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Sky-high accommodation and venue costs threaten Edinburgh Fringe’s future

ASK any arts lover “who makes the Fringe?” and most will agree it is the artists.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 15, 2022

Venice and the milk of dreams

Santa Maria Della Salute, also known as Saint Mary of Health, stands majestically at Punta Della Dogana by the Grand Canal in the city of Venice. In 1631, Venice experienced an unusually devastating plague when nearly a third of the population was wiped out. As a votive offering, the Republic…

Bangkok Post · Aug 15, 2022

Hundreds mock world's tallest ceramic statue costing £80,000 that 'looks like a kebab'

People in Cornwall have been left unhappy after an £80,000 ceramic statue, which has been compared to the popular takeaway "pork-sword", and called for its removal

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

The big picture: Sabine Weiss’s surreal vision of Paris

Sent to capture a shop display, the famed photographer focused instead on a man sleeping on the pavement

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Art exhibition on nuclear activism to unite Scottish and Ukrainian creators

SCOTLAND’S Makar Kathleen Jamie will join poets from Ukraine to open a new exhibition centred on art and activism in the nuclear age.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 14, 2022

Iconic nightclub dubbed 'best in Scotland' honoured in artist's seaside mural

The Metro - which attracted revellers from across Scotland in the '90s - had been included in artist Tragic O'Hara's latest piece.

Daily Record · Aug 13, 2022

Hobart divided over statue of man who stole Indigenous skull, as council votes on removal

William Lodewyk Crowther, later premier of Tasmania, mutilated the corpse of Aboriginal man William Lanne in 1869

The Guardian - AU · Aug 13, 2022

Afghan artist exiled in France fights for women's rights

The 15th of August will mark the one-year anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. FRANCE 24 has been talking to refugees who have fled the country. In episode three of our series of special reports, we meet Kubra Khademi, an Afghan artist exiled in France.

France 24 · Aug 13, 2022

Silkworm review – love under interrogation

A Nigerian couple seeking asylum on the grounds of sexual persecution are put to the test as the government’s probing questions seep into the cracks of their relationship

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2022

North East exhibitions to see this summer from Newcastle nightlife to Northumberland wildlife

Here's a handful of inspiring and magical shows to see region-wide

Chronicle Live · Aug 13, 2022