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Art

Evidence of Class Bias in Arts Funding

The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between funding priorities and the public’s taste....

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Restoration of Rare Medieval Altarpiece Reveals Vandalism

The Battel Hall retable, which survived the fury of 16th-century iconoclasts, bears later scars of graffiti and 'witch marks' against evil spirits. ...

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#MeToo Makes Number Three in ArtReview Power 100

The #MeToo movement has sparked a rush of exhibitions in galleries and museums, many focusing solely on female artists in the past year. ...

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Andy: A Factual Fairytale – The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

As part of SelfMadeHero's Arts Masters series, Andy: A Factual Fairytale doesn’t shy away from the gritty details of the life of the artist....

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Scars and revelations

Ron Athey: Personal explorations and public displays...

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TRA: The one sided see-saw of artistic support

The one sided see-saw of artistic support. Satire and Art. Alex Brenchley. 2018...

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Marie von Papen Makes UK Debut

MVP: London is the latest in a series of innovative pop-ups, including a former wharf in Copenhagen and an abandoned shipping warehouse in New York....

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“I Spend a Lot of Time Looking at People’s Depressing Dinners”

New London gallery Elephant West will open on 10 November with Dipping Sauce, British photographer Maisie Cousins largest show to date....

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Art on the Streets Exhibition

The posters invite the viewer to consider the role that visual activism can play in our everyday experience, highlighting the power of images to challenge and empower....

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Arts Organisations Must Be Allowed To Die

A new report on resilience in the arts encourages a shift in thinking from individual sustainability to the health of a sector as a whole....

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Swedish Museums Call For Nazi Loot Assistance

Museums are calling on the government to create an independent panel to issue recommendations on claims for art that was lost due to persecution by the Nazis. ...

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Active Ingredients in Arts Interventions Identified

A new report seeks to explain the positive impact of the arts on health and wellbeing by naming the ‘active ingredients’ that lie behind such outcomes....

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Exhibition On Screen Returns For Sixth Season

The pioneering series of cinematic films about exhibitions, galleries and artists returns with ​Degas: Passion for Perfection​ from 6 November 2018....

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Tate Outsourcing Artist Biographies to Wikipedia

A spokeswoman states the gallery does “not have the resources to create biographies for every individual” in its collection, or to update biographies for living artists....

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Keeping in the shape of rhythm

Louis Cole: From Knower to Solo ...

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Arts Council Not An “Effective Ally” For The Disabled, Says Diversity Chief

Abid Hussain has urged his organisation to employ more deaf and disabled people in decision-making roles....

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Lungs of coral, hearts of stone

Katharine Dowson: Internal beauty reflected in nature...

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Kerouac Beat Painting

Kerouac Beat Painting brings us closer to the Beat legend, showing us the gifted amateur, unscripted and untutored in his search, striving against himself to find authenticity....

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Art Car Boot Fair Celebrates Fifteenth Anniversary With Launch Of New Event

The Art Car Boot Fair celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this year with the launch of an additional event: the Art Cycle Basket Fair. ...

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Artist-Activist Carlos Celdran Conviction Upheld

Case against Filipino artist who protested in support of reproductive rights in Manila Cathedral continues as solicitor general asks court to reconsider. ...

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Mud and the Body By-Product

Damien Meade: making the artificial appear sentient...

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South London Gallery Fire Station Coming Soon

The South London Gallery will open the former Peckham Road Fire Station as a new contemporary arts space and annexe to the main site on 22 September....

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Censored Queer Art Show Reopens To Record-Breaking Crowds In Rio

The exhibition was revived thanks to one of the country’s biggest crowdfunding campaigns, which raised more than $250,000....

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Alchemical Transformations in Soul & Psyche

Bert Gilbert: Rites of passage...

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Terrorism Fears Curbing Children’s Cultural Visits

London galleries in particular were hit hard last year, as schoolchildren admissions fell for the fourth consecutive year....

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Pain, Wit & Painting

Andrew Litten: timeless models of expression...

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Bill Viola and Michelangelo at the Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts announced a ground-breaking exhibition starting in January 2019. In a first for the Royal Academy, video artist Bill Viola will be combining 12 of his works with 15 pieces...

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Of Art, Cultural Heritage, and Human Harm

Should we risk lives to save cultural heritage? dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;O/dropcapn Tuesday 17th July 2018 Professor Derek Matravers gave his inaugural lecture, ‘Heritage in...

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Evolution, Religion and Art

Little has changed in the stand-off between religion and science, we might be tempted to think....

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The Unbearable Blindness of Theology and Science

dropcap style=”font-size:100px;color:#992211;F/dropcapurther to ‘Philosophy and the God of Bleak Things,’ the  abstracts of two new research papers appear in Improbable Research. The papers...

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