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Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden a ‘triumphant vision of female experience’

When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normally…

The Week

Artist George Fernandez showcases works with paints made from natural materials at his home-cum-art gallery in Thiruvananthapuram

artist george fernandez from thiruvananthapuram exhibits paintings done on handmade paper with paints made from natural materials at his home-cum-art gallery

The Hindu

Last chance to see: Devon Turnbull’s ‘HiFi Listening Room Dream No. 1’ at Lisson Gallery, London

Devon Turnbull/OJAS’ handmade sound system matches minimalist aesthetics with a profound audiophonic experience – he tells us more

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British Museum employee sacked over missing items was senior curator

Peter Higgs was curator of Greek collections and sculpture until he was sacked, but his family says he has ‘not done anything’

The Guardian - UK

British Museum worker sacked after treasures vanished named as senior curator

Peter John Higgs, 56, revealed by son as staff member sacked from his role

Evening Standard

Named: Curator sacked after British Museum treasures vanished

Expert in Greek antiques Peter Higgs protests his innocence over theft of gold and jewellery worth tens of millions

The Independent UK

Care for artist who sought mental health help ‘fell far short’, coroner finds

Daniel Venes absconded from a Kent hospital and was discovered by French authorities dead on a beach two weeks later.

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Questions over safety of Elgin Marbles at British Museum after artefacts stolen

The London institution is undertaking a security review after items from its collection were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.

The Independent UK

In Anne Frank's Amsterdam, Ukrainian children's war diaries go on show in exhibition at City Hall

The city where Anne Frank wrote her World War II diary while hiding with her family from the brutal Nazi occupation is hosting an exhibition about the Ukraine war with grim echoes of her plight more than three quarters of a century later

The Independent UK

New Research Reveals Ötzi The Iceman’s Real Appearance

“The mummy itself, however, is dark and has no hair.”

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Priceless British Museum items stolen ‘may already be melted down’ expert warns

It is thought around 3,000 priceless items were taken from museum storeroom, ranging from 15th century BC to 19th century AD

The Independent UK

While access to ‘The Bean’ is limited, our city has other public art worth seeing

Chicago’s public sculpture portfolio is bigger than Cloud Gate. And now is as good a time as any to get around town and see some of it.

Chicago Sun-Times

British museum worker sacked over ‘stolen’ treasures

The Metropolitan Police is investigating how several items from the British Museum’s collection were stolen or damaged by a member of the institution’s staff.

The Week

Stolen British Museum artefacts may have already been ‘melted down or sent abroad’, expert warns

Scotland Yard is investigating the incident but said no arrests have yet been made

Evening Standard

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Ukrainian artist paints group portraits for refugees to gift to UK hosts

A British couple who received a Olha Son painting from the Ukrainian family living with them said it was ‘very moving’.

The Guardian - UK

Rail route of the month: the drama of an Alpine epic from Zurich to Graz

This exhilarating, nine-hour journey trundles through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and soars to more than 1,000 metres above sea level as it crosses the Rhine-Danube watershed

The Hindu

Ticket to a nonsensical world? | Inside Toiletpaper’s largest show, ‘Run As Slow As You Can’, in Mumbai

Inside Toiletpaper and founders Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s investigation of “our hyper consumption of imagery”

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Hospital Rooms and Hauser & Wirth unite for a sensorial London exhibition and auction

Hospital Rooms and Hauser & Wirth are working together to raise money for arts and mental health charities

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Barbie sheds her plastic | Behind Adil Writer’s clay interpretation of the fashion doll

When Adil Writer, an artist from Auroville, reimagined the world’s favourite fashion doll Barbie in clay, and made her more body positive

The Independent UK

Florida art museum sues former director over forged Basquiat paintings scheme

A central Florida art museum that was raided last year by the FBI over an exhibit of what turned out to be forged Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has sued its former executive director and others, claiming they were part of a scheme to profit from the sale of the fake artwork

The Independent UK

Museum sues ex-director alleging he tried to profit from fake Basquiat paintings

Federal agents raided the Orlando Museum of Art last year and seized more than two dozen paintings

The Independent UK

New Jersey Supreme Court rules that Catholic school can fire teacher for being pregnant and unmarried

Case has spanned nearly a decade in state courts

The Guardian - UK

British Museum sacks staff member after items vanish from collection

Treasures including jewellery and gems kept in a storeroom were found to be missing, stolen or damaged, the London museum said

The Independent UK

British Museum boss reveals items have been stolen as staff member dismissed

The matter is under investigation by the economic crime command of the Metropolitan Police.

Chicago Sun-Times

MCA exhibit explores sense of place, intertwined history between Puerto Rico and Chicago

The MCA is hosting a new exhibit titled “entre horizontes: Art and Activism Between Chicago and Puerto Rico.”

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