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Animal giveaways, musical Wombles and mysterious discoveries – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024

After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected

Ron Gittins' apartment is the first example of outsider art being given protective status. The post After Artist Passes Away, The Rental Apartment He Made His Work Is Declared Protected first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Apr 10, 2024

Artists of the future, Ghanaian kings’ robes and a tiny moth – the week in art

Amateur artists join the pros in Gateshead, Old Master pastiches go on show in London, and a bursary for young photographers is launched in memory of the Guardian’s Eamonn McCabe – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Ron’s Place: cash loan saves palace of outsider art at last minute

Benefactor’s offer allays fears sale of building could strip Birkenhead flat of works built up over 30 years

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2023

‘Losing it would be sacrilege’: last-minute push to save ‘Ron’s Place’

Birkenhead outsider art flat is up for auction but campaigners set hopes on rich benefactor or institution

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023

Last chance to save Ron's Place as 'palace of art' goes under hammer

The cave of wonders inside the ordinary Oxton home was not discovered until after artist Ron Gittins' death in 2019

Liverpool Echo · Feb 27, 2023

Priceless artwork could be 'smashed apart' as house is put up for sale

The amazing grotto was only discovered after Ron Gittins' death in 2019

Liverpool Echo · Nov 20, 2022

Desperate bid to save 'incredible' secret world hidden inside rented flat

Ron Gittins spent decades transforming his Wirral home into a unique work of art, without anyone knowing

Daily Mirror · Sep 29, 2022

‘Ron’s Place’: drive to save Birkenhead palace of outsider art

Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks

The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022

Battle to save quirky house that nobody knew about until owner's death

Ron Gittins' imaginative creations transformed his otherwise normal looking house

Liverpool Echo · Sep 10, 2022