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. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2022
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? Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022
Who are Just Stop Oil as activists throw soup over £76m Van Gogh painting Just Stop Oil claim its supporters are engaging in an 'act of resistance' against a criminal government. Daily Record · Oct 14, 2022
Woman gets mystery tattoo from stranger behind wall and instantly regrets decision The woman put her blind faith in an artist for a mystery tattoo and almost immediately started searching for nearby laser clinics. Daily Record · Oct 14, 2022
Rensselaer, Indiana, has become a mural hot spot, drawing people from the Chicago area, elsewhere More than 60 murals have gone up in six years in the small town about 85 miles from Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2022
John Currin: ‘Misogyny’s kind of a dumb word. I don’t hate women. I hate men’ His paintings of nude women remain controversial yet sell for huge sums of money. Now with a new exhibition, 30 years after his first, the American artist talks inspirations, ‘the real history of art’ and the turning point in his life The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Fuseli and the Modern Woman review – a dark, perverse mindset laid bare Absurdist updos, bulbous buttocks – the Swiss painter’s surrealist portrayals of women go into the weird recesses of the 18th-century gothic imagination The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' painting in London Members of a group that wants to halt new oil and gas projects threw soup over the masterpiece in London's National Gallery, but caused no discernible damage to the glass-covered painting. WEKU · Oct 14, 2022
Brad Pitt recalls ‘failed relationships’ amid Angelina Jolie abuse allegations Jolie filed for divorce from Pitt in 2016 The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022
London College of Fashion showcases black talent in exhibition through Black History Month A London College of Fashion exhibition taking place throughout Black History Month is aiming to highlight the influence of black culture and history through fashion. Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022
Environmental activists throw soup over van Gogh’s Sunflowers London’s National Gallery says action caused ‘some minor damage to the frame but the painting is unharmed’. Al Jazeera · Oct 14, 2022
Just Stop Oil’s attacks on art risk becoming a cliché Though there is situationist wit in throwing soup over Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, the protest is more likely to provoke eye-rolls than action The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022
Cultural Capital: Frieze Art Fair special - we visit the tent in Regent’s Park for the biggest show in town It’s a Frieze Art Fair special Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022
Just Stop Oil activists arrested as Met Police HQ sprayed with orange paint One activist said she was carrying out the protest to draw attention to five protesters from the group who are in prison Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 The Turner prize heads to Merseyside and sofas get sexy – the week in art Tate Liverpool opens its Turner prize exhibition, the Design Museum hosts a new show on surrealism and the pre-Raphaelites decode a mythic king – all in your weekly dispatch
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers Protesters then glue themselves to wall beneath painting at National Gallery in London
Edinburgh Live · Oct 14, 2022 Da Vinci rapist Robert Greens 'moved out' of Midlothian home as house boarded up Witnesses have reported that the notorious Da Vinci rapist has been relocated after weeks of persistent community action from raging residents who wanted him out.
Belfast Live · Oct 14, 2022 Local artist donates work to fundraiser after husband loses studio in Belfast fire “The creative community in Belfast show up for each other. It feels natural for me to offer this painting in support."
Reuters · Oct 14, 2022 UK climate change protesters throw soup at van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' Climate change protesters threw soup over Vincent van Gogh’s painting "Sunflowers" at London's National Gallery on Friday, causing minor damage to the frame.
Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022 Exhibition brings together works of Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell The Joan Mitchell retrospective will be displayed across two galleries
Daily Record · Oct 14, 2022 Just Stop Oil activists throw soup over £76m Sunflowers painting by Van Gogh The activists threw a tin of Heinz Tomato Soup over Vincent Van Gough's iconic Sunflowers painting as part of a sustained campaign to get the UK Government to stop all new oil and gas projects.
Wales Online · Oct 14, 2022 Baz Luhrmann launches new campaign inspiring everyone to be creative The campaign invites people to capture and share on social media what they see in the world that creatively inspires them
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Climate protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' Climate protesters have thrown soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery to protest fossil fuel extraction
The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2022 ‘Painful memories’: what will the royal family do with the Koh-i-noor diamond? India’s Narenda Modi has suggested Queen Consort should not wear infamous gem on coronation day
The Independent UK · Oct 14, 2022 Van Gogh’s Sunflowers: The story behind the artist’s 1888 masterpiece Protestors threw soup at the artwork in London’s National Gallery this week