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Quentin Bell and Olivia Sterling review – two artists with a magic touch

Bell’s strange and charming ceramics celebrate a life dedicated to creativity, while next door Sterling’s bawdier, weirder paintings form a critique of race and power

The Guardian - UK

A Kaleidoscope of Color, Texture, and Pattern, Africa's First "Designer Suite" Just Called It: Minimalism Is Dead — Long Live Boldly Eclectic Interiors

Inspired by the multifacetedness of South African craftsmanship, the Thebe Magugu Suite has landed at Cape Town's Mount Nelson resort alongside shop-cum-gallery Magugu House

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Churchill’s desk and rare artwork among items donated to UK cultural institutions

Items worth £59.7m allocated to museums, galleries, libraries and archives as part of Arts Council England scheme

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A century of Clarissa: Why Mrs Dalloway will forever fascinate us

THE READING LIST: As Virginia Woolf’s fourth novel turns 100, Katie Rosseinsky speaks to experts about how this dazzlingly experimental work still has readers and writers under its spell

The Independent UK

Days of Light by Megan Hunter review – Bohemian rhapsody

The privileged world of Bloomsbury group is vividly evoked in this novel of a life shaped by devastating loss

The Guardian - UK

March design news: Maurzio Cattelan goes Greek, art teapots and house paint that changes colour

Exhibitions at this year’s Milan Furniture Fair, a guide to green wood carving and funeral urns by Alessi

The Guardian - UK

‘Nothing stopped her’: the 136 reasons why Vanessa Bell is breaking free of Bloomsbury

She was the overshadowed member of the iconic group. But now, with a major exhibition not far from the house she turned into a work of art, Bell is finally getting her due. And she’s not the only one

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Diary written by acclaimed artist Duncan Grant sells for 17 times its estimate

The book fetched £13,750, having been expected to sell for £500-£800.

The Independent UK

Lost diary of Scottish artist discovered nearly 50 years after his death

A DIARY belonging to acclaimed Scottish artist Duncan Grant has been discovered nearly 50 years after his death in 1978 ...

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Diary of Scottish artist discovered nearly 50 years after his death

Painter and designer Duncan Grant was a member of the influential Bloomsbury Group of artists and writers.

The Independent UK

5 Day Trips From London for an Art and Design-Filled Break From the City — Thanks to a Painstaking Holiday Planner

Celebrate the return of spring with our Lifestyle Editor's curated itineraries to five inspiring destinations to explore 'out of town'

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‘Evict the Charleston Scroungers’: row in Lewes over the Bloomsbury group’s legacy

A debate is raging over the future of a council building used for art exhibitions as public services in the Sussex town are squeezed

The Guardian - UK

‘Beyond Bloomsbury’: the life of Dora Carrington

A new exhibition, ‘Beyond Bloomsbury’, at Pallant House Gallery, UK, explores the life and loves of artist Dora Carrington

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Dora Carrington: Beyond Bloomsbury review – tinsel treasures from a polyamorous bohemian

Her famous friends and avant garde love life can threaten to overshadow her work, but some of it is amazing – although it almost gets lost in the gallery

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Radical modernity: Kim Jones on curating Charleston for Sotheby's

As the newly appointed vice president of Charleston, Jones is curating a two-part selling and loan exhibition at Sotheby’s, ‘Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston’

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Vanessa Bell review – sidelined Bloomsbury figure reveals main character energy

Usually relegated to the roles of hostess, lover or muse, the painter’s independent spirit shines through in the power of the patterns and colours in this, the largest solo show ever devoted to her work

The Guardian - UK

Vanessa Bell’s mindful modernism, a landscape throuple, and climbing aboard the Hay Wain – the week in art

JMW Turner faces off against fellow observers of nature, Constable is contextualised, and the Romani community are represented in textiles

The Guardian - UK

Discovered: a lost possible inspiration for Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

A painting by Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell that went missing for 60 years will go on show in London in November

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‘A great work of feminist art’: how the Bloomsbury group’s Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s 1932 collection of 50 hand-painted plates, left to languish for 80 years, forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Collecting Modernism review – unique set of artworks a testament to queer culture

Including works by Picasso, Pisarro and Hodgkins, this stunning collection of 20th-century works was lovingly handed down through three generations of chosen family

The Guardian - UK

From Van Gogh to Le Va, Rego to the Renaissance: the best exhibitions for autumn 2024

From this year’s Turner prize and pioneering scatter art to Monet’s London and Goya’s surreal visions – there’s something for all art lovers

The Independent UK

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

Evening Standard

Henry Moore at the Courtauld Gallery review: a splendid show of the great sculptor's lesser-known drawings

These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting

The Guardian - UK

‘Respect – and honour’: the fight to save a Spanish civil war mass grave

Remains of 451 people believed to lie on proposed site of Madrid waste plant – including Bloomsbury poet Julian Bell

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Charleston aims to bring Bloomsbury group works back to ‘rightful home’

Charity that runs house in East Sussex launches bid to fill gaps in collection with ‘treasures’ held in private hands

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