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Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review

Sami, a refugee from Iraq, learned his trade painting his country’s then leader. His disquieting works, full of tortured surfaces, feel like distillations of death and chaos

The Guardian - UK

A major new exhibition in Nairobi reveals the history of east African art traditions

Mwili, Akili na Roho (Body, Mind and Spirit) – on in Nairobi, Kenya – is a major international exhibition presenting east African painters who are key players in the modernist art of the region. Modernism in the fine arts refers to a period of experimentation from the late 1800s to…

The Conversation

Madrid exhibition tells story of Spaniards sent to Nazi concentration camp

About 7,500 Spanish Republicans who fled to France were deported to Mauthausen camp in Austria

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Bloody Sunday borders exhibition highlights campaign's global links

The Bloody Sunday Trust's programme this year revolves around "One World One Struggle"

Belfast Live

An art director stumbled upon a stack of drawings in an antique shop. Could she make them the next big thing?

PHILADELPHIA — The antique shop was about to close for good when Claire Iltis stumbled upon the drawings inside. They looked like other-wordly collages, or stained glass postcards, all with a maroon-black metallic gleam. Preserved in fading photo albums, each was labeled with a looping, cursive signature: Dorothy F. Foster.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A stitch in time: the enduring influence of the Gee’s Bend quilters

A new exhibition celebrates the remarkable legacy of the master makers from a tiny Alabama hamlet who found worldwide fame two decades ago

The Guardian - UK

Finding connections in flowers

La Lanta Fine Art is holding "Flower & Cosmos: The Universe Within", the first solo exhibition by renowned floral artist Sakul Intakul, until March 25.

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'An activist masquerading as an artist': we should all be talking about Richard Bell

Review: You Can Go Now, directed by Larissa Behrendt.

The Conversation

Haunting image of mystery man pulled from canal released by detectives in hunt for ID

The man's body was found in the canal near Leeds, West Yorkshire on Sunday, January 15. Police are trying to identify him so they can trace his relatives

Daily Mirror

Woman reunited with statue after decades as first public artworks of black people return

Statues believed to be the first public artworks of black people in England have returned to Brixton rail station after they were initially unveiled 35 years ago

Daily Mirror

Artist's impression of man found dead in Leeds canal released by police as mystery continues

The elderly man is yet to be identified by the police and they are asking the public to help

Leeds Live

Double Joy as second Brixton station statue joins first after 37 years

When a statue of Joy Battick was unveiled at Brixton rail station 35 years ago, it was one of the first public artworks in England of a black person.

Evening Standard

Bloody Sunday art exhibition deemed "an invaluable addition to a cultural heritage of Derry"

"It is very rare to go to any work of art or any collection of art pieces and look at them and realise that what they are about is just outside"

Belfast Live

When the dust settles

When Sakarin Krue-On, artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, Silpakorn University, was asked to create an artwork for the 2021 exhibition "Art For Air" at Chiang Mai City Arts & Cultural Center, he was struck with the idea of using snow globes.

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'Coliseum Delight' a shared art experience

Ancient painting techniques on canvas figure prominently towards creating a state of abstraction in "Coliseum Delight", on view at Number 1 Gallery until Feb 4.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: The survivors

The people who survived the Holocaust and flourished PLUS Burnham bidding for a third term

Edinburgh Live

Tributes pour in for loved Edinburgh local known as the 'Rabbie Burns of Leith'

Garry Miller of Leith has sadly passed away after being diagnosed with lung cancer. His dear friend Sandra Marshall has offered a touching tribute to the local poet and artist.

Chronicle Live

L.S Lowry sketch of Sunderland's Penshaw Monument expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction

The pencil sketch, titled 'Penshaw Monument' by renowned artist, L.S. Lowry, will go up for auction in Newcastle in March

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John Akomfrah to represent Britain at Venice Biennale

The artist known for exploring racial injustice, migration and climate crisis in his films and multiscreen installations will fill the British pavilion next year

Tribune News Service

Who made this mysterious artwork on a plateau overlooking Las Vegas?

LOS ANGELES — Atop a rocky plateau overlooking Las Vegas lies a mysterious work of art.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Islamic Arts Biennale Transforms Hajj Terminal into Museum

A wide audience of art fans from around the world attended the first-of-its-kind Islamic Arts Biennale, which launched on Sunday, at the Hajj Terminal of the King Khalid International Airport, Jeddah. Under the theme “Awwal Bait” (First House), the exhibition is aimed at celebrating the Islamic civilization with an artistic…

The Guardian - UK

Britain treasures the Parthenon marbles, but consider this: returned to Greece, could they be more valuable?

Politicians fear that handing back disputed items would asset-strip the British soul. The truth is, it might enrich us, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

Bangkok Post

A meeting of past and present

As time goes by, the past fades into oblivion. Like other artists, Tawatchai Somkong combs through piles of dusty history and finds something invaluable. He often visits antique shops when travelling abroad. Century-old sepia paintings are used for lavish adornment, and some are high-quality for museum display. In 2014, he…

The Independent UK

Ancient Egyptian limestone relief of female musicians at risk of leaving UK

The artwork is thought to have been created between 1351 and 1334 BC.

Newsroom.co.nz

Dunedin's cat lady

On the first major survey of a coveted artist.

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