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Indigenous South Americans Team Up With British Museum To Study Objects Taken By Early Colonists

Delegates from the Yahgan and Kawéskar communities visited London last month to study the artifacts for the first time.

Zenger · Aug 17, 2022

Unexpected Croydon: Borough taken over by giant inflatable fairy-tale escapees —find out how to see them

Everything you need to know about the ‘Unexpected Croydon’ exhibition

Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2022

Smuggled Picasso Painting Found after Arrest of Drug Traffickers in Iraq

Iraqi authorities claim to have discovered a Picasso work “worth millions of dollars” during a drug raid conducted Saturday in Diyala, a central province east of Baghdad. The painting was in the possession of three suspects who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the trade and transport of narcotics,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 17, 2022

Hong Kong looks to SEA artists to tell its story

To promote its city as a hub of arts and cultural exchange, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has expanded its creative horizon with the Arts in HK with SEA Artists campaign, which features 18 talents from Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines to create a collection of imaginative…

Bangkok Post · Aug 16, 2022

Nemom Pushparaj’s ‘Dystopia’ paints the depressing realities of the times

The artist is hard hitting, as he paints social inequities and injustice in his latest solo show

The Hindu · Aug 16, 2022

Edinburgh woman in ICU for months treated to dream Van Gogh day out by nurses

A long-term patient in the ICU following a tracheostomy in March, Claire Vaughan had told staff she was desperate to see the exhibit in the city centre as it reminded her of fond childhood memories.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 16, 2022

New cathedral exhibition to ‘tell the truth’ about links to the slave trade

200 memorials and grave-markers in cathedral found to have connections with the transatlantic trade of enslaved people

Bristol Post · Aug 16, 2022

Hail Mary! Statue’s trip down the Wye raises chicken pollution issue

Artist Philip Chatfield hopes river journey will alert people to damage being done by poultry excrement

The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2022

Legendary Edinburgh fundraiser Tom Gilzean could be honoured with city statue

The late Tom Gilzean might be honoured with a 1.5m high statue in front of Edinburgh's City Chambers if the council decides to approve a charity's planning application.

Edinburgh Live · Aug 16, 2022

The forest walk in Aberfoyle where you'll find some truly magical mirror figures

Contemporary artist Rob Mulholland created the haunting art installation at the David Marshall Lodge near Aberfoyle.

Daily Record · Aug 16, 2022