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After Impressionism review: ‘incontestable masterpieces’ at the National Gallery

The story of the great changes that occurred in painting in late 19th and early 20th century France is “probably the most frequently told” in all art history, said Mark Hudson in The Independent. The period produced “some of the most genuinely popular art ever created”, giving us Cézanne, van Gogh,…

The Week

China's 'art factory' painters turn from fakes to originals

Dafen (China) (AFP) - Painters in a Chinese village once known for churning out replicas of Western masterpieces are now making original art worth thousands of dollars, selling their own works in a booming domestic art market.

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‘Before cancer I was really unhappy’: Tracey Emin on the joy of founding her own art school

When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists

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Eiffel Tower may have inspired Van Gogh’s The Starry Night, says expert

James Hall believes painting’s ‘pyrotechnical music of the stars, sky and clouds’ recalls Paris monument’s spectacular opening

The Guardian - UK

Van Gogh Museum at 50: what painter's letters to his family expose about why he became an artist

Vincent van Gogh fits the stereotypical image of the tragic modern artist: the tortured genius and scruffy bohemian battling mental ill-health and lack of recognition from peers and a public who couldn’t appreciate his audacious vision.

The Conversation

Van Gogh Museum at 50: Vincent van Gogh and the art market – a brief history

Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum turns 50 in 2023. The museum, dedicated to the art of one of the most famous artists in the world, attracts over two million visitors each year.

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Van Gogh Museum at 50: how galleries are challenging the 'tortured genius' narrative

At the time that Vincent van Gogh was creating his acclaimed work, The Starry Night, he was hospitalised at Saint-Paul de Mausole asylum. He painted the vivid night sky from his room without the bars of his window, editing out the institution. Yet, in the case of museums, it is…

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After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art at the National Gallery review: an artistic explosion

This was a time when art really was everything everywhere all at once

Evening Standard

After Impressionism review – radical ideas and ecstatic sex from the edge of a new universe

Cézanne outshines Van Gogh, with Picasso his revolutionary pupil, in this absorbing hurtle toward modern art – smashing 500 years of tradition into cubist shards

The Guardian - UK

Lawyers: Dispute over Van Gogh art in Detroit is settled

Lawyers say a deal has been reached over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh

The Independent UK

Meet Glaze, the tool that stops AI copying your art style

Glaze subtly changes an artist’s work to make AI see it completely differently

Evening Standard

This free app stops AI stealing your art style

A University of Chicago research project could see artists take back ownership of their artwork.

TechRadar

Michael Phillips: Immersive video exhibits: Pro or con? What clues does ‘Mozart Immersive’ give about the future of entertainment?

CHICAGO — We live in “the experience culture.”

Chicago Tribune

Friday essay: a lament for the lost art of letter-writing – a radical art form reflecting 'the full catastrophe of life'

Letters did not count [as writing]. A woman might write letters while sitting by her father’s sick-bed. She could write them by the fire while the men talked without disturbing them. The strange thing is, I thought, turning over the pages of Dorothy’s letters, what a gift that untaught and…

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‘Nobody has ever been astonished by an apple’ – sorry Cézanne, but still lifes are dull as hell

A vase with some pears? A jug with some bananas? Cutlery? Are you kidding? Painters of still lifes have a lot to answer for – and today’s new breed would be better off tackling air fryers or discarded Deliveroo packaging

The Independent UK

Thomas Kinkade’s serene paintings hung in one of 20 American homes — as he hid a vault of tortured art

The art of Thomas Kinkade became a Nineties phenomenon as collectors and the American public clamoured for his pieces while critics rolled their eyes. But the ‘Painter of Light’ was battling personal demons as business woes and scandal plagued the empire before his death at 54 — and a new…

The Guardian - UK

The existential question for climate activists: have disruption tactics stopped working?

As XR shifts away from radical action and the UK government restricts the right to protest, the climate movement is asking tough questions, says author Jack Shenker

Reuters

Italian police seize weapons haul from Van Gogh-loving mobster

Italian police said on Thursday they had seized a large stash of weapons from the home of Raffaele Imperiale, a detained mafia boss who previously made headlines for possessing a couple of stolen Vincent Van Gogh paintings.

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First Sackler, now Bet365. The art world can’t keep taking money from companies that do us harm

Gambling firms shouldn’t be patronising the arts any more than fossil fuel companies, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

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Why David Hockney's Bigger and Closer is an important step forward for immersive art shows

Artist David Hockney has ridden many technological waves. While his mark-making has remained resolutely painterly, he has challenged the practice of painting. He was an early adopter of computer-assisted drawing, using the iPad and iPhone.

Evening Standard

David Hockney at the Lightroom review: full immersion into the artist’s career produces mixed results

The experience projects the artist’s seven decades of work onto huge walls in the new Lightroom space... but too much disappoints

The Independent UK

Appeals court will hear dispute over control of van Gogh art

A federal appeals court has agreed to hear a dispute over control of an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh that was recently displayed for months at a Detroit museum

Daily Record

Top 50 cocktail bars in the UK named including the five best Scottish spots

A new list of the top 50 cocktail bars around the UK has been released, and it includes five trendy bars in Scotland such as Panda & Sons in Edinburgh and Lunar in Glasgow.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m going to get a beating’ – artist Peter Doig on taking on Cézanne, Renoir, Monet and more

Once Europe’s most expensive living painter, Doig is feverishly trying to finish 10 new works that will hang alongside some old masters. No wonder he isn’t getting any sleep

Tribune News Service

Lori Borgman: Creating AI art between chicken parm and pasta

Only in these days of AI (artificial intelligence) can you create a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece while seated at an Italian restaurant between the time the waitstaff clears the chicken parm and returns with the pasta and marinara.

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