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How Coco Chanel embroidered her contradictory life story

A feminist hero, Nazi collaborator … and resistance agent? A groundbreaking BBC documentary explores her myths and mysteries

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'Visa pour l'image' photojournalism festival focuses on climate crisis

In this edition, we focus on one of the world's biggest photojournalism festivals – Visa pour l'image – which takes place in the south of France. This year, six of its more than 20 exhibitions are focusing on the climate catastrophe. Our reporter was at the festival in Perpignan to…

France 24

Things to do in Chicago Sept. 7-13: The Mix

The Harris Fest: Music + Dance in the Park, the return of “Hamilton” and Taste of Chicago are among the highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Pablo Picasso’s grandson says artist’s lovers ‘knew’ about his behaviour: ‘No one was forced to do anything’

Grandson of the Spanish artist and his lover and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, defends the artist as his work is celebrated in a series of exhibitions around the world

The Independent UK

Paris exhibits to see this autumn, from Bollywood to Chagall and Picasso

As Parisians return from their summer holidays and get back to work or school (a period known in France as “la rentrée”), the City of Lights is set for a rich cultural season. From Russian-French artist Marc Chagall to a retrospective on Indian cinema, FRANCE 24 has selected 10 of…

France 24

‘His life was full of contradictions’: Picasso’s grandson defends the artist’s behaviour towards women

The painter has been called out as a misogynist but Olivier Widmaier Picasso says his numerous lovers knew his nature

The Guardian - UK

After the British Museum thefts, what other major art heists have there been?

One Rembrandt has been stolen four times, and works by Van Gogh, Munch and Picasso have also been targeted by criminals

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Claude Ruiz Picasso, youngest son of Spanish artist, dies aged 76

The son of Picasso and French painter Françoise Gilot, who also died this year aged 101, managed his father’s hugely valuable estate until July

The Guardian - AU

‘The mountains soothed the soul’: a long walk in Spain’s Pyrenees

On a 52-mile hike in Catalonia between five refuges, we found chamois, griffon vultures, rare butterflies, an ultra-trail running legend – and very few people

The Guardian - UK

Power to the people! Film, music, books and more about collective action

From a vast anti-war statement by Pablo Picasso to a powerful treatise on section 28, our critics showcase culture that reminds us what we can achieve when we come together

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg?

In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best photographers ever

Covering a range of genres and styles, these are the 50 greatest photographers the world has ever seen (probably)

Digital Camera World

Sex toys, rugs and Barbie dolls: does posthumous use of artists’ work risk cheapening their legacies?

Brands love to use the work of late, great artists just as much as late, great artists’ estates like to cash in. But that hasn’t stopped a slew of Succession-size squabbles

The Guardian - UK

Tosin Abasi declares John Petrucci the GOAT and gifts him an Abasi Concepts ēmi 8-string in a cult classic Picasso finish

Classy player, classy guitar, classy gesture as the epic Dreamsonic tour featuring Dream Theater, Animals As Leaders and Devin Townsend comes to an end

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‘Snoopy’ sculpture heads from Thompson Center to the Art Institute

The Jean Dubuffet sculpture is one of many works of art within the Thompson Center that will be saved by the state as the building becomes Google’s new headquarters.

The Guardian - US

‘Bastion of the super-rich’: inside a New York billionaire’s private museum

A collection of art, featuring pieces by Picasso, Lichtenstein and Cézanne, has been kept secret for years but for select members of the public, the door is slowly being opened

Windows Central

Bing Chat is here to help you with sports and make photos of koalas

Microsoft rolled out several improvements to Bing Chat last week. The chatbot can now answer more questions about sports and generate images within Skype conversations.

The Independent UK

Perpignan city guide: Where to eat, shop and stay in the ‘Catalan capital’ of France

A captivating mix of Old Town alleys, genre-spanning architecture and museums, plus tempting markets and restaurants, makes this Pyrenees city a worthwhile destination, says Anna Richards

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‘You could smell the teargas’: Nanterre estate reeling after night of unrest

Residents emerge to broken glass and burnt-out cars as France struggles to contain anger over police shooting of teenage boy

The Independent UK

On the trail of Picasso in Barcelona, Catalonia’s art-loving capital

Fifty years after the artist’s death, Isabella Noble reveals how to get your fix of Picasso in the city where he was famously creative

The Guardian - UK

100 years of Le Corbusier: what does he mean to today’s architects?

The towering and divisive figure who transformed architecture published his manifesto for modernism in 1923. Here leading architects explore his legacy and influence

The Week

Capturing The Moment review: a painting and photography journey

There is “a lot going on” in Tate Modern’s new exhibition, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Subtitled “A journey through painting and photography”, the show is a huge and ambitious attempt to explore the relationship between painting and photography from the early 20th century to the present day, examining…

The Guardian - UK

Shunned, boycotted, exiled: has France treated Françoise Gilot worse than Picasso did?

When she walked out on Picasso, he destroyed her art and waged war on her career – while France cast her out. Now that this great painter has died, says the woman writing her biography, it is time for this shameful treatment to cease

Tribune News Service

Jerry Zezima: Bristle boy blue

Picasso had his Blue Period. And now, I’ve had mine.

The Guardian - UK

Capturing the Moment review – not a serious exhibition

You can’t move for masterpieces – most of them owned by the Taiwanese collector Pierre Chen – but this supposed journey through painting and photography is rambling and at times comically simplistic

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