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At the Venice Biennale, Art Begins to Leave Identity Politics Behind

The much-anticipated, Covid-delayed global showcase sees artists firmly moving away from figuration and toward a new end: the message.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s art collection and personal items up for auction

Among the late supreme court justice’s items up for sale are a mink coat, ceramics by Picasso and sculptures by Glenna Goodacre

The Guardian - US

Venice in Vantablack: Anish Kapoor’s disappearing act

The artist learned of the technology that absorbs nearly all visible light in the Guardian. As two shows featuring it open, he talks of a ‘stupid’ spat, his new foundation and dismay with England

The Guardian - UK

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Ai Weiwei on the new Silk Road: ‘This is China’s counterattack in a global game of chess’

China is pouring trillions into the developing world. It is, the artist and activist says, an audacious power grab

The Guardian - UK

David Hockney self-portrait installed at museum ahead of new exhibition

A series of drawings, paintings and digital works by the Bradford-born artist will be displayed at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

The Independent UK

Jeff Koons’ comic-inspired BMW is one of the best cars you’ll ever see

Art on wheels.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei: Western boycott of Beijing Olympics is 'a joke'

He is the most famous Chinese dissident and one of the best-known contemporary artists in the world. Ai Weiwei was harassed by the Chinese authorities, who bulldozed his Shanghai studio, sent him to jail without charge and drove him out of his country. After the February 2 publication of the…

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Cosmic Stonehenge secrets, Ai Weiwei looks back, and gay sex 11,000 years ago – the week in art

The British Museum introduces Europe’s earliest ancestors, the activist artist sits his work next to Chinese antiquities and LGBT+ history month begins with the deep human past – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Ai Weiwei: The Liberty of Doubt review – so dull and sentimental it’s offensive

The iconoclast’s opposition to the Chinese state has been admirably brave. But this edgeless, confused and mawkish show suggests his art is less so

The Guardian - UK

Ai Weiwei: ‘I am like a cat. Cats can play for a whole day’

As his new show opens in Cambridge, the artist reflects on his interest in fakes, why he’d love to go home, and the fate of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

The Guardian - UK

Exiled artist Ai Weiwei reflects on Beijing Olympics

The artist Ai Weiwei helped design the Bird's Nest for the 2008 Beijing Olympics

The Independent UK

Londoner’s Diary: Sir Anish Kapoor takes aim at ‘criminal’ assault on arts

SIR Anish Kapoor has launched a broadside at “the assault on the arts in the school curriculum”, claiming it is “nothing short of criminal”. “This drift to small-nation, small-minded nationalism… is reminiscent of fascistic governments of recent times who attempted to control our imagined inner selves,” he argues.

Evening Standard

From Olafur Eliasson to Gerhard Richter: the art show aiming to unite Europe

Diversity United is a travelling exhibition featuring work by 100 living artists from 34 countries – seeing this monument to liberal values moved our writer to tears

The Guardian - UK

Anish Kapoor on vaginas, recovering from breakdown and his violent new work: ‘Freud would have a field day’

Why has the artist painted scenes of bloodletting, decapitation and a woman with 10,000 breasts? He’s scared to talk about it – but he can explain his fascination with vaginas and the world’s blackest black

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Anish Kapoor: ‘The government is damn dangerous and a bunch of f***ing liars’

Ahead of a new retrospective, the globally famous British artist talks to Sarah Crompton about art-world capitalism, Emma Raducanu, and whether Tory attempts to control universities, museums and the BBC is a warning sign of neo-fascism

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How to start painting on canvas

Get started with our pro guide to canvas painting for beginners.

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10 oil painting techniques to transform your artwork

Give your art a boost with these essential oil painting techniques.

The Guardian - AU

Patricia Piccinini brings Flinders Street station’s forgotten ballroom back to life

Left to languish for decades, one of Melbourne’s most mythologised spaces is transformed for the artist’s first home town show in nearly two decades

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A designer's guide to the Golden Ratio

What the Golden Ratio is and how you can use it.

The Guardian - UK

Gerhard Richter gives Holocaust art to Berlin

Germany’s greatest living painter donates 100 works, including his Birkenau series, to capital’s new museum

Creative Bloq

How to create an online portfolio: Steps to curating your own corner of the web

Want to show off your work online? We digest the methods involved with creating an online portfolio.

The Guardian - UK

Jasper Johns' Flags I is the perfect image to wave in Trump's face

Created in the Watergate era, Johns’ take on the Stars and Stripes has become the perfect symbol of a scarred nation. Its acquisition by the British Museum is inspired

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18 entrancing projection mapping examples for inspiration

Inspiring examples of how projection mapping can create dazzling experiences.

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Takashi Murakami’s Porter sneaker is like wearing cargo pants on your feet

We're not saying that's a bad thing.

The Guardian - UK

Anish Kapoor says art gallery 'tokenism' with diversity must end

Sculptor criticises ‘lip service paid to cultural representation’ as own exhibition at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, nears launch

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