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Jack Vettriano obituary

Bestselling Scottish painter loved by the public but dismissed by the art establishment and cultural critics

The Guardian - UK

Thief was ‘stressed’ trying to sell gold from Blenheim Palace toilet, jury hears

It is believed the stolen golden toilet was broken up and sold in Birmingham for £520,000 less than two weeks after the raid, jurors heard.

Evening Standard

"Motorhead are the hardest, loudest band in the world – why wouldn't you make those your heroes?”: An 8ft bronze of Lemmy from Motorhead is about to tower over Stoke-on-Trent

With a design ready, and plans approved the project now just needs your funding to get it over the line

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‘I see things in very short bursts’: blind painter Bianca Raffaella on her explosive still lifes – and being mentored by Tracey Emin

Her paintings of stems and flowers, made by ‘seeing’ them through touch, give a unique perception of the world. She explains why she gave up a career in fashion to paint seriously – and why thumbs are better than brushes

The Guardian - UK

Brueghel painting stolen from Poland in 1974 found in local Dutch museum

Art detective and magazine help crack case of Flemish masterpiece thought to have been stolen by Polish agents

The Guardian - UK

Man denies helping thief sell gold from golden toilet after Blenheim Palace raid

Frederick Doe is accused of helping James Sheen sell gold from an 18-carat toilet that was stolen in an ‘audacious raid’ at Blenheim Palace in 2019.

Evening Standard

Jack Vettriano: ‘His paintings are like a double cheeseburger in a greasy wrapper’

The Scot painted singing butlers, ‘broads’ in bras and tough guys in suits, in works critics found lurid, chintzy, devoid of irony and often sexist. But they were also hugely popular – showing the power of ‘I get it’ art

The Guardian - UK

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Alison Watt: From Light review – hollow heads and spectral sheets loaded with meaning

Watt’s bleak nothingness casts spectral shadows – it is positively strange to look this hard at things nowadays

The Guardian - UK

'A household name': John Swinney pays tribute to Jack Vettriano

First Minister John Swinney has paid tribute to Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, who has died at the age of 73...

The National (Scotland)

Jack Vettriano’s most popular paintings

The late Scottish painter has left a legacy as a populist artist who matched commercial intent with a romantic style

Evening Standard

Jack Vettriano: From Fife mines to worldwide fame

The artist died in France at the age of 73 on Saturday.

Evening Standard

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

The Guardian - UK

Paper tigers: how Kandinsky, Kokoschka and Klee sparked an artistic revolution

A new show of visceral, violent and anxiety-strewn drawings reveals a history of expressionist artists seeking to make the world a better place

The Guardian - UK

Two men arrested after Paddington Bear statue cut in half and stolen

The statue, in Northbrook Street, Newbury, was damaged before the broken piece was stolen shortly after 2am on Sunday.

Evening Standard

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Latin Times

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Musician Pulls Out of Kennedy Center Gig in Protest of Trump Takeover

Pulitzer-prize-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens is the most recent entertainer to cancel an appearance at the Kennedy Center over President Trump's takeover of the organization.

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a poetry to her work’: why Lina Ghotmeh is the right person to remake one-third of the British Museum

The Beirut-born, Paris-based architect has beaten a list of top candidates to redesign the museum’s Western Range. It will be the latest in a series of compelling creations which ‘get all the senses engaged’

The Guardian - UK

Artist Lubaina Himid: ‘The YBAs were wired into selling art. We had no idea that was how to do it’

The pioneering Turner prize winner on being ignored for years, representing the UK at next year’s Venice Biennale, and the joys of Preston

The Guardian - UK

Leigh Bowery! review – a colossal display of shapeshifting outrageousness and originality

The late Australian performance artist’s huge retrospective is packed with outlandish costumes, stylish photographs, emotive writing and evocative video footage, but what is most striking is his singular artistic vision

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The National (Scotland)

Exhibition traces colourful tale of glass art’s global journey from Scotland

A DAZZLING story that began in Syria 2000 years ago and eventually made a corner of Scotland into a renowned centre for exquisite glass art is to be…

Creative Bloq

10 brilliant indie magazines, as picked by the experts

We asked 2 of the most qualified connoisseurs of the independent magazine world for their favourite indie mags.

The Guardian - US

‘I was in shock’: DC gallery pulls exhibits of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump DEI crackdown

Art Museum of the Americas’ abrupt cancellation after anti-diversity order is ‘how fascism unfolds’, curator says

The Guardian - UK

‘She has this power’: nun’s crucifix links Michelangelo to Velázquez

Exclusive: Bronze cast of Christ connected to Florentine artist to be sold alongside Spanish masterpiece

The Independent UK

Renowned Obama portraitist Kehinde Wiley accused of groping up-and-coming artist

Exclusive: Ogechi Chieke claims she lost interest in pursuing an art career after the alleged attack

AAP

Venice team reversal was racist, art awards judge says

The revocation of Australia's Venice Biennale team was racist, writer and judge of the postponed Asia Pacific Arts Awards Jinghua Qian says.

Evening Standard

Man accused of stealing gold toilet ‘used it day before raid’, court told

The fully-functioning £4.75 million toilet was stolen in a raid in the early hours of September 14 2019.

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