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Former florist recreates cultural figures using buttons, brooches and beads

Joanne O’Neill has made around 20 pieces of button art, including recreations of David Bowie and Frida Kahlo.

The Independent UK

Businessman who said he burned a $10m Frida Kahlo drawing is under criminal investigation

The art collector allegedly destroyed the work to promote an NFT collection

The Independent UK

Frida Kahlo: The style of an icon

Her vibrant colours, floral hair-dos and striking jewellery have made Mexican artist Frida Kahlo's style as famous as her paintings. A new exhibition at the Galliera fashion museum in Paris is exploring the artist's identity through some of the objects stored at her famous "Casa Azul" in Mexico City. Clothes,…

France 24

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Best Latin American cookbooks to inspire your cooking

Explore the cuisine of the fourth largest continent with these flavour-forward cookbooks

Evening Standard

Hope for a better future

In the short Surrealist fiction Lok (Peeled) by Jirat Prasertsap, a woman tries to move on after her boyfriend leaves her and she is unable to contact him. She throws away everything that reminds her of her ex-boyfriend. She quits her job and moves to live in another province. However,…

Bangkok Post

We saw the Edinburgh Fringe show championing brilliant women and it packed a punch

The cast put on a phenomenal performance packed full of energy and passion that was maintained all the way throughout the powerful and captivating show

Edinburgh Live

In brief: Common Decency; A Woman’s World: 1850-1960; The Pathfinders – reviews

Susannah Dickey’s vivid novel about an obsessive friendship; a colourful hymn to the power of social change; and the weighty story of a second world war unit

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Fantastically great women take to the stage at the Fringe

WHEN Kate Pankhurst discovered that celebrated suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst was a distant cousin, she had recently graduated from an illustration…

The National (Scotland)

Jane Goodall joins Barbie’s ‘inspiring women’ series: the strange evolution of an iconic doll

In news many probably never expected to see, no-frills, outdoorsy, animal behaviour expert and conservation activist Jane Goodall has become a Barbie doll (accompanied by her famous chimpanzee, David Greybeard).

The Conversation

Analyzing the latest crime data, wrapping up Lolla 2022 and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Frida Kahlo, a monarch butterfly and flowers brighten a Maywood alley in artist Yekseny Guerrero’s first public mural

The decor of the cafe that used to be at 612 Lake St. featured pictures of the Mexican artist and her artist-husband Diego Rivera. Guerrero took her cues from that.

Chicago Sun-Times

Musical based on iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo in development for Broadway run

NEW YORK — It appears that Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat won’t be the only art-world icons heading to The Great White Way.

Tribune News Service

Mexican icon Frida Kahlo to be subject of new stage musical

Painters have long been the subject of stage shows — think Mark Rothko, Seurat, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Lucian Freud

The Independent UK

Rihanna beams as she wows fans with surprise visit to London art exhibition

Musician and fashion mogul Rihanna made a solo appearance at the Mexican Geniuses Exhibition at Dock X in Canada Water to look at the work of Frida Kahlo on Tuesday evening

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The ES Shopping Shortlist: What to shop, know and see in July 2022

The hot-off-the-press launches to know this summer

Evening Standard

Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World at Theatre Royal Stratford East review: an unapologetic joy

This new British musical has all the energy of a girl band concert and enough history to inspire young people to read up on the real-life heroines

Evening Standard

Mayfair Art Weekend: Everything there is to see and do

The annual Mayfair weekend is back with a stonking number of galleries onboard plus some new exhibitions

Wales Online

Queen's handwriting reveals secrets of her hidden personality

A graphologist has examined handwriting from Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria, Diana, Princess of Wales and others

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Daily Mirror

Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

The Conversation

Students of color in special education are less likely to get the help they need -- here are 3 ways teachers can do better

When I was a special education teacher at Myrtle Grove Elementary School in Miami in 2010, my colleagues and I recommended that a Black girl receive special education services because she had difficulty reading. However, her mother disagreed. When I asked her why, she explained that she, too, was identified…

The Guardian - UK

Artist Sonia Boyce: ‘Paintings are not born on walls’

The first black female artist to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale reflects on a career challenging the racial and sexual bias behind what art hangs in galleries – and around in our memories

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: March 31, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Frida Kahlo photo collection reveals new facets of the iconic Mexican artist’s life

A sampling of 240 of the photographs she collected over the course of her life are featured in a new traveling exhibit on display at the National Museum of Mexican Art.

The Guardian - UK

A Century of the Artist’s Studio: 1920-2020 review – congealing palettes, fading light and magic

From Frida Kahlo’s sickbed to Cindy Sherman’s Manhattan loft and Picasso’s 60s chateau, this superb show exploring where artists work is nothing less than a portal into their minds

AFP

Citi exit sparks angst for Mexican cultural treasures

Mexico City (AFP) - Paintings by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are among the cultural jewels whose looming sale has sparked concerns about the future of one of Mexico's most important private art collections.

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