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Daylight rubbery: the cemetery stalker who turns celebrity gravestones into art

Amy Winehouse, James Dean, Nikita Khrushchev … Scott Covert takes rubbings at big names’ graves, often getting chased away. ‘It breaks my heart,’ he says, ‘when I hear someone’s been cremated’

The Guardian - UK

Major Newcastle exhibition captures enduring appeal of Ancient Egypt

Visions of Ancient Egypt: Art, Design and the Cultural Imagination is running at Laing Art Gallery until April 29 with displays of art, jewellery, costumes, photographs and film

Chronicle Live

'I moved into a skip because of crazy cost of living'

Harrison Marshall, 28, says he returned to London from abroad only to find the cost of renting had soared beyond belief

Wales Online

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‘Crazy’ cost of living in London prompts artist to move into a skip for a year

Harrison Marshall said the move ‘highlights just how crazy it is to live in central London’.

The Independent UK

Treasury spent £3,000 of taxpayers' cash on arty photos when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor

Despite already having access to the vast Government Art Collection - some 14,700 works - the purchase of 13 'fine art photographs' was made at the taxpayers’ expense in March 2021

Daily Mirror

Penny for your thoughts – man brings joy to social media through painted coins

Cody TheCreative began the penny painting project in 2016 and has painted many popular characters on the coins.

The Independent UK

Thai heart art at RCB

River City Bangkok on Charoen Krung Road will be transformed into a bouquet of art showcasing nearly 200 works from tomorrow to Feb 24. All works will later go under the hammer during the "Follow Your Heart" art auction on Feb 25 at 2pm.

Bangkok Post

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Great Scot! French researchers stumble upon Queen Mary's lost letters

An international team of codebreakers say they have found and deciphered the long-lost secret letters of 16th-century monarch Mary, Queen of Scots. The documents were found mislabelled in the digital archive of the French national library.

Radio France Internationale

Vermeer review – one of the most thrilling exhibitions ever conceived

Moments of profound absorption, a glance, a letter… the mystery and stillness of the Dutch master’s work deepens the closer you get in this near-perfect show

The Guardian - UK

The latest offenders who have learned their fate before Nottingham courts

7 people lost their liberty

Nottingham Post

French street artist brings sketches of hope to Ukraine war zones

Seeing himself as a spray painter with a cause, Christian Guémy uses his street art to spread a message of solidarity from France to the people of Ukraine. His stencil works, first painted in the streets of war-damaged cities, are now on display at the French parliament as part of…

Radio France Internationale

This glorious portrait is too precious a treasure to be lost from our shores for ever

Even in tough times, masterpieces like Joshua Reynolds’s painting are worth saving

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: Yves Klein’s dive into immortality

So how did the French artist pull off this giant leap? He swore his accomplices to secrecy, and the mystery remained for 50 years…

The Guardian - UK

Exhibition to mark 130th birthday of famed Scottish environmentalist

A NEW exhibition marking the 130th anniversary of the birth of writer and environmentalist Nan Shepherd is being held in Edinburgh.

The National (Scotland)

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Liverpool Echo

Secret feature of statue hundreds of people walk by everyday

People walk past the monument when walking to work, the station and grabbing something to eat

Daily Record

Antiques Roadshow guest weeps after finding out huge value of 'rare' plates

The guest was blown away after getting the plates valued, which the host described as 'rare as you can get'.

The Guardian - UK

Frida Kahlo’s husband may have helped her die, reveals Diego Rivera’s grandson

The revered Mexican artist’s suffering was so great, she ‘probably’ asked her soulmate to assist in ending her life, documentary is told

The Guardian - UK

Weyes Blood review – torch songs for the end of time

The US singer-songwriter with a voice for the ages delivers a sumptuous set that circles around urgent concern for the planet and humanity

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Talented Glasgow artist creates stunning miniature of city's iconic Barrowlands

Glasgow visual artist Karen Bones' pint-sized recreation of world-famous Barrowland Ballroom is so highly-detailed we could almost mistake it for the real thing.

The Guardian - UK

The official ‘party toolkit’ for Charles’s coronation is lame - but don’t worry, I have another

There are ways to endure, even enjoy the day. Trust me, says writer and broadcaster Remona Aly

Chronicle Live

Geordie Graffiti artist who created murals for Holly Newton and Gordon Gault experienced knife crime on his estate as a child

Geordie Graffiti recently created a mural for Haltwhistle teenager Holly Newton who tragically died following an alleged stabbing in Hexham town centre

The Independent UK

Meet Slawn, the artist designing the new Brit Awards statuette

The Nigerian artist known for collaborations with Skepta, Central Cee and the late Virgil Abloh is a bold choice to create the new Brit Awards trophy. He speaks with Craig McLean about being chased out of his country by the police, the meaning behind his Brits design, and a controversial…

The Guardian - UK

Illuminating Johannes Vermeer’s use of the camera obscura

Letters: The mastery of a such a technique would only serve to confirm the artist’s brilliance, writes Jane Jelley

The Independent UK

Fishbourne Roman Palace starts brush-up for 2,000-year-old mosaics

‘It’s what we’re famous for and it’s what many of our visitors come to see, so keeping them clean is vital,’ says curator.

Reuters

Holocaust victim's heirs to pay Austria after mix-up over returned Klimt

The family of a Jewish woman who was forced to sell a Gustav Klimt painting in 1938 to survive have agreed to pay Austria $11.3 million after a mix-up over the painting concerned meant the wrong one was returned to them, Austria said on Friday.

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