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Greece has rejected the idea of a Parthenon Marbles ‘loan’ from the British Museum

THERE were reports last week that a deal between Greece and the British Museum over the Parthenon marbles could be close. It was said that talks were in “advanced stages” and the stones could begin moving “sooner rather than later”.

Evening Standard

Karla Dickens’ art of survival: ‘I was either going to jail or end up dead’

Born into a life of ‘crisis’, the Wiradjuri artist has lived through addiction, mental illness and psychosis. Now her first career survey celebrates her perseverance and artistic vision

The Guardian - AU

Greek PM dashes hopes of swift return of Parthenon marbles

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday dismissed reports of an imminent repatriation of the Parthenon sculptures known in Britain as the Elgin marbles.

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William Hogarth works at London’s oldest hospital to be restored

Paintings adorning grand staircase of St Bartholomew’s to benefit from £5m lottery heritage fund grant

The Guardian - UK

Best wall art to hang in the living room in modern and unique styles

Bring those tired old walls to life

Evening Standard

New World’s Tallest Christ Statue Received More Than 130,000 Tourists In 2022

More than 130,000 tourists have visited the Christ since September 2021

Zenger

Hamline University at center of academic freedom debate over Islamic artwork shown in class

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The centuries-old artworks appeared on Hamline University students' computer screens during an art history class early one October morning.

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Major retrospective of renowned painter Peter Howson to open in May

The exhibition will take place at the City Art Centre in Edinburgh.

The Independent UK

Brazil riots: Artwork worth an ‘incalculable value’ destroyed after insurrection

Brazil’s government lists damages incurred on important pieces of art

The Independent UK

Fabulous felines: why female artists love stroking, painting and spoiling cats

Suzanne Valadon fed hers caviar. Leonor Fini kept two dozen. And when Tracey Emin lost hers, the missing posters fetched £500 each. The writer of a new book about painters and moggies celebrates furry muses

The Guardian - UK

Artists fear 'death' of Merrion Square art exhibit due to cycle lane

The tradition of hanging paintings off the railings of Merrion Park started in 1985

Dublin Live

The Parthenon marbles: George Osborne wants to return the statues to Athens, but can he? A legal expert explains

George Osborne – former UK chancellor and now chair of trustees at the British Museum – is reported to have negotiated the repatriation of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon marbles to Athens.

The Conversation

Meow Wolf, a Santa Fe staple, makes its long-awaited debut in Texas in 2023

DALLAS — Visitors who drop by Grapevine Mills later this year will be able to do much more than shop. Santa Fe-based immersive art company Meow Wolf is bringing its fourth permanent installation to the mall in 2023.

Tribune News Service

Outrage as art history professor fired for showing medieval paintings of prophet Muhammad in class

Erika López Prater says she took many precautions before showing paintings of the prophet

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

‘Art makes a person broader’: what sculptor Ruth Asawa knew that Rishi Sunak doesn’t

The British PM may believe that compulsory maths is the key to education – but Asawa showed a different path, armed with little more than flour and water

The Guardian - UK

Chronicles of That Time review – migrant life study casts eye over fortress Europe

This enigmatic film by two artists recounts 15 years of migration to Europe – but tells us too little about its human subjects

Bangkok Post

Thai artists branch out at UOB Awards

Competitions are a great way to help artists get recognised. To that end, the well-known UOB Painting of the Year competition provides them with not only local recognition but also an opportunity to compete at the regional level among other artists from Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore at the UOB Southeast…

Liverpool Echo

Story behind the peace murals seen throughout Liverpool and Merseyside

You might have seen one of the hundreds of small murals throughout the city centre

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At Skokie Jewish center, this mural by the ‘Pop Art Rabbi’ aims to convey the essence of a ‘mitzvah’

“There is public art in Skokie and Chicago,” says the Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie rabbi who tapped his friend Rabbi Yitzchok Moully to create the mural. “But there isn’t Jewish public art. And that’s what I wanted.”

Glasgow Live

Interactive Glasgow mural to commemorate first female commercial pilot

The amazing story of Winnie Drinkwater from Cardonald, will be opened up to a whole new audience thanks to the project, which hopes to also celebrate other local heroes.

The Guardian - UK

From a skip to the Saatchi: the dazzling outsider artist we almost lost

A neighbour’s vigilance saved George Westren’s stunning works being binned by removal men. Now the remarkable story ends with a showpiece exhibit

The Guardian - UK

Giorgio Morandi review – sublime still lives shimmer with mystery and joy

Humble, haunting and deeply enigmatic, these masterful paintings resist obvious symbolism to show us the poetry of the everyday

The Guardian - UK

Italian eeriness, British villainy and Cornish splendour – the week in art

Giorgio Morandi gets a startling new show, Marcus Harvey takes on antiheroes and Barbara Hepworth in St Ives – all in your weekly dispatch

Edinburgh Live

Paper-making history of Midlothian town honoured in new community artwork

Panels created by Fiona Maher and the local community through a series of workshops will be unveiled in the town hall in January

Chicago Sun-Times

Kids, submit your artwork on Chicago diversity for student art contest; winning work to be turned into a mural at the Salt Shed

The Sun-Times, WBEZ and Vocalo are sponsoring the contest. The theme: ‘Bringing Chicago’s voices together,’ to celebrate the city’s diversity. Here’s how to enter.

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