Glasgow artist paints Liam Neeson mural with actor making GBX song request TapendTef has painted a parody of the famous Taken scene which features Radio Clyde's DJ George Bowie. Daily Record · Oct 25, 2022
Professional Pumpkin Carver Shares Why You SHOULDN’T Light A Tealight Inside It can actually start to cook the pumpkin, so it goes off faster - the best thing to do is to get a small LED tea light instead Zenger · Oct 25, 2022
Lost Rubens painting of Salome could exceed £31m at auction Salome Presented With the Head of John the Baptist expected to rank among highest-value old master artworks The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Hayley Tompkins review – you’ll never look at a chair in the same way again Films with a toddlers’ eye view, mallets on walls and painted shirts – the artist’s new show breathes fresh joy into the way we see the world The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Geordie artist unveils massive 90-metre mural on Newcastle's Quayside that's said to be the biggest of its kind in the UK The Quayside mural is said to be the biggest piece of pavement art in Newcastle and the whole of the UK Chronicle Live · Oct 25, 2022
The new Margate art hotel where you’ll find Tracey Emin propping up the bar Uber chic Fort Road Hotel — set up by the founders of Frieze — has River Cafe alumni helming the kitchen and handpicked artworks by Tom Gidley Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022
A monument to violence The art world sees a megasculpture masterpiece; others see a tribute to American colonialism Salon · Oct 25, 2022
Hilma review – Sweden’s mystical outsider artist gets feelgood biopic Film candyman Lasse Hallström has delivered a cloying but well performed version of the life of Swedish painter Hilma af Klint The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
Then and Now: West Street, Gateshead, 35 years ago - and the same view today The distinctive four-metre sculpture Sports Day on West Street, Gateshead, takes centre stage on both our 1987 image and our more recent photograph of the same location Chronicle Live · Oct 25, 2022
Work begins to create Dumfries and Galloway community coronavirus memorial Artists ts Beall and Katie Anderson have been commissioned to lead the project to honour those who lost their lives to Covid-19 Daily Record · Oct 25, 2022
Bob Geldolf says Just Stop Oil activists who threw soup on Van Gogh are ‘clever’ The Boomtown Rats frontman said he would have been among the crowds protesting in central London if he was 18 Evening Standard · Oct 25, 2022
Edward Hopper’s New York: exploring the artist’s relationship with the city A new exhibition showcases more than 200 pictures from the ‘quintessential American realist’ that highlight a key connection between person and place The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2022
Jimmy Carr Destroys Art may be the stupidest take on ‘cancel culture’ yet The ‘8 Out of 10 Cats’ comic stands before an audience and asks whether he should destroy artworks by Adolf Hitler, Rolf Harris and Picasso. Even if it weren’t for Carr’s own sketchy history with controversy, Channel 4’s new programme would be a terrible idea, writes Louis Chilton The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2022
TV tonight: Jimmy Carr’s controversial art destruction show The comedian goes ahead with this questionable TV experiment. Plus: Stormzy is the first guest in Louis Theroux’s new celebrity interview series. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022 Donatello’s David sculpture to go on display in UK for first time Renaissance artist’s famous marble to form part of V&A exhibition exploring his cultural impact
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2022 ‘A lot of my work has this insane anxiety about it’: David Shrigley on worrying, God and drawing like a five-year-old He has been shortlisted for the Turner prize for his acerbic, often hilarious images. Now living in the countryside with his wife and dog, the artist has produced a new book – and his work is as tense and restless as ever
Leeds Live · Oct 25, 2022 'Freaked out' Burley Banksy from Leeds says newfound fame makes him feel anxious The 51-year-old, well known for painting electricity boxes in Leeds United colours, has been invited to speak at swanky dos and fans ask for selfies
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2022 Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art at the Hayward Gallery review - weird and wonderful A show about this extraordinary, humble material that can say so much
Los Angeles Times · Oct 24, 2022 Appreciation: Why New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl was the last of a breed Peter Schjeldahl, the eminent and widely read New York art critic, died Friday at his country home in the tiny upstate town of Bovina, near the Catskills, where he and his wife, former actor Brooke Alderson, lived. He was 80.
The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2022 Lady Leshurr attacked ex-girlfriend and woman’s new partner, court told Prosecutors claim artist attacked Chante Boyea and Sidnee Hussein after she left club in Hackney Wick
AAP · Oct 24, 2022 Spencer Tunick plans Sydney beach shoot US artist Spencer Tunick, famed for his photographs of nude crowds in public spaces, will stage a photo shoot on a Sydney beach.
The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2022 2,500 naked bodies needed: Spencer Tunick announces his return to Sydney The US artist’s next mass nude installation will take place in November at a Sydney beach. ‘We’re hoping for a rainbow of people,’ he says
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2022 Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy, 10, bids over $80,000 for diamond earrings The youngster stunned the audience at the Wearable Art Gala auction
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2022 I have never felt shame like this as we keep ignoring climate change I am bemused by the reaction to the climate salvation protests, which include some journalists suggesting motorists assault protesters when they glue themselves to the road. (Their obvious intentions are littered with lawyerly caveats, which is offensive. Euphemisms are for the cowardly and lost).
Daily Mirror · Oct 24, 2022 Beyonce's daughter Blue Ivy, 10, draws gasps as she bids $80k for earrings at auction Blue Ivy is encouraged by her mother Beyonce to develop a passion for the arts