Moving Bodies, Moving Images at the Whitechapel Art Gallery review: a great show where art and dance meet This is a precise journey which repays watching the eight films from start to finish Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022
Damien Hirst on new exhibition: I am not burning my art, I am transforming it The British artist has begun the next stage of The Currency exhibition which will see him destroy some of his artworks in contained fires. The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Damien Hirst burns the first of thousands of his paintings as part of NFT project Buyers purchased NFTs for the artwork for over £1,600 The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Damien Hirst burns artworks after collectors pick their NFTs instead Britain's Damien Hirst started burning hundreds of his artworks on Tuesday after collectors chose to keep their non-fungible tokens (NFTs), blockchain-based assets representing their digital images, instead. Reuters · Oct 11, 2022
Artist Soheila Sokhanvari honours the untold stories of Iran’s feminist icons As protests rage across Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, artists are posting images in support of freedom. In September, Iranians took to the streets after the 22-year-old died in police custody. She’d been arrested for not covering her hair properly. Despite the Iranian government's attempts to shut the… France 24 · Oct 11, 2022
'It hasn't been easy': Climate-friendly art shop in Derry celebrates first year in business “The climate crisis is happening all the time and it’s not going to get any better." Belfast Live · Oct 11, 2022
Opera moves out of the house and onto the streets of Paris Love, violence, hatred, fraternity… opera explores timeless and universal themes that can speak to us all. But not everyone feels at home in an "opera house". A French collective of singers and musicians is taking music to the people, giving mini concerts on the streets in working-class areas. Radio France Internationale · Oct 11, 2022
‘We wanted to value and document working-class culture’: the photography of Chris Killip and Graham Smith They were hailed as the great documentarians of their age for their intimate portraits of the north-east of England in the 70s and 80s. Now, almost 40 years after a groundbreaking exhibition, their work is being shown together again The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022
‘Remixed’ version of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads highlights 21st-century poverty The Refuge from the Ravens project places new works alongside the original ‘redefining it to help people grasp the concept’ of homelessness The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022
Spice Girl Melanie C to dance at Sadler’s Wells The former Sporty Spice will open the London theatre’s spring season in a contemporary dance collaboration with experimental choreographer Jules Cunningham The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022
London’s city-wide hunt for The Golden Key The Golden Key free performance event in London takes place this Saturday Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022
Vanished Perthshire village explored in photography exhibition Muirton of Ardblair on the outskirts of Blairgowrie was once a place filled with farmers and linen weavers . Now vanished scenes from the past are on view in a new exhibition in Perth Museum. Daily Record · Oct 11, 2022
Hundreds of roses scattered to mark anniversary of the raising of the Mary Rose The Tudor warship had lain for 437 years on the bed of the Solent outside Portsmouth Harbour. The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022
Zenger · Oct 11, 2022 Memorial For Loved Ones Lost To Ian Rises Amid Rubble And Despair After Hurricane Ian ripped apart many communities of southwest Florida, a touching memorial to those who lost their lives.
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022 V&A looks to return Asante treasures to Ghana, putting it at odds with the PM V&A DIRECTOR Tristram Hunt has put himself at odds with the Government by signalling the museum will give back looted Asante gold treasures to Ghana.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Wolfgang Tillmans on making the ICA rave: ‘It is underground, progressive and has a really late licence’ London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts has a new director tasked with making the place party until 6am, and an art auction to raise funds organised by Tillmans, the venue’s chair
The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2022 Cerith Wyn Evans brings his neon-lit art home to Wales Hepworth prize winner’s works have been shown around the world and now arrive in Llandudno
The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 11, 2022 Takayama festival held for 1st time in 3 years TAKAYAMA, Gifu -- The Takayama Autumn Festival, registered as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage, was held in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, on Sunday and Monday for the first time in three years.
The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022 ‘Proof I was there’: every Japanese American incarcerated in second world war finally named Ireichō, a sacred book of names, lists all 125,284 people of Japanese descent who were held in camps across the US and is on display at an LA museum
The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022 Jean Paul Gaultier sued over use of Venus image ‘without permission’ Botticelli’s masterpiece appears in the designer’s Le Musée collection
The Guardian - US · Oct 11, 2022 Guerrilla satirists skewer Toronto mayor by turning urban decay into public art The AusterityTO project highlights ‘absurd’ level of disrepair in the run-up to the Canadian city’s municipal election in late October
Radio France Internationale · Oct 11, 2022 Cape Town artist portrays sense of community during Covid pandemic and restrictions A Covid-19 awareness campaign in Philippi Village, a township in Cape Town, South Africa, brought together local artist Nardstar and the people living there to show a positive side of the pandemic.
Evening Standard · Oct 11, 2022 Hieroglyphs at the British Museum review – a fascinating show about how the code was cracked This is no dry academic investigation of how the ancient language was unlocked
Zenger · Oct 11, 2022 Beloved Goose Who Vanished Immortalized With Statue A much-loved female ‘celebrity’ goose has been immortalized – with her own STATUE.