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‘It’s wanton vandalism’: the unwanted consequences of owning a Banksy

The artist’s subversive work draws crowds and criminals alike, and owning an original is fraught with logistical problems

The Guardian - UK

Gallery remains open as Somerset House closes following fire

The Courtauld Gallery was ‘not directly impacted’ by the fire which damaged the roof of the London arts venue.

Evening Standard

Our highlights from the Edinburgh Art Festival as it celebrates its 20th anniversary

X MUSE, Scotland's home-grown young vodka brand, is taking the art world by storm; a perfect partner then for the Edinburgh Art Festival's 20th anniversary.

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Somerset House fire brought under control by more than 100 firefighters after it rips through roof

Smoke could be seen billowing from the roof of the central London landmark

The Independent UK

Beyond Banksy: the other British street artists you should know

The Bristol-based enigma is making the news again, but he is only part of a thriving UK scene with a long history

The Guardian - UK

Newcastle teenager a finalist in Young Archie competition

'My artwork is of my dad. I love my dad.'

Newcastle Herald

Bronze statue of John Lewis replaces more than 100-year-old Confederate monument

A large bronze statue of the late civil rights icon leader and Georgia congressman John Lewis was installed at the very spot where a contentious monument to the confederacy stood for more than 110 years in the town square before it was dismantled in 2020

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Gretchen Andersen obituary

Proprietor of the Lacquer Chest, an eclectic antique shop that offered inspiration to Terence Conran and hired out props for magazine shoots

The Guardian - UK

Zooming in on nature, sounding out a stone and sculpting space – the week in art

What science learns from photography, a painterly look at an ancient boulder and Noémie Goudal’s ‘contours of certainty’ – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Kenyan city removes athlete statues after uproar over its poor quality

Authorities in Eldoret unveiled three athlete statues to mark President William Ruto's conferring of city status

Evening Standard

‘Everything human-made is of interest to me’: Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir in Venice

Artist Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir explores consumerism at the Icelandic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2024

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How Lubbock artists pushed back after the city ended funding for its popular art walk

The City Council did approve $5,000 for security, about one-fifth of the money it withheld over last month.

The Texas Tribune

A canvas was damaged as I helped a friend move. She’s asked me for $1,200. Should I end the friendship?

I wouldn’t have thought you had to pay for this, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but it might be worth seeing if you can help her feel compensated in another way

The Guardian - AU

One to Watch: Sofia Elias’ squashy chairs and mini-sculptures bring unabashed fun to the fore

Mexican designer Sofia Elias practises joyful, playful design to reawaken the inner child in all of us

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The Independent UK

The paint is dry on Banksy's animal-themed street art that appeared across London over 9 days

On the 10th day, after creating the mountain goat, elephants, pelicans, a rhinoceros and a gorilla, among other animals, Banksy rested

The Independent UK

Stonehenge's 'altar stone' originally came from Scotland and not Wales, new research shows

Researchers are one step closer to understanding how Stonehenge was created

Evening Standard

OPINION - Fat Tony: Stop defacing Banksy's art and let us Londoners enjoy it

Banksy… here we are talking about the artist again. At the start of the year, as the tree painting in Finsbury Park was revealed to be his, I spoke about how we’re never really allowed to enjoy any of his art for what it is anymore. That mural was swiftly…

The Guardian - UK

Kissing coppers to rutting rhinos: Banksy’s artworks – ranked!

The quality of the enigmatic street artist’s murals veers wildly: from self-satisfied satirical statements to truly funny political provocations. Our art critic rates his pieces, from worst to best

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This uncanny Taylor Swift waxwork is haunting my brain

Swifties are not impressed.

Evening Standard

Banksy's London Zoo artwork confirmed as last in animals series that captivated fans

The street artist delighted Londoners with nine new pieces of art created on successive days across the capital

The Guardian - UK

‘What they threw away, I used’: the story behind Nek Chand’s 25-acre outsider art masterpiece

This forest of intricately decorated statues was begun in secret by a man who never considered himself an artist but built what became India’s most visited tourist site after the Taj Mahal, the Rock Garden of Chandigarh

The Guardian - UK

‘Vulgar racism’: outrage after mural of Italian volleyball star is vandalised

Defacing of Rome artwork celebrating Olympic champion Paola Egonu widely condemned across political spectrum

The Guardian - UK

I love it that a two-year-old’s paintings have created such a buzz. His brush with branding, less so

If only we could recognise the wonderful creativity of Laurent Schwarz for its own sake, rather than use it to sell stuff, says author Nell Frizzell

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The glory days of Butlin’s: John Hinde’s photographs on show in London

John Hinde’s photographs of Butlin’s in the 1960s-70s lead an exhibition celebrating the British seaside at The Photographers' Gallery in London

International Business Times

Banksy Lifts Curtain On London Animal Mural Series

Elusive street artist Banksy's ninth animal-themed mural in nine days, unveiled on Tuesday on a shutter outside London Zoo, depicted a gorilla releasing animals from the zoo, tying together the series of artworks.

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