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Sensuous socialites, beautiful disasters and a flaming orange ‘masterpiece’ – the week in art

John Singer Sargent’s ironic fashion portraits go on show, Lord Leighton’s famous Flaming June is back in the UK and Edward Burtynsky’s large-scale photos capture a planet in crisis – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024

The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024

Yoko Ono’s cheeky pieces, a gut punch from Goya and the National’s centenary celebrations will fill the UK’s galleries, while the Louvre’s architect takes his moment in the sun in this stupendous year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023

‘When is it too early to teach your kids about genocide?’ Inside the Imperial War Museum’s harrowing new galleries

From the Somme to Afghanistan and Iraq, 500 works capture a century of warfare at the museum’s new Blavatnik art, film and photography galleries. You could spend days in its screening rooms alone, says our writer

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023

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Japan’s floating world, Britain’s lakes of paint and California’s sculpted light – the week in art

Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first professional female artists – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Oct 13, 2023

‘It glows’: restorer removes queasy look from first world war painting Gassed

John Singer Sargent picture of soldiers blinded by mustard gas, the most popular at the Imperial War Museum, is seen in new light

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2023

Friday essay: homesick for ourselves – the hidden grief of ageing

Anyone parenting young children will be familiar with the phrase “there’ll be tears before bedtime”. But in a quieter, more private way, the expression seems perfectly pitched to describe the largely hidden grief of ageing.

The Conversation · Sep 14, 2023

Rare 126-year-old painting by Scots artist expected to fetch £150,000 at auction

Robert Brough created Sweet Violets in 1897 while still in his mid-twenties after spotting Barbara Staples, then 18, on the city's Union Street and asking her father permission to paint her.

Daily Record · Jun 7, 2023

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Scottish artist's 'rare masterpiece with tragic history' set to fetch £150k

A RARELY displayed painting with a tragic history is expected to reach up to £150,000 at auction on Thursday 8 June.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 5, 2023

Scots Picasso faker accused of trying to sell dodgy Vettriano and Sargent artwork

Dominic Currie hit the headlines in 2015 when he claimed to have found the masterpiece in a suitcase with other valuables.

Daily Record · Mar 7, 2023

John Singer Sargent sketch to return to National Trust house where it was created

Oil sketch of Elsie Palmer to go on display at Ightham Mote in Kent after being acquired by trust

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022

Sharing optimism through art

Three Thais reveal their interpretation of 'a beautiful life' and the inspiration behind their creations.

Bangkok Post · Apr 26, 2022

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