seven years later, she continues to write — but now she does so on the sidewalks of Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

‘It is the memory of the people’: unpacking Iraq’s artistic heritage

Culture ministry puts artworks on display once again after destruction and theft wrought by successive conflicts

The Guardian - UK

Rone takes over Flinders Street Station’s hidden ballroom: ‘It’s my biggest project yet’

The artist brings one of Melbourne’s legendary spaces to life with an immersive installation that places visitors inside a meticulously crafted story

The Guardian - AU

Rapper Ye, aka Kayne West, stiffed owner of Miami studio after demanding major overhaul, lawsuit claims

Anti-Semitic comments have cost the artist formerly known as Kanye West a slew of his most valuable business relationships in recent days.

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Artists flock to Brixton to mark 40th anniversary of UK black arts movement

More than 50 artists gather at Black Cultural Archives in London to have photograph taken

The Guardian - UK

Pierre Soulages obituary

French abstract painter who expressed a fascination with black in works popular with collectors and public alike

The Guardian - UK

French artist Pierre Soulages, famous for his shades of black, dies aged 102

French abstract painter Pierre Soulages, who has died at the age of 102, went "beyond black" in a career that spanned eight decades, exploring every possible interplay of light and texture on his unique black canvases. Soulages was celebrated at the Louvre in Paris, the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and…

France 24

Scouse comic artist and a filmmaker showcasing their work in exhibition

They will see their work on display at the Tetley Art Centre

Liverpool Echo

French iconic painter of black Pierre Soulages dead at 102

French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has died, according to the Soulages Museum in his hometown of Rodez

The Independent UK

French painter Pierre Soulages dead

The French artist and stained-glass designer, Pierre Soulages, has passed away at the age of 102. He will be remembered for his uncompromising use of the colour black, and for the stained-glass windows he designed for the abbey church in the central French town of Conques.

Radio France Internationale

Sonia Boyce’s Venice Biennale winner to be exhibited in UK next year

Feeling Her Way, featuring videos of five black female musicians, to be shown in Margate and Leeds

The Guardian - UK

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‘I threw my arms around Beckett!’ – electrifying first nights, by Ciarán Hinds, Eileen Atkins and more

The author of a new book about the greatest openings in theatre history asks stars of stage to recall their most thrilling first nights – and the occasional disasters that befell them

Reuters

Famous French painter Pierre Soulages dies at 102

Pierre Soulages, the French painter who came to fame with his works reflecting on the shades and forms of black, has died at age 102, the museum dedicated to the artist in his hometown of Rodez, southwestern France, told Reuters on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Richmond gets court win in lingering Confederate statue case

A judge has sided with Richmond officials in a lawsuit over whether the Virginia city can remove a final Confederate monument and the remains of a rebel general interred beneath it

The Guardian - UK

The Body is a Place review – a furiously energetic cultural vomiting

This understated show roars with justified anger – whether using thousands of bindis in ecstatic clashes of colour or letting rip on British nostalgia and racism

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The Conversation

The future of creative freedom is on the line, starring Andy Warhol, Prince and 2 Live Crew

The internet has opened access to culture. Billions of webpages build on the art, images, music, film, television and writing of the past.

The Guardian - UK

Claye Bowler: ‘I want to put trans people on the map in sculpture’

The first out trans artist to have a solo show at Leeds’s Henry Moore Institute talks about the way his casts represent his own experience of gender-confirmation surgery

The Independent UK

Horror exhibition to open with Noel Fielding painting and Thatcher puppet

The Horror Show! features large scale sculpture, fashion and painting.

Evening Standard

Good news: meet the London artist making lamps out of old Evening Standards

Emmely Elgersma has been working with papier-mâché for the past eight years - and discarded Evening Standards are her paper of choice.

Nottingham Post

Family's tribute to artist who was a 'familiar face' across Nottinghamshire

A memorial is planned in his honour

Bangkok Post

‘The Art Of Banksy: Without Limits’ opens today

British street artist Banksy, known for socially and politically-charged work as well as their humour, commands an international following despite a cloak of anonymity. 'The Art Of Banksy: Without Limits’ is a rare opportunity for fans in Thailand to appreciate original works and other pieces, inspired by them, up close.

The Independent UK

Metal detectorist discovers treasure at Paul Hollywood’s former £1.4 million home

Mark Presland made the discovery at the property in Adisham, near Canterbury, Kent

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