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Lubaina Himid’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale review – alienation in a green and pleasant land

Amid a calming soundtrack of lapping waves and cooing birds, workers in brightly coloured paintings share glances that say: ‘What the hell are we doing here?’ But isn’t there more to not belonging than this show suggests?

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Activists Protest Jeff Bezos at 2026 Met Gala with Symbolic 'Urine' Bottles

Activists protested the 2026 Met Gala with urine bottles outside, criticising wealth inequality and corporate power, sparking a debate about the luxury event.

International Business Times UK

‘It’s a special tree’: campaign to save mother of beloved bramley apple for nation

Appeal launched to buy Nottinghamshire cottage, where tree was planted in 19th century, and turn it into heritage centre

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‘I paint the kind of people I’m attracted to’: Hernan Bas on hiding from the world in Venice

The Cuban-American artist likes to paint pretty young white men – inspired by his fascination with Holden Caulfield. So why do his portraits have a sinister edge?

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‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale

In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse

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Artist Chris Levine’s latest installation is ‘art on a cosmic scale’

Projected vertically into the sky, it marks the opening of the Venice Biennale 2026.

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Salisbury Cathedral restores stained-glass treasure by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris

Project to refurbish ‘Angels’ hailed huge success as dean says it will ‘lift spirits and rekindle hope’

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A woman’s casual walk turns into a jackpot: More than 2,000 ancient coins were unearthed in a field in the Czech Republic

In the Kutná Hora area of the Czech Republic, what started as a normal walk across a freshly ploughed field turned into one of Central Europe's biggest finds in coin history. A local woman, who chose to remain anonymous, found 2,150 coins from the late 11th and early 12th centuries.…

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Florida Artist Turned $8 Postcards Into $18,300-A-Month Business Mailing 'Architecture' — Joins Gen Z Snail Mail Wave

Gen Z creators are capitalizing on the nostalgia of snail mail, earning significant profits through subscription services that offer unique, hand-crafted content.

International Business Times UK

‘Of course I accepted!’ Angel Otero on Bad Bunny – and bringing some Puerto Rican flair to Somerset

The artist’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his childhood home, led to an invitation from a global icon. Now he’s opening a casita in Bruton. What will the locals think?

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Anish Kapoor says US’s ‘politics of hate’ should exclude it from Venice Biennale

Artist commends jury for resigning over inclusion of Russia and Israel but says reasoning should have also included US

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Rose Finn-Kelcey review – flying puns, smart pranks and prayers for 20p

An overdue celebration in her home town of this funny, direct, critical, satirical conceptualist shows her spiky social commentary is as fresh and relevant as ever

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Sketches of Spain at arms: Sim, the anarchist illustrator who drew the civil war from the frontline

His powerful sketches of street battles and wearied soldiers brought the conflict to the world. A new show in Barcelona celebrates his contribution

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Mummy, is this a video game? The dangers of showing kids art on a screen

The rise of multisensory installations like Frameless are an inspiring way for children to interact with art – but do they risk making the real thing seem less exciting?

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Next stop – infinity! My transcendental experience on Japan’s ‘art island’ guided by its master Lee Ufan

Is this the ultimate location for contemplative art? Our writer travels to the legendary island of Naoshima – and meets the great creator of its most spellbinding works. Will he step through the arch and find nirvana?

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Lost ‘cloud’ of artist who wrapped the Reichstag to be created in UK gallery

Exclusive: Scale model found in Christo’s studio leads to London realisation of internally lit Air Package on a Ceiling

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Beijing revival: destroyed art becomes art again

In 1995, a Beijing art collective voted to destroy its own work. Now its radical conceptual output has been recreated in Australia.

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Banksy artwork appears overnight in London, Mystery statue sparks debate

Banksy has seemingly dropped a new statue in central London overnight. The artwork, depicting a flag-blinded suited figure stepping off a plinth, appeared in Waterloo Place. The installation was swift and professional, drawing attention to its commentary on leadership. Westminster Council, though unnotified, expressed excitement, allowing public viewing while options…

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‘It has become a symbol of hope’: the epic journey of Ukraine’s origami deer to the Venice biennale

As cities emptied on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion, artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s defiant concrete sculpture began its odyssey to this year’s festival

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Papillons review – rich and strange collaboration exemplifies the spirit of Multitudes festival

Works by Kaija Saariaho, Imogen Holst and Chaines were woven into Manchester Collective’s concert that blended music with dance, theatre and multimedia, with cellist Laura van der Heijden at its heart

The Independent UK

Georg Baselitz, German artist known for provocation and upside-down paintings, dies at 88

Georg Baselitz, an acclaimed and award-winning neo-expressionist German artist with a penchant for provocation and known for painting images upside down, has died

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A mind-bending Spaniard, an imagistic Puerto Rican and a lush Latvian – the week in art

A revelatory Zurbarán show proves him the equal of Goya and Picasso, Angel Otero takes up a Somerset residency and Daiga Grantina brings nature to abstraction – all in your weekly dispatch

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May Nails Are All About Shine, Sheer Color, and Micro Crystals

This is your sign to try jelly manicures and tiny crystals.

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Genuine Fake Premium Economy review – brilliantly obnoxious millennial rage at a rigged financial world

Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory were born in the 80s and endured the financial crash as they set out as artists – their fury is intoxicating

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