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This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at the recently restored 79th Street ‘Culture is Power’ mural, a 50-year-old mural on a North Side church and an Oak Park piece centered on joy.

Juan de Pareja’s story sheds light on the role of slavery in creating the great works of Spain’s golden age

The Chicago artist restored — and reimagined — the work that’s across from the Avalon Regal Theater after years of chipping and fading resulting from Chicago’s weather.

Kartik Kattimath, an IITian, has been involved in devotional service of Goddess Durga for 15 yrs. His models of Varanasi, made of clay, thermocol & wood, will be on display at Katti Mutt in Mangalwarpet during Navaratri. Different avatars of Goddess Durga, incl. Kashika, Sankata Ji, Rangbhari, Vishalakshi-Vishwanath, will be…

Also, a newly restored first world war masterpiece and a 400-year-old portrait of one of the world’s first professional female artists – all in your weekly dispatch

As data reveals that a fifth of tenants in the capital are turning to alcohol to cope with stress caused by the housing crisis, two people on the front line of the crisis share their stories

The piece, featuring a robotic arm scrawling a message, has not been claimed by the street artist

Art fairs aren’t great places for the average punter, but Frieze is different, writes Nancy Durrant

We mixed with artists Wolfgang Tillmans and Jeremy Deller and royal bad boy Cassius Taylor