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The Parthenon marbles evoke particularly fierce repatriation debates – an archaeologist explains why

The Parthenon marbles are rarely out of the news. Most recently, Turkish officials have rejected claims by the British Museum that British diplomat Lord Elgin was given permission from Ottoman authorities to remove the marbles from the Acropolis in Athens in the early years of the 19th century.

The Conversation

Anti-apartheid art, Keith Haring graffiti and new life for fallen trees – the week in art

A retrospective of South African artist Gavin Jantjes, new works by Zanele Muholi and Charles Lutyens’ insights as an art therapist

The Guardian - UK

Henry Moore at the Courtauld Gallery review: a splendid show of the great sculptor's lesser-known drawings

These drawings make us think again about Moore the sculptor, while the gallery also has a fine show of Vanessa Bell’s works that is worth visiting

Evening Standard

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Matadors and space travel: an audience with Denise de la Rue

At the opening of her new Madrid show a new world, the Mexican artist tells Will Hosie that space is the final frontier, but she won’t go.

Evening Standard

Laura Jones wins the 2024 Archibald Prize with a portrait of Tim Winton, part of a grand artistic tradition

In awarding this year’s Archibald Prize to Laura Jones’ portrait of the writer Tim Winton, the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales are doing what they do best: catapulting a relatively unknown artist to instant fame and possible fortune.

The Conversation

‘We thought it was erotic postcards’: Madrid museum exhibits 1920s couple’s intimate photos

Álbum de Salón y Alcoba showcases posed and private photos of married couple found in case unopened for 80 years

The Guardian - UK

Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles

Official says no sign of permit in Ottoman archives, in blow to British Museum, which defends legal right to statuary

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Jeannette Charles obituary

The Queen’s most famous lookalike, who enjoyed a long career in film and television thanks to their uncanny resemblance

The Guardian - UK

Laser etchings, Chinese missions, and terrible PMs – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

‘Language is a massive exclusionary tool’: Delaine Le Bas, the Turner prize nominee battling Romany discrimination

A new exhibition shows how the acclaimed artist uses mixed media where words usually fail – in unravelling misconceptions about Traveller communities

The Guardian - UK

French artist Ben Vautier, 88, dies by suicide hours after wife’s death

Fluxus movement proponent believed in the idea that ‘everything is art’

The Independent UK

Shortlisted designs revealed for London's transatlantic slavery memorial

The memorial is planned to be unveiled in east London in summer 2026

Evening Standard

Greece is buoyed by a Turkish official's comments about Parthenon sculptures taken by Britain

Greece’s culture minister says the comments made by a Turkish official at a UNESCO meeting last week, casting doubt on the existence of proof long cited by Britain that it had legally acquired the Parthenon Marbles, have bolstered Athens' stand in the dispute

The Independent UK

King Charles’s goat: why did this small, ceramic trinket sell for £11,000?

Amateur handicrafts don’t often make a fortune at auction – but this one comes with its own fairytale

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“It's the end of anything that that could have been tribute-wise”: Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

Michael Anthony gives his thoughts on Alex Van Halen selling all his gear

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Serpentine Pavilion 2024 review: architectural noir from Korea's celebrated Minsuk Cho

The structure is actually five pavilions – including a library, play tower and teahouse – each with its own character

Louder

"His work can be quite disturbing. God alone knows what's going through his mind when he draws": For years Thin Lizzy's Scott Gorham kept his art secret, but all is now revealed

It can only be a matter of time before a band commissions Scott Gorham to produce their album artwork

Evening Standard

Best abstract art: originals and prints to heighten your home

Gestural pieces that offer an escape from reality

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The Guardian - UK

Discover Degas & Miss La La review – the death-defying trapeze artist who transfixed a master

This ingenious high-wire act of a show is a thrilling celebration of French impressionism, Black women and modernity – boasting an aerialist who could lift a cannon with her teeth

The Independent UK

More than 90% of cultural heritage was rescued from Danish stock exchange fire, government says

As fire tore through Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange in mid-April, many residents of the Danish capital rushed toward the flames and emerged carrying paintings, sculptures, and other important items from Denmark’s cultural heritage

Latin Times

Memorial for 6 Latino immigrants killed in Baltimore bridge collapse vandalized

The victims were construction workers from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

The Independent UK

Gold and gunfire: Italian artist Cattelan's latest satirical work is a bullet-riddled golden wall

For a month now, visitors to a Manhattan gallery have been taking selfies of their reflections in artist Maurizio Cattelan's gleaming gold-plated wall, pockmarked by more than 20,000 rounds of ammunition

The Guardian - UK

My National Gallery review – comforting celebration of the UK’s cherished art collection

Museum staff and familiar faces discuss their favourite paintings as the National Gallery turns 200, in a film that offers personal stories over scholarly pronouncement

Evening Standard

Zanele Muholi at Tate Modern review: delightful but devastating show by one of today's supreme photographic artists

This is one of the greatest exercises in self-portraiture of this, or any, age

The Guardian - UK

UK galleries rushed to diversify art after Black Lives Matter, artist says

South Africa-born painter Gavin Jantjes says institutions tried to buy work they ignored decades earlier

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