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Philadelphia mayor, Creative Philly announce they will issue open call for artists for $500K Harriet Tubman statue

PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Jim Kenney and the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy have withdrawn the $500,000 no-bid commission for a new Harriet Tubman statue and will now open the process for other artists.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Artist captures life after steel mills close, prosecution rests in R. Kelly trial and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Miss the Car Kebab made famous in ‘Wayne’s World’? It’s back — sort of

Berwyn artist Pete Gamen has re-created a scaled-down version of the “Spindle” that was a well-known sight for years at Cermak Plaza in the western suburb.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Labour's prizes: Art, wine and the Ardern Cup

Labour figures buying art, wine and other collectibles for the party to auction for fundraising was not unusual, a party 'hack' told the High Court

Newsroom.co.nz

Letter: Claes Oldenburg obituary

Robert Vas Dias writes: When it came to my turn up at bat, I swung at the ball and failed to hit it, because the bat folded in half in mid-swing

The Guardian - UK

‘Basquiat fiasco’ at Orlando Museum of Art: Ex-trustees say they were kept in the dark on FBI

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former trustees of Orlando Museum of Art say they were kept in the dark about the FBI’s interest in the now infamous exhibition of purported Basquiat artworks — and that museum leadership ignored their plea to make that clear to the public.

Orlando Sentinel

Glasgow's relaunched Burrell Collection may be unique and much-loved, but how does it fit into the cultural landscape today?

After closing for extensive renovations in 2016, the Burrell museum, home to one of the greatest personal art collections ever bequeathed to the public, reopened in March 2022. Now, as its first major exhibition opens, it’s hard to avoid the fact that in those six years the political and cultural…

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'Pentiment' is a work of peerless brilliance

Obsidian's 'Pentiment' is a resounding testament to why major studios should be given free rein to explore passion projects, no matter how impractical.

Inverse

TV star set to switch on Blackpool Illuminations after Johnny Vegas forced to pull out

The designer has stepped in to turn on this year's illuminations as part of a huge switch-on concert

Manchester Evening News

Body artist goes viral after giving fellow passenger ‘impromptu tattoo’ on flight

‘Would you let a stranger on your flight tattoo you?’ asked the artist on TikTok

The Independent UK

Woman Turns One-Star Reviews Of Her Hometown Into Hilarious Artwork

A woman has turned hilarious one-star Tripadvisor reviews about the famous fishing village where she lives–into artwork.

Zenger

Mystery artist creates graveyard statue of Bristol's Princess Caraboo

Finally, a memorial to the woman who lived as an Indonesian princess for ten glorious weeks

Bristol Post

US court dismisses Nazi-era Guelph Treasure art dispute

An American court has thrown out a lawsuit against a German museum foundation over a medieval treasure trove

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil: Eco-activists charged with criminal damage over Hay Wain National Gallery protest

Hannah Hunt and Eden Lazarus staged the protest at the National Gallery in central London on July 4

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Liverpool Echo

BBC Antiques Roadshow stone head found in drain valued for thousands

Adam Schoon was delighted as he described it as "one of the most enigmatic stone carvings" he had ever come across

The Hindu

Thiruvananthapuram-based dentist Shalet MS’ solo exhibition focussed on abstracts in oil and acrylic

Shalet’s collection of paintings, ‘Intrinsic Escape’, showcases her experiments with various techniques

Liverpool Echo

'Eclectic' art exhibition taking place in Southport showcasing local talent

The exhibition is running until September 24

The Conversation

Jacques-Louis David's The Lictors Bringing to Brutus the Bodies of his Dead Sons is a gruesome and compelling painting

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Nottingham Post

Tributes to 'inspirational' academic who only ever worked at the University of Nottingham

"He loved me to bits and I loved him to bits, he did everything he could for me"

Chicago Sun-Times

In Highland Park, art is helping to return to normal almost two months after July 4 parade massacre

Thousands attended Highland Park’s Port Clinton Art Festival this weekend; an informal memorial to massacre victims draws a constant stream of people.

Input

This tweet conflating student loan debt with abortion rights gave me the spins

"Pardon my reach."

Bangkok Post

SAC showcases art inspired by local culture

Colourful plastic is the major material for contemporary artworks on show during "Polychrome" at SAC Gallery, until Nov 19.

Bangkok Post

Western, Eastern styles go head-to-head

A series of paintings epitomising the diverse cultures and historical anecdotes of iconic figures in various eras are displayed during "Retrospective" at Number 1 Gallery at River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung, until Saturday.

The Conversation

'If we stop communicating, Putin wins. Propaganda wins': how a Norwegian organisation is supporting Russian protest art

As an international student at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow in 2012, I remember studying Rekviem (requiem) by Russian poet Anna Ahkmatova, an elegy she penned in secret as a tribute to the countless victims of Stalin’s murderous purges.

ABC News

Darwin Street Art Festival's giant murals bring city streets to life

Since its inception in 2017, Darwin's Street Art Festival has transformed the streets into an outdoor art gallery that attracts thousands of visitors each year.

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