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Sweet potatoes and ice cream vans: The shortlist for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth
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15.03.2024
Sweet potatoes and ice cream vans: The shortlist for Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth
If there’s one thing sure to put Londoners in a better mood, it’s a giant ice cream van. Or perhaps…
Picasso tried to destroy her — now Françoise Gilot has her own gallery in his museum
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14.03.2024
Picasso tried to destroy her — now Françoise Gilot has her own gallery in his museum
Françoise Gilot was the only woman to ever dump Pablo Picasso, and he promised to destroy her career because of…
Contextualising controversy: Why artist Keith Piper is defending a ‘racist’ mural at Tate Britain
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13.03.2024
Contextualising controversy: Why artist Keith Piper is defending a ‘racist’ mural at Tate Britain
What should be done about offensive art? It’s a complex question that continues to plague museum directors and society at…
A chat with Ai-Da: The world’s first lifelike robot artist advocating for a universal AI symbol
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13.03.2024
A chat with Ai-Da: The world’s first lifelike robot artist advocating for a universal AI symbol
This wasn’t my usual interview. As I logged in to the Zoom meeting, there, on my computer screen, was a…
Pre-Raphaelite works inspired by the Old Masters on show in Italy
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28.02.2024
Pre-Raphaelite works inspired by the Old Masters on show in Italy
Over 300 works of art from the 19th-century British movement, the ‘Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood’ are now on show in Forlì, near Bologna…
Julien De Beaumarchais De Rothschild on the family’s historic tradition of putting art on wine
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20.02.2024
Julien De Beaumarchais De Rothschild on the family’s historic tradition of putting art on wine
Nearly a century ago, Baron Philippe de Rothschild, who inherited the Château Mouton Rothschild in 1922, conceived the idea of…
Art on demand: UK launches digital street art collection featuring Banksy
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16.02.2024
Art on demand: UK launches digital street art collection featuring Banksy
Ever walked past some eye-catching street art but returned a few days later to find it has disappeared? To make…
‘Liquid Becomings’ wins €500,000 award to produce The European Pavilion 2024
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15.02.2024
‘Liquid Becomings’ wins €500,000 award to produce The European Pavilion 2024
The European Cultural Foundation has revealed the much anticipated winning bid to host its second edition of The European Pavilion,…
Meet Phillip Colbert: The British pop artist who became a lobster
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07.02.2024
Meet Phillip Colbert: The British pop artist who became a lobster
In the eyes of most, the lobster is merely a mesmerising creature to admire behind the glass walls of an…
Microscopic masterpieces: See the world’s smallest handmade sculptures
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03.02.2024
Microscopic masterpieces: See the world’s smallest handmade sculptures
Dr Willard Wigan MBE has made his name as the ‘world’s greatest micro artist’ for his mind-boggling creations that are…