The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
An exhibition of works by the 19th-century artist shows his role in creating a sense of Mexican identity – revealing that he was more polymath than painter Due to the longstanding political and territorial anxieties that emanate from the border between Mexico and the US, ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’In 1951, a leading British art expert visited a stately home in Northamptonshire and viewed its paintings by old masters alone becau...
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LA Times » 2 weeks ago
The high-profile exhibition of large-scale art installations across the Coachella Valley has launched with fewer works this year. Here are the three standouts....
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
From the earthquake-defying joints that support a 13th-century temple to the delicacy of sashimono puzzle boxes, a new exhibition shows off the myriad possibilities of this centuries-old craftDo you know your ant’s head from your shell mouth? Or your cogged lap from your ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
He wanted to remove sculpture’s safety valve – and blew up the 60s as a result. The great pop-pioneer looks back on an extraordinary career, from getting thrown out of art school to covering Kate Moss in fibreglassAllen Jones, painter, sculptor and print-maker – he calls ...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Hundreds of drivers and crew converge on the South Australian dry lake to test their mettle against some of the world’s fastest land vehiclesFew people understand speed and salt better than Marlo Treit. At 87 years old, the Canadian-born veteran of salt lake racing this m...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Large Glass, London Whether photographing the cave-dwelling inhabitants of the south or a black square he’d painted on a wall, Cresci showed how the camera could manipulate our memoriesA few minutes into the mind-bending exhibition M...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Royal Academy, LondonFrom hanged men and inky cephalopods to shadowy gothic castles, these cosmic, horror-tinged works let the Les Misérables writer and liberal political campaigner speak directly to usVictor Hugo is the French equiv...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Re-creating the founding of the Impressionist movement, when artists including Monet, Renoir and Cézanne showed their work at their own exhibitionIt’s back to the tried and trusted blockbuster names of French impressionism for the latest release from Exhibition on Screen,...
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The Guardian » 2 weeks ago
Flying lobsters, cuttlefish ink and stargazy pie … Jon Tonks got on his kayak to spend 18 months photographing the incredible fishing communities around England’s south-west coast ...
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