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‘Like hell’: Henry Moore drawings of coalminers’ wartime work on show

Scupltor and miner’s son was commissioned to spend a week making sketches of men in Yorkshire pit

The Guardian - UK

Flood of summer shows at Maitland gallery

Maitland Regional Art Gallery has eight new exhibitions to enlighten and entertain visitors through the summer holidays.

Newcastle Herald

Humboldt Park building will block mural — so artist was asked to create new one

“It was an ode to an era,” said artist Antonio Beniquez, who’s been asked to create a mural for the new building that evokes the old mural.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Archaeologists say find near Stonehenge is ancient goldsmith’s toolkit

Reanalysis of millennia-old axes and polished stones found in 1802 has revealed tiny traces of gold

The Guardian - UK

Bangor artist stunned as Carl Frampton stops by to pick up 'epic' portrait

It's part of Johnny Hamilton's NI Legends collection which highlights the people who helped shape Northern Ireland

Belfast Live

Shrek appears in Ayrshire park with fairytale characters set for new kids attraction

The fantastic creations have been set up in Rozelle for the public to enjoy.

Daily Record

'Why do we have to ask London for permission?' – New call to keep Lindisfarne Gospels in the North East

More than 50,000 people saw the ancient treasure during a display in Newcastle, but there are now renewed calls to bring the manuscript back to its home region permanently

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Quentin Blake at 90: celebrating the joy and magic of the illustrator of Matilda, The BFG and beyond

The expression “national treasure” could have been invented for Sir Quentin Blake who celebrates his 90th birthday on December 16 – and we might also celebrate his considerable impact on the status and understanding of the art of illustration.

The Conversation

Spain's new memory law dredges up a painful chapter of Spain's often forgotten ties to Nazis

Walking down a tree-lined street in the Poble Sec neighborhood of Barcelona, one might easily miss a small bronze square set into the sidewalk. Stamped into the metal in the regional language of Catalan are the words: “Here lived Francesc Boix Campo, born 1920, exiled 1939, deported 1941, Mauthausen, liberated.”

The Conversation

Ashley Bickerton obituary

Neo-geo artist who satirised the get-rich-quick 80s and later how people treat the natural world

The Guardian - UK

Matthew Arthur Williams review – essential explosion of working-class cliches

Delving into his identity using nude portraits, family photos and found footage of Jamaica and Stoke-on-Trent, Williams explores compelling truths about immigrant labour and the meaning of home

The Guardian - UK

The British Museum throws a party with Marvel heroes and drag queens

Spiderman and Thor made an appearance

Evening Standard

All those in favour say Ai

For much of his life, Ai Weiwei has fought the oppression of the Chinese Communist Party. As he signs sheets of A4 in invisible ink at Speakers’ Corner — a reference to the protests currently going on in his home country — Kate Wills heads down to meet him

Evening Standard

‘Tastes can be fickle’: how did a giant modernist sculpture end up gathering moss in a Milton Keynes field?

Keith McCarter’s 1969 mural was a beacon of postwar optimism. But efforts to find a new home for it have proven fruitless. Now it can be yours for free – but you’ll need a very big wall to exhibit it

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Glasgow-based silversmith wins prestigious prize for 'exceptional' goblet

A GLASGOW-BASED silversmith has received a unique award where the prize is the chance to create a handmade goblet that will become part of a highly…

Wales Online

Tracey Emin brain sculpture sold at auction to raise money for Parkinson’s UK

It fetched £7,500 at Christie's auction house as part of the Me, My Brain And I series

The Independent UK

Police break into gallery to help ‘unconscious woman’ only to discover it is art installation

Police broke into an art gallery to aid an unconscious person inside before discovering it was an art installation

Wales Online

University of Cambridge to hand back looted 'Benin bronzes' to Nigeria

Significant historical objects were plundered by the British Army during the sacking of Benin City in 1897

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The Independent UK

Tracey Emin brain sculpture sold at auction in aid of Parkinson’s UK

The work was among a selection of sculptures sold at Christie’s auction house as part of the Me, My Brain And I series.

The Independent UK

University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes

Approval for the restitution of 116 artefacts was given by the Charity Commission.

The Guardian - UK

Another amazing year for female artists. So why are they still stifled and impoverished?

From the Turner shortlist to the Venice Biennale and more, 2022 was another dazzling year for women. But, away from the headlines, a cold look at the data shows equality is generations away

Wales Online

Amazing new street art in Swansea celebrates Black British artists who inspired students in Wales

"These people are inspirations for me and for Joel as art students, to see ourselves represented and believe that we could also achieve the same things that they achieved."

Reuters

In a small Russian town, a pensioner's street art denounces Ukraine conflict

Over 20 years, Russian pensioner Vladimir Ovchinnikov gained a following for his street murals in the small town of Borovsk, some 70 miles (115 km) southwest of Moscow, many of which depicted the plight of victims of Stalinist-era repressions.

ABC News

Artist Casey Jenkins scores legal victory after Australia Council revokes funding for performance piece

Casey Jenkins is suing the Australia Council for snatching away a $25,000 grant over an exhibition which showed audiences the possible moment of conception through monthly self-inseminations and daily IVF injections.

The Guardian - AU

Australia Council faces legal setback in case brought by self-insemination artist

Casey Jenkins is suing national arts body for withdrawing funding for performance exhibition Immaculate in 2020

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