Desmond Williams obituary Architect of modernist Catholic churches whose designs encouraged the active participation of worshippers The Guardian - UK · Mar 30
Jeremy Connor obituary Other lives: Circuit judge who chaired the Inner London and City of London Probation Committee The Guardian - UK · Mar 30
Dean Sameshima review – did the neighbours really not know? The extreme LA sex clubs hidden in plain sight Deadpan 90s photographs of seemingly ordinary buildings only hint at the queer bacchanalia within – and stand as a record of lost and beloved safe spaces The Guardian - UK · Mar 30
Painting considered workshop copy is in fact by Rembrandt, expert says Exclusive: UK owner’s version of Old Man with a Gold Chain reunited in Chicago with undisputed work by Dutch master The Guardian - UK · Mar 30
This creative startup wants to bring The Sphere experience to the high street Visual Endeavors' founder Aron Altmark is out to democratise immersive live digital art. Creative Bloq · Mar 30
Thieves steal Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings worth millions from Italian museum Four masked men entered Magnani Rocca Foundation villa, near Parma in northern Italy, and made off with artworks The Guardian - UK · Mar 30
The UK’s free-to-access museums are the envy of the world. Charging for entry would be a big mistake There are better ways to raise money than jeopardising a model that draws visitors to Britain and has huge benefits for the wider economy, asks Tate interim director Karin Hindsbo The Guardian - UK · Mar 29
‘A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: why Tate has lent an LS Lowry painting to a school Sending painting to artist’s namesake school in Salford is a first for gallery, and has brought huge benefits The Guardian - UK · Mar 29
Brisbane artist contacted by police over works that allegedly violate new Queensland hate speech laws James Hillier, known as Nordacious, told he could face jail time for some of his designs made in support of Palestine The Guardian - AU · Mar 28
Shirley Cargill obituary Other lives: Talented interior designer and gardener who oversaw a much-admired renovation of Elsing Hall in Norfolk The Guardian - UK · Mar 27
LS Lowry artwork goes on display in school It is the first time the Tate has loaned a work from its collection to a school. Evening Standard · Mar 27
Miscarriage of justice rape trial: Internet searches were coincidence – accused Paul Quinn, 51, is accused of a 2003 rape in Salford for which Andrew Malkinson wrongly served 17 years in jail. Evening Standard · Mar 27
Nature by the uncool YBA, armoured ceramics and dizzying Aussie abstraction – the week in art Cecily Brown blooms into life, Ashanti folklore is remade and three Indigenous Australians spill their ancient knowledge – all in your weekly dispatch The Guardian - UK · Mar 27
Evening Standard · Mar 27 Bird lover calls for pigeons to appear on £20 banknotes as they're 'national treasures' Tom Charter, 29, believes pigeons' contribution during the Second World War means the birds have earned a place on our banknotes
The Guardian - UK · Mar 27 ‘The violence of racist tyranny’: African Guernica goes on display alongside Picasso masterpiece Piece by late South African artist Dumile Feni is part of new series History Doesn’t Repeat Itself, But It Does Rhyme
The Guardian - AU · Mar 26 Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time Regular events at the Tasmanian festival, including the Winter Solstice Nude Swim and the Night Mass party, joined by Australian and international musicians and artists in a program dominated by Latin American art
The Independent UK · Mar 26 Italy's culture minister pledges to buy more artworks, as latest purchase shown in Rome Italy's culture minister says he plans to increases purchases of major artworks, as the ministry unveiled a newly bought Antonello da Messina painting in the Senate
Evening Standard · Mar 26 Foreign tourists could be charged to visit UK museums - including top London sites The UK government is exploring proposals to charge foreign tourists entry fees at major museums to bolster cultural funding
The Guardian - US · Mar 26 Uruguay faces dilemma from the deep: what to do with a salvaged Nazi eagle? Sculpture was retrieved from German battleship sunk in 1939 Battle of the River Plate but its future is controversial
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26 Frank Bowling: Seeking the Sublime review – shipwrecked Ophelia points the path to freedom This illuminating exhibition traces the British Guyanese artist’s faltering first steps of painting with a social conscience to his escape from London to New York and abstraction
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26 Expecting to live past 100? Then this show, with its rotten fruit and robot companions, is for you The Coming of Age, a new exhibition about ageing, features the sake cup for centenarians in Japan, Darwin’s skull-tipped walking stick and Sam Taylor-Johnson’s decaying still life
The Guardian - UK · Mar 26 The Two Roberts by Damian Barr audiobook review – love and lost dreams in bohemian London This fictionalised account of the relationship between real-life artists Bobby MacBryde and Robert Colquhoun vividly depicts their romance and rise to fame – and the fall from grace that followed
The Times of India · Mar 26 London shock discovery: Hidden staircase beneath historic church leads to sealed vault of coffins A routine renovation of the Garden Museum- previously the medieval St Mary-at-Lambeth church- took place in London, England, back in 2016, as a result of lifting a stone that weighed several tons, workers discovered a staircase that had been concealed for centuries. This unexpected architectural feature led directly down into…
The Times of India · Mar 26 350-year mystery may be over: Archaeologists discover remains believed to be The Three Musketeers’ d’Artagnan’ A remarkable archaeological find in Maastricht may solve a 350-year-old mystery. Researchers uncovered a skeleton beneath a church altar. The remains include a musket ball fragment and a 17th-century French coin. These clues align with historical accounts of d'Artagnan, the legendary soldier who inspired The Three Musketeers. He reportedly died…