Original Banksy, Picasso and Dali artwork to be auctioned in Ayrshire this weekend along with diamonds and memorabilia High-end items are to go under the hammer for "incredible discounted prices". Daily Record · Aug 26, 2022
Painting From Train Station That Ridicules Hitler Was Probably Painted By Picasso, Say Experts A 1930s artwork that pokes fun at Hitler and was believed to have been found years ago in a train station may have been painted by Pablo Picasso. Zenger · Aug 24, 2022
Hermès bags and Picassos: business booms for Britain’s posh pawnbrokers Upmarket shops are funding summer spending sprees, while at the other end of the market families pawn valuables to get by The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2022
Smuggled Picasso Painting Found after Arrest of Drug Traffickers in Iraq Iraqi authorities claim to have discovered a Picasso work “worth millions of dollars” during a drug raid conducted Saturday in Diyala, a central province east of Baghdad. The painting was in the possession of three suspects who were arrested for their alleged involvement in the trade and transport of narcotics,… Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 17, 2022
David McCullough: Master chronicler of American history The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer turned out hugely popular tomes during his 50-year career, writing about his nation’s ‘good and the bad, the high accomplishments and the skulduggery’ The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2022
Want to get more out of your art gallery visit? Start by looking at less If you've ever staggered out of a gallery feeling exhausted and wondering what all the fuss is about, these simple tips will help make your next visit more fun and meaningful. For starters: don't try to see everything. ABC News · Aug 7, 2022
After all the sparring, heavyweight Haaland delivers two crushing blows Manchester City’s new star announced his arrival in a way that carried with it a dreamy sense of deja vu The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022
How Picasso Became Big Business A new history of modern art flips the script by focusing on dealers, collectors, and curators. Foreign Policy · Aug 6, 2022
Looking to a better future When Jiraporn Panomsuay started teaching at the Bangkok School for the Blind, she was surprised to hear visually impaired students ask what the colours were of items she had prepared for them. Bangkok Post · Jul 31, 2022
‘He could not expel the trauma’: Sidney Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings revealed in landmark show Preoccupied with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany, the artist painted 220 works in just four weeks: a ‘rambling, tumbling turmoil’ that he did not speak of for decades The Guardian - AU · Jul 22, 2022
'The tip of the iceberg': Three Picasso artworks discovered in three months A sketch worth hundreds of thousands, a children’s book and a ‘missing’ masterpiece... In the past three months, three unique artworks by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso have been found, in strange and unexpected circumstances. Is this a coincidence or not? France 24 · Jul 22, 2022
Buying art for your home: where to find it on a budget and how to arrange it London’s best galleries, websites and auction houses for buying affordable original art for your home Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022
Surreal or too real? Breathtaking AI tool DALL-E takes its images to a bigger stage The lab behind the artificial intelligence art tool is giving access to up to a million people on its waiting list, just as worries grow about possible abuse. WEKU · Jul 20, 2022
Trafficker’s Picasso ‘Copy’ Was Real-Life Drawing Customs officials have seized an original Picasso drawing worth nearly $465,000 after a traveler tried to smuggle it into Spain as a fake. Zenger · Jul 20, 2022
The Conversation · Jul 18, 2022 Noir and nostalgia inform Chris Womersley's tale of forgery, grief, and the seamy side of urban life Before prospective readers can get to the opening chapter of Chris Womersley’s new novel The Diplomat, they will find themselves assailed with several pages listing past awards received by the author and supplying a range of accolades cut and pasted from reviews of his earlier works.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022 David Hockney: ‘My era was the freest time. I now realise it’s over’ The artist pops in from Normandy to talk us through a show of his great paintings, discuss his old hometown Bradford becoming City of Culture – and reveal why Harry Styles was tricky to paint
The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2022 Spain travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go From top-notch dining and vibrant cities to sun-soaked beaches and idyllic islands, there’s a reason Spain is Brits’ favourite holiday spot
Zenger · Jun 28, 2022 Great Minds Alike: What Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso And Steve Jobs All Had In Common Dyslexia has affected some of history’s greatest minds – including Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Pablo Picasso and Sir Stephen Hawking.
Reuters · Jun 27, 2022 NATO summit protesters play dead in front of Picasso war painting About 30 anti-war activists protested on Monday in front of Pablo Picasso's historic Guernica painting about the horrors of war at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, hours before the start on Tuesday of a NATO summit in the Spanish capital.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2022 The big picture: dancing on the beach in the Camargue, 1957 Lucien Clergue’s shot, taken in the French seaside town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, celebrates a Gypsy pilgrimage amid the stirrings of postwar hedonism
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022 Letters: secret, broken family courts betrayed me and my child Children and protective parents are being let down by a system in which pseudo-science holds sway
The National (Scotland) · Jun 19, 2022 Byrne again: Scotland celebrates work of one of its greatest living polymaths PLAYWRIGHT, painter, screenwriter, costume and set designer, children’s author. John Byrne’s CV reads like a list of the occupations of the…
The Hindu · Jun 18, 2022 Why on Mona Lisa would you think of the earth? When the Mona Lisa was stolen in 1911, Pablo Picasso and his close friend, the poet Guillaume Apolli
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2022 Found: the ‘how to draw’ books Pablo Picasso created for his daughter The previously unseen collection, to go on display in Paris, shows how the artist taught the five-year-old to master figures, animals and birds
The Guardian - AU · Jun 10, 2022 ‘A genius is a sponge’: inside the new Picasso exhibition that isn’t all about Picasso The Picasso Century at Australia’s NGV sees the artist share the spotlight with 50 of his contemporaries, and explains how one man could ‘catch and translate all the values of a time’