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Thursday briefing: Could a generational smoking ban help the UK kick the habit forever?

In today’s newsletter: A new UK parliamentary bill is designed to end smoking in a generation – here’s how it would work

The Guardian - UK

Damien Hirst’s shark changed my life. Now he has taken a chainsaw to his glorious past

In creating sculptures backdated to the days when his art electrified the world, the former YBA has cast doubt on his youthful legacy and destroyed our belief in his creative future

The Guardian - UK

Damien Hirst row as formaldehyde artworks found to be completed in 2017, not 90s

British artist Damien Hirst has been embroiled in a row after it was found several of his artworks were completed years after it was previously thought.

Evening Standard

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Wednesday briefing: What you need to know about Israel’s dispute with Unrwa

In today’s newsletter: The country has accused Unrwa workers of supporting Hamas – and a new story outlines ‘harassment’ of the agency in the West Bank

The Guardian - UK

Morning Mail: detention releases could top 170, Hong Kong passes security law, Hirst artworks controversy

The number of detainees refusing to cooperate with the immigration system is bigger than thought; Hong Kong’s parliament grants new powers to quash dissent

The Guardian - AU

Damien Hirst formaldehyde animal works dated to 1990s were made in 2017

Exclusive: Three sculptures exhibited in galleries around world were artificially aged, sources claim

The Guardian - UK

Damien Hirst takes over Château La Coste

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Light That Shines’ at Château La Coste includes new and existing work, and takes over the entire 500-acre estate in Provence

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Elton John to auction off 900 items worth $10m from former Atlanta home

Silver boots, Banksy original, pinball machine and more going under hammer at Christie’s, New York

The Guardian - UK

Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin among thousands of British artists used to train AI software, Midjourney

US lawyers approached about a class action against Midjourney and other AI firms accused of ‘copyright laundering’

The Guardian - UK

‘She keeps us enthralled, like Bowie did’: the magic of Kate Moss, by her photographers

What’s it like to photograph the supermodel? As she hits 50, five photographers relive their shoots – from capturing her in a transparent dress to putting her in bed with Lucian Freud

The Guardian - UK

"If you stormed in here and said the new record was rubbish, I would probably quit": Joe Strummer's struggle after The Clash

Before his death, Joe Strummer could hardly get arrested. After, he was feted as a rock icon. This is the inside story of the solo years of a punk rock warlord

Louder

Inside Martyn Lawrence Bullard's 'weekend pad' – a love letter to Palm Springs' 'dramatic' style

Martyn Lawrence Bullard's California weekend getaway epitomizes Palm Springs style with dramatic and bright design. He walks us through the home

Homes & Gardens

Tolkien and CS Lewis manuscripts among treasures made available to public in 2023

Spitting Image puppets and Barbara Hepworth works also donated via Acceptance in Lieu and Cultural Gifts schemes

The Guardian - UK

British Artist Jesse Darling Wins 2023 Turner Prize

British artist Jesse Darling won the prestigious Turner Prize on Tuesday for his sculptures and installations that invoke societal breakdown.

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Deadly sins masterpiece goes on show in Adelaide

The Art Gallery of South Australia has acquired a three-metre high painting by British artist Chris Ofili from his series The Seven Deadly Sins.

Evening Standard

The Colony Club Room: All hail the return of London's drunkest drinking den

The Colony Room was a club for the rich, famous and often the ruined. Charlotte Lytton raises a toast as it opens once again

The Guardian - UK

Mat Collishaw review – AI plants put the shock and sensation back into British art

Gorgeous blooms and stunning curiosities evoke botanical wonders, but the artist’s creations are revealed as fragile digital illusions – and nature will have its revenge

The Guardian - UK

Frieze London art fair review – a graveyard of creativity for tasteless one percenters

This corporate gathering full of artists’ drab, desperate attempts to get bought by clueless rich collectors has domesticated contemporary art and thus killed it

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Evening Standard

Home is where the art is: John Pawson Fulham flat filled with pieces by Turner Prize winners listed at £3.5m

Swiss artist Urs Fischer knocked through walls to create a live-in art installation in this house featuring murals by multiple Turner Prize winners

The Guardian - UK

Aboudia blindsides market experts as bestselling artist of 2022

Artist from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, sold 75 artworks in auction, topping Damien Hirst’s 73

The Guardian - US

Takashi Murakami on failed NFTs and making art during Covid: ‘I got deep into crypto’

The Japanese artist’s solo exhibition in San Francisco spans three decades of his work, including his tryst with flopped NFTs

Evening Standard

First look at Matthew Freud’s creative Cotswolds escape

When is a hotel not a hotel? When it’s a super-chic mind-expanding retreat where activities like perfumery and Padel are included and meals are eaten communally, says Harriet Quick

The Guardian - UK

‘Pauline is unique’: patron of Emin and Hirst sells off vast Hydra art collection

Pauline Karpidas, who hosted Tracey Emin and Damien Hirst on her Greek island home, to sell hundreds of works at Sotheby’s

The Independent UK

Hotel grounds come to life with Ireland’s largest sculpture exhibition

The works have gone on display at the Culloden Estate and Spa in Co Down.

Evening Standard

Jamie Reid obituary: the Sex Pistols collaborator who defined the punk aesthetic

The British artist and designer blazed a trail with his political, contemporary and confrontational work

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