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Women artists: the belated craze for blockbuster shows is welcome – but it's not enough

The Barbican’s boldly curated exhibiton of abstract expressionist Lee Krasner (1908-1984) – who was routinely referred to as Jackson Pollock’s wife, despite being a well-established artist long before meeting him – transferred to the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2018. Before it opened, a Spanish newspaper invited me to introduce this “little…

The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022

Brad Pitt, Nick Cave Make Surprise Art Debut in Finland

Hollywood's Brad Pitt and Australian musician Nick Cave have debuted as artists in an exhibition in Finland that displays sculptures and ceramics created by the movie star and the singer-songwriter. The Sara Hilden Art Museum, located in the southern Finnish city of Tampere, was initially scheduled to exhibit solely the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 20, 2022

William Kentridge review – the sound and the fury

Forty years of work whirl before us, the violence of apartheid, inequality and brutality underpinning it all, as Kentridge’s drawn images merge into animations, filmed performance and sculpture

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022

Perfectly reasonable explanation as car flipped over in middle of Irish town

Those who have been in the Skibb area may have been questioning why the motor had been abandoned. Well, we have the answer

Irish Mirror · Sep 20, 2022

Brad Pitt reveals surprise first art exhibition at Sara Hildén Art Museum in Finland

Brad Pitt used art as therapy after his divorce in 2017 and said the works were a result of being ‘brutally honest’ with himself

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

University of Dundee graduate's artwork named among world's best

COURSEWORK by a University of Dundee graduate has been named among the world’s best at a major awards ceremony.

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2022

William Kentridge at the Royal Academy review: testament to a genuinely unique vision

This show teems with imagery and ideas from the start

Evening Standard · Sep 20, 2022

Royal galleries to reopen to visitors after Queen’s death

Windsor Castle, where the Queen spent much of her time in her final years, will reopen a week later on September 29.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022

Performance artist Kristina Wong riding high as a 'Sweatshop Overlord' and Pulitzer Prize finalist

In mid-March 2020, performance artist-playwright Kristina Wong was midway through the second live show of a national tour when all of the students in the college auditorium where she was performing received a simultaneous text that the campus would shut down the next day due to COVID-19.

Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022

‘The comedy was a distraction’: Jim Moir on leaving Vic Reeves behind to paint rocks all day

Edging away from the spotlight as a comedian, Moir has devoted himself to painting birds, rocks and punch-ups in dinghies. Is he one of Britain’s most prolific artists?

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022