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Redone, hidden, burnt: seven famous subjects and the portraits they hated

Mining tycoon Gina Rinehart has asked the National Gallery of Australia to remove her portrait, painted by Vincent Namatjira. Others have gone much further

The Guardian - AU

‘Uncomfortable’ and ‘innovative’: King Charles’s first portrait draws mixed reactions online

Opinion divided by the painting’s red backdrop

The Independent UK

Gina Rinehart doesn’t want you to see this piece of art. But we made one she would happily hang

A portrait of mining magnate Gina Rinehart has gone viral this week after her associates bombarded the National Gallery. We made an artwork she loved.

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King Charles "blood portrait" reactions

Whether you see the gates of hell or a tampon, the latest depiction of Charles is raising eyebrows

Salon

Yes, artists are workers. When will we start paying them properly?

Despite new funding committed to bolster Revive, the government’s national cultural policy, the arts sector is not in a celebratory mood.

Crikey

Not all culture was lost during the war

Brief letters: Paintings kept safe | The red king | A heart-stopping euphemism | Uses for olive oil | Useless tools

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III review – a formulaic bit of facile flattery

A psychedelic sea of lurid reds and a clunking monarch butterfly cannot save this superficially observed and carelessly executed bland banality

The Guardian - UK

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“Incredibly disturbing”: the internet is terrified by King Charles’ new portrait

Why does it look like he’s emerging from a hell portal?

Creative Bloq

Photo London 2024: what to see at this year's photography fair

Photo London 2024 returns to Somerset House bringing together over 120 exhibitors worldwide. With so much to see, we have put together a round-up of highlights during the fair and around the city

Wallpaper

Artists shouldn’t be political? Here’s a show that challenges Britain’s creeping censorship

Cutting the Tightrope: The Divorce of Politics from Art, at the Arcola in London, tackles freedom of expression – with particular focus on Gaza, writes Brian Logan

The Guardian - UK

“This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”: New Yorkers’ Rude Behavior Gets Dublin Portal Shut Down

After the grand debut of the Portals in New York and Dublin, people began flashing their privates and displaying Swastikas during the live 24/7 video feed. The post “This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things”: New Yorkers’ Rude Behavior Gets Dublin Portal Shut Down first appeared on Bored Panda.

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From $120,000 bananas to gold toilets: art provocateur Maurizio Cattelan is back

The Italian artist, who has gained fame by poking fun at the art world, opened his first solo gallery show in over two decades, now with a more serious edge

The Guardian - US

Mining mogul demands NGA remove her portrait

The National Gallery of Australia has rebuffed demands from mining billionaire Gina Rinehart to remove a portrait of her from an exhibition.

AAP

Graffiti-covered door from French revolutionary wars found in Kent

Markings include public executions and a sailing ship chiselled into door in 1790s by bored English soldiers

The Guardian - UK

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Egg Collective pay homage to Eileen Gray at New York Design Week

For New York Design Week 2024, Egg Collective is back with the fourth iteration of its exhibition series, Designing Women, focusing on trailblazing modernist Eileen Gray (on view until 14 June)

Evening Standard

Fragile Beauty at the V&A review: a breathtaking exhibition of photography's greatest hits and hidden gems

It’s a vast show and a deeply rewarding one

Wallpaper

The Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2024 winner is Mexican ceramic artist Andrés Anza

As the winner of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2024 is announced at Paris’ Palais de Tokyo this evening (14 May 2024), Loewe creative director Jonathan Anderson talks to Wallpaper* about the continuing importance of the prize as an ’incubator of individuals’

Wallpaper

The Dalmore and Zaha Hadid Architects’ whisky collaboration up for auction

The Dalmore 49 Year Old Luminary No.2 The Rare, a collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s

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Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 at Tate Britain review: strikingly powerful

This comprehensive show might be wide-ranging, but there are some real gems here

Creative Bloq

The Dublin-Manhattan art portal proves why we can’t have nice things

“Inappropriate behaviour" leads to a momentary shutdown.

The Guardian - UK

Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain review – this changes everything

This tremendous show highlights so many unjustly forgotten, belittled and misattributed works, from 15th century miniatures to Georgian thrillers, Victorian innovators and modern abstractors. What a seismic reckoning

Creative Bloq

“There are no rules and no planning: just organic, true doodling,” says Mr Doodle as he launches major exhibition

He doodled his entire house, and now Mr Doodle has opened his first UK exhibition at the Holburne Museum.

Evening Standard

London Craft Week 2024: what to see and do from V&A's Craft Symposium to National Army Museum's sword-making

This week some of the city’s biggest galleries and museums are celebrating global craftmanship with 225,000 visitors expected

Evening Standard

Art gallery or home? Iconic minimalist house designed to display art for sale in Mayfair

The property on Hays Mews was commissioned by Doris Lockhart Saatchi in 1987 and later owned by art collector Ralph I. Goldenberg

The Guardian - UK

Smiles, waves and flashed body parts: video portal links Dublin and New York

Dubliners urged to give ‘Irish welcome’ via interactive sculpture, but bad behaviour has also been on display

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