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Rare Pink Diamond to Go Under Hammer in Geneva

The Fortune Pink, an exceptionally rare giant gemstone, will be auctioned in Geneva in November when it is expected to go for up to $35 million (36 million euros), auctioneers said Monday. At over 18 carats, the vividly colored gem is the largest pear-shaped pink diamond of its quality ever…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sebastião Salgado: ‘I was transformed into an environmentalist’

The famed photographer is mounting a large-scale exhibition to raise funds for his ecological center in Brazil

The Guardian - US

Luminarts Cultural Arts Foundation celebrating 10 years of funding artists and changing lives

For years, the foundation supported artists with one-time monetary awards, but it wasn’t until 10 years ago that the organization decided to focus its financial and other resources on helping boost an artist’s career.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The remarkable generosity of Hilary Mantel will not be forgotten

Letters: Lucie Bea Dutton on the messages of encouragement the writer gave her, and another author on the blurb quotation she provided for a book

The Guardian - UK

Museums in England and Wales to gain powers to dispose of objects on moral grounds

Exclusive: a provision of the new Charities Act could have a significant impact on restitution cases for years to come

The Guardian - UK

William Kentridge review – never ceases to mesmerise

The spectres of oppression and its victims in his country and beyond are conjured by the South African artist William Kentridge in an epic show spanning 40 years

The Guardian - UK

An essay of war, madness and addiction by photojournalist Eugene Richards

The work of award-winning American photographer Eugene Richards was recently the subject of a retrospective at the international photojournalism festival, Visa Pour l'Image. The 78-year-old has documented poverty in the US, photographed drug addicts, patients in psychiatric hospitals, Iraq war veterans. His exhibition is called "An Outsider".

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County Durham professor to return from Canada to host Viking exhibition in Northumberland

Richard Studham left the UK for Montreal in 1960 but he's back at Hexham Abbey in October for an exhibition on the Vikings at Hexham Abbey

Chronicle Live

‘Past history of struggle has shaped the present moment’

ZANELE Muholi is a major figure in photographic art today.

The National (Scotland)

Cleaners at Amsterdam gallery ordered to let insects run wild in name of art

Spiders and creepy crawlies allowed to colonise Rijksmuseum to show how perceptions have changed through the ages

The Guardian - UK

Historic ship's figurehead goes on permanent display at South Shields Museum

The provenance of the South Shields figurehead was a mystery until an expert assisted the museum team in their quest to uncover the item’s elusive past

Chronicle Live

Campaigner believes legal graffiti walls ‘could break stigma’

LEGAL graffiti walls in Glasgow could break the stigma around street art and lead to “mutual understanding” with the public, a campaigner has…

The National (Scotland)

Holly's unique ceramic sculpture takes the prize

A distorted wrought-iron gate near her inner-city Newcastle home inspired Holly Macdonald's ceramic installation sculpture, which has won the Brenda Clouten Memorial Art Scholarships prize.

Newcastle Herald

Aboriginal artist David Hudson calls for respect and reform following Queen Elizabeth's death

An acclaimed Indigenous artist who has met three generations of the royal family believes discussions about the late Queen Elizabeth can be respectful, while acknowledging failings of the monarchy.

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Concerns Macquarie Point stadium plans could push out proposed Aboriginal reconciliation park

Reconciliation Tasmania is concerned the government's decision to choose Macquarie Point as its preferred stadium location could shunt aside a proposed Aboriginal reconciliation and truth-telling park, but MONA, the original designer of the idea, sees it as an opportunity to redesign the park concept.

The Independent UK

‘A voice that isn’t spoken over’: Iraqi artists want to tell their own story

Who has been allowed to narrate Iraq’s recent history on the world stage? And where is the work of the Iraqi artists who are living it? ask Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim

Inverse

You need to play the most meaningful game on PS Plus ASAP

This coloring-book adventure game is one of the best stories about art in any medium, not just video games and offers up an unforgettable world.

Nottingham Post

Gogglebox favourite Giles Wood 'retired at 21' but has a little known job

The latest series of the Channel 4 show has returned

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The Guardian - AU

Fears for Indigenous rock art as construction begins on WA’s Burrup peninsula

Ex-chair of Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation says hydrogen plant, gas facility and proposed urea plant are all threats to cultural sites

Newcastle Herald

Jump into street art around the city for Chalk the Walk

This year's theme is art on the streets.

ABC News

Cressida Campbell exhibition at National Gallery of Australia cements underrated Australian artist's place in the canon

Cressida Campbell is one of the most successful Australian artists you've never heard of — but that's about to change, with a major exhibition covering her four-decade 'journey of beauty'.

The Independent UK

Jill Biden honors Jacqueline Kennedy's preservation legacy

First lady Jill Biden has paid tribute to predecessor Jacqueline Kennedy for her pivotal role in preventing the teardown of historic buildings on iconic Lafayette Square near the White House decades ago

The Guardian - AU

Penis straws and obscene quilts: the artist turning junk into a queer church

Paul Yore’s spectacular installations are arresting, playful and nostalgic – but look a little deeper to find a darker message

Evening Standard

Memorial to police officer Matt Ratana is unveiled at Croydon service

A memorial to police sergeant Matt Ratana which was hand-made by young people has been unveiled at the custody suite where he worked.

The Canberra Times

Blockbuster Cressida Campbell exhibition opens in Canberra, National Gallery acquires one of her works

Cressida Campbell the exhibition is at the National Gallery from September 24 to February 19.

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