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Pair in court accused of criminal damage to frame of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

Two tins of Heinz tomato soup were thrown over the artwork at London’s National Gallery on Friday.

The Independent UK

Van Gogh soup stunt sparks criticism

"The piece is fine. But the damage to the spirit of it isn't," said one writer. "Ignorance wins."

Salon

Muhammad Ali Prints By Andy Warhol Expected To Fetch Over $1 Million At Auction

Over 300 additional items of memorabilia dedicated to the legendary boxer will also go up for sale

Zenger

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UK Police Charge Two Women after Soup Thrown at Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’

Two women have been charged with criminal damage after climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery, British police said on Saturday. A video posted by the Just Stop Oil campaign group, which has been holding protests for the last two weeks in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK police charge two women after soup thrown at van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'

Reuters

Two people deny criminal damage after soup thrown on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting

The pleaded not guilty to the offences and were released on bail

The Independent UK

‘It was terrifying’: Stop Oil activists on the new battle against fossil fuel

An end to new oil and gas projects remains a key demand, but protesters now want taxes on big polluters and basic energy for all

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'I said one day, is there anything you want?'

Newcastle Herald

Francis Bacon triptych sells for record £24.3m at auction in London

Artwork had been on show at New York museum since death of media tycoon owner in 1990

Wales Online

Hackney Marshes photographer celebrates the beauty of London’s untamed wilderness

Photographer Freya Najade takes us on an exploration through the uncontainable wilderness of the Hackney Marshes, documenting the curious standoff between nature and the urban noise of the surrounding streets of London

The Independent UK

'Hot would be much worse': How a priceless Van Gogh survived a tomato soup shower

Talk about a food fight. The latest weapon of choice among climate activists? Tomato soup.

Los Angeles Times

A Melb Artist Is Suing In Federal Court After Funding Was Pulled For Self-Insemination Project

The art projects explores stigma around queer pregnancy.

Pedestrian.tv

Francis Bacon triptych sells for £24.3m at auction

Three Studies for Portrait of Henrietta Moraes was sold on Friday.

The Independent UK

Cezanne, Seurat works headline $1 billion sale from late Microsoft co-founder's estate

Paintings by Paul Cezanne, Georges Seurat and Lucian Freud will go under the hammer next month in a sale of artworks from the estate of late Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen that is expected to raise more than $1 billion for philanthropic causes.

Reuters

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‘It was unloved and used to mop up paint spills’: resurrecting a rejected Florence Broadhurst print

In a new series sharing stories of the artwork in Australian homes, Clare Delaney shows the used drop sheet that’s been given a second chance in her lounge room

Daily Mirror

Dad moves family into 6,000-square-foot nuclear bunker he bought for $300,000

The ambitious father-of-four Ruben Rumero had to contend with unique issues you wouldn't find in a normal home such as the amount of the radioactive gas radon

Irish Mirror

Former flight attendant reinvents herself as furniture glow-up queen and saves hundreds a year

Upcycling supplier Aileen Hogan creates stunning works of art from old furniture

France 24

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.

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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…

The Guardian - UK

Derrick Greaves obituary

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

Evening Standard

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

The Guardian - UK

‘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

Daily Record

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Evening Standard

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?

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