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Critics are calling MONA ‘childish’, but history shows us how much the public love an art forger

Art forgery is a devilish attempt to deceive its audience.

The Conversation

AIDS, trauma – and joy: how artist Brent Harris captures the intensity of emotion beneath humour

Brent Harris’ retrospective exhibition Surrender and Catch traces his art over four decades. It is a visual and linguistic treat.

The Conversation

The Guardian view on outdoor play: ministers should give it a whirl

Editorial: Children are naturally playful, as the artist Francis Alÿs reminds us. But they still need support and encouragement

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Bill Viola made video art ask the biggest, most universal questions

The artist, who has died aged 73, used his medium to explore survival, reason, life, death and the soul. In a world of oversaturation, his art gave stillness

The Guardian - UK

A load of rubbish … or a whole new reality? Hany Armanious on his ‘redemptive’ replicas show

The sculptor says his uncannily accurate casts of discarded items – from Blu-Tack to burnt candles – are about redeeming waste. But really, this spellbinding show is beyond words

The Guardian - UK

Acclaimed video artist Bill Viola dies at 73, created landmark `Tristan und Isolde' production

Bill Viola, a video artist who combined with director Peter Sellars on a groundbreaking production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” originally seen in Los Angeles, Paris and New York, has died at age 73

The Independent UK

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Video artist who melded the material and the spiritual and applied modern technology to Renaissance subjects

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Ronald Moody: Sculpting Life; Igshaan Adams: Weerhoud; Bharti Kher: Alchemies – review

A long-awaited retrospective of the Jamaican-born sculptor Ronald Moody exudes humanity; South Africa’s Igshaan Adams is a weaver of dreams; and surrealism meets Asian tradition in the giant goddesses of Bharti Kher

The Guardian - UK

Britain needs a cultural reboot. Here’s my five-point plan to fix the arts

In an appeal to the new government, the Arts Council England chair proposes the missions needed to achieve renewal

The Guardian - UK

Ido Yoshimoto turns salvaged wood into sculptural pieces at his northern Californian workshop

Visiting Ido Yoshimoto at his California studio, we talk to the artist about his work with wood, from his beginning as an arborist to his sculptures and furniture made with local reclaimed material

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Picasso’s ‘girl with the ponytail’ says ‘being his own living muse is a blessing’

Sylvette David (now Lydia Corbett) tells us what it was like to work with Picasso, and how it inspired her own art, currently on show at Kunsthalle Messmer, Germany

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Drake's Heartwarming Moments: Joy, Family, And Friendship Captured

Drake's heartwarming black and white photos showcase his softer side and the importance of love and connection with loved ones, resonating with fans and hi...

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Bill Viola, ‘the Rembrandt of the video age’, dies aged 73

The pioneer in new media and installation art worked with everyone from Nine Inch Nails to the Royal Academy in London, where his art was presented with Michelangelo’s

The Guardian - UK

Artist punches holes in UN climate report six hours a day for Dutch installation

Johannes-Harm Hovinga has to take painkillers to complete the 20-day artistic protest at Museum Arnhem

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On anniversary of Frida Kahlo's death, her art's spirituality keeps fans engaged around the globe

Frida Kahlo had no religious affiliation

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Upstate New York retreat Ridge House evokes land art

Ridge House in upstate New York, the work of Brooklyn-based studio Worrell Yeung, is at one with the surrounding countryside

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Yoshitomo Nara’s skittish universe takes over the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

‘Yoshitomo Nara’ at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum is the first major European retrospective to explore four decades of the Japanese artist’s oeuvre

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Recharge at Praktyka, the glamping spot all creatives should know

Architectural cabins and art workshops await at Praktyka, a creative retreat on the wild North Devon coast

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The Guardian view on visas for artists: a flawed system with serious consequences for art

Editorial: Punitive entry requirements are making it harder for creativity, as well as people, to flow around the world

The Independent UK

Small Nashville museum wants you to know why it is returning artifacts to Mexico

A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico

The Guardian - AU

‘Childish and unprofessional’: art experts say Mona’s fake-Picasso stunt may undermine gallery’s reputation

Critics say revelation Kirsha Kaechele created works over three years ago is more prank than performance art, and risks leaving patrons feeling ‘cheated’

The Guardian - UK

A very British surrealist and the Tories’ legacy in cartoons – the week in art

Drift inside Leonora Carrington’s strange dreams while Ben Jennings parodies 14 years of political failure in a graphic Rake’s Progress – all in your weekly dispatch

The Independent UK

These Picassos prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery. Now the curator says she painted them

An Australian art museum curator has divulged that she was the creator of three paintings that she presented as works by Pablo Picasso -- and which prompted a gender discrimination case when she only permitted female gallery patrons to view them

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Lugano’s versatile high jewellery pieces are too good to save for special occasions

Californian brand Lugano embraces unexpected materials and cool design codes in its informal high jewellery

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Roni Horn’s retrospective reflects her ‘refusal to fit into the mould of social expectations’

Roni Horn presents ‘The Detour of Identity’, her current solo exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Art in Denmark

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