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What are the Piprahwa gems, and why is India trying to stop their auction?

New Delhi says private sale of gems linked to the Buddha is unlawful and demands repatriation from Sotheby’s.

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5 experiences every designer should have on their bucket list – and I've done them all

Every designer should strive to do these things.

Creative Bloq

‘Tranquillising good taste’: can the National Gallery’s airy new entrance exorcise its demons?

When the Sainsbury Wing opened, it was called ‘vulgar pastiche’. Now, after an £85m revamp, it has become the famous gallery’s main entrance. But have its spiky complexities been tamed? And why all the empty space?

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India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains

Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of relics buried in third-century BC

The Guardian - UK

Blood-red poppies pour over the Tower of London to mark 80 years since end of Second World War

Nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies have returned to the iconic fortress in a powerful new installation

Evening Standard

Britons flying to Scandinavia with older passports risk being denied boarding

‘Inconsistent application’ of Schengen rules on passport validity has seen people turned back at border by airlines

The Guardian - UK

Art Institute of Chicago president accused of stripping off during United Airlines flight

James Rondeau, who has been the Art Institute's president and director since 2016, was accused of the strange behavior on a United Airlines aircraft on April 18

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Robbie Williams' willingness to lay himself bare makes his art collection a fascinating insight into a life in the spotlight

The success is in the storytelling.

Creative Bloq

Robbie Williams says his art, which he hopes sells for £40,000 each, takes ‘25 minutes to draw’

The pop star said in 2020 that he’d swapped ‘cocaine and strippers’ for ‘colouring in’

The Independent UK

One man spent an entire year recording a pine tree. Hear the results as FOUR album epic is released

Out now: The unmistakable sound of a single pine tree in upstate New York

MusicRadar

The deepest pictures ever? Artist spends 518 hours creating mind-blowing infinite scroll artwork

Digital art on a whole new level.

Creative Bloq

Sexual Abuse Of Nuns: One Of The Catholic Church's Last Taboos

Nuns sexually assaulted by priests are one of the last Catholic taboos, but with reports of abuse rising, it is a scandal that will be difficult for the future pope to ignore.

International Business Times

Coronation artwork commissioned by King seen for the first time

Charles followed a long-held tradition and commissioned artists to capture significant events from the coronation weekend.

Evening Standard

Exhibition of original Bob Dylan paintings to open in London

Point Blank, a collection of 97 paintings of ‘emotional resonance’ by the singer-songwriter, will open at the Halcyon Gallery in May

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The Independent UK

Extraordinary new exhibition of Bob Dylan’s paintings allows a peek into his soul

5/5 The show, opening this month and featuring 97 artworks, lifts the veil on the enigmatic poet who seldom explains

Evening Standard

Bob Dylan to showcase ’emotional’ paintings in London

His solo show Point Blank captures people playing instruments, couples, sportsmen and women, along with rooms and places.

The Guardian - UK

LS Lowry painting bought for £10 in 1926 sells at auction for £800,000

Going to the Mill was bought by the literary editor of the Manchester Guardian and had remained in the family

Evening Standard

LS Lowry painting originally bought for £10 sells for more than £800,000

Lowry, who was lauded for his portrayal of everyday industrial scenes in northwest England, painted the piece in 1925.

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Evening Standard

Celebs gather in support of Robbie Williams at launch of singer's art project

Pop star turned artist came to town for his first-ever art show and invited a host of celebrities to share the moment

Creative Bloq

"Tonight is about you telling me how f***ing amazing my art is": Robbie Williams launched a new art show – here's what happened inside the room

Robbie's show is called Radical Honesty, and it is exactly what is says on the label.

The Guardian - UK

Existential encounters, a birthday bash and forensic feminism – the week in art

Jane Austen meets JMW Turner, Huma Bhabha takes on Giacometti and the Secret Lowry’s work is taken seriously at last – all in your weekly dispatch

Creative Bloq

What is anti-design, the rising trend that tears up the rule book?

It's loud and it's ugly. Anti-design is big in 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Ian Hamilton Finlay review – under the classical veneer, this artist was an idiot

Finlay was a defiantly archaic figure with a fondness for plinths and marble. But this show’s glorification of the guillotine proves he had a shallow, adolescent mind

The Guardian - UK

Auction of ancient Indian gems ‘imbued with presence of Buddha’ condemned

Sotheby’s sale of Piprahwa gems, excavated after burial with Buddha’s remains, denounced as perpetuating colonial violence

Evening Standard

Banksy 'Battle to Survive a Broken Heart' artwork defaced on Brooklyn wall to be sold in New York

The preserved wall, dubbed Battle to Survive a Broken Heart, will be up for sale on May 21 at Guernsey's, the New York auction house

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