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An artist has stolen a coin from the British Museum as part of a performance piece – but is the artwork ethical?

In June, the Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi removed a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum in London and deposited it in a donation box in the museum’s lobby. The footage of the performance piece, called Sleight of Hand, was shown as part of his graduate MFA…

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Mind-altering montage, Taylor Swift’s costume crawl and Constable goes west – the week in art

A major retrospective of Peter Kennard’s dissenting images, the V&A goes for Swifties and The Hay Wain arrives in Bristol – all in your weekly dispatch

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Prosecutors Urge Upholding Trump's Hush Money Conviction

Prosecutors push to maintain Trump's hush money conviction despite Supreme Court ruling on immunity. Case involves personal conduct, not official acts, and...

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Missing portrait of Henry VIII discovered after historian spots it in background of post on X

Art historian Adam Busiakiewicz noticed the barely visible portrait in the background of a picture posted by the Warwickshire Lieutenancy

The Independent UK

Pharrell advocates for reviving arts competitions for 2028 Olympics at Louis Vuitton event

If given the chance, Pharrell Williams would reintroduce arts competition into the Olympics, reviving a tradition that’s been missing for nearly 80 years

The Independent UK

Jeremy Danziger obituary

Other lives: Art lecturer and artist whose obsession with geometry found its way into his abstract creations

The Guardian - UK

Joy Gregory unveils billboard art project at Heathrow inspired by asylum seekers

Artist known for photographic work was commissioned to create A Taste of Home in Terminal 4 tube station

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Art galleries and political correctness: The recent controversies over curated exhibits

A new exhibition of a classic painter is dividing the art world

The Independent UK

There is Light Somewhere at the Hayward Gallery: an emotional exploration of history and belonging

There is Light Somewhere, the title of the latest show by conceptual artist Tavares Strachan at the Hayward Gallery in London, is borrowed from a James Baldwin quote. In his final book of essays, Nothing Personal (1964), the American novelist and social critic wrote:

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Lianne La Havas: Elegance And Grace In Performance

Experience the captivating performance of Lianne La Havas, a talented artist whose soulful voice and stage presence leave a lasting impact on audiences wor...

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First look: French designers Marie & Alexandre move in for the summer to Marseille's Cité Radieuse

Escaping The Olympics in Paris momentarily, we head to Le Corbusier’s celebrated housing block in Marseille, where Apartment 50’s exhibition concept returns for another immersive show of collectible design.

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UN cultural agency rejects plan to place Britain's Stonehenge on list of heritage sites in danger

The United Nations’ cultural agency has rejected recommendations to place Stonehenge on the list of world heritage sites in danger over concerns that Britain’s plans to build a nearby highway tunnel threaten the landscape around the prehistoric monument

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Turner Prize-winner Oscar Murillo on taking over Tate Modern's Turbine Hall: 'For an artist it doesn't get better than this'

The Colombian artist on his new display which will turn Tate visitors into artists, the unusual inspiration he took from Monet and why he went undercover as a cleaner in the name of art

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It’s the art Olympics! The 20 greatest ever sporting artworks

From ancient fist-fighters to futurists on bikes, from starchy archers to a naked runner frozen in time … as the Games kick off in Paris, our critic ranks the finest depictions of sport in art

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July design news: 50 years of Casio, an iPod revival and mending as an art

A new exhibition showcases British hobbies, the Rotterdam Architectural Biennial and a South Asian London city map

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Iconic: My Life in Fashion in 50 Objects by Zandra Rhodes review – wigs, turbans and fly spray

The fashion designer provides an uneven account of her multicoloured career

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Protest, resistance and dissent: a retrospective of the art of Peter Kennard

The UK’s foremost political artist talks through half a century of his work, on show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London

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Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan works among former Melbourne lord mayor’s collection to be sold at auction

Twenty artworks from Ron Walker’s deceased estate to go under the hammer, along with seven Arthur Boyd paintings

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'Male supremacy': ladies lounge discrimination appeal

An art gallery will argue a tribunal decision to label its ladies-only lounge discriminatory didn't take into account ongoing disadvantage faced by women.

The Independent UK

Knights of Columbus covers shrine's mosaics by ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women

The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal group, has covered up defining features of the mosaics in its Washington D

The Guardian - UK

‘Then a woman with a bullwhip walked into the lift’: my 17 years painting the demimonde of New York’s Chelsea hotel

Hull’s David Remfry was ‘artist in residence’ at the legendary hotel, portraying dominatrixes, drag acts and rock stars – including an annoyingly twitchy Dee Dee Ramone in a room smelling of glue. He relives a ‘magic time’

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IM Pei's Everson Museum of Art gets a modern makeover

The East Wing of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY has been given a contemporary refresh by emerging Los Angeles studio MILLIØNS

The Independent UK

The late Colombian artist Botero is celebrated with an open-air sculpture exhibition in Rome

The daughter of the late Colombian artist Fernando Botero has helped to turn the streets and piazzas of the Italian capital into an open-air museum to display eight of her father’s famously voluminous and whimsical sculptures

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Brazilian art student swaps Civil War coin at British Museum in colonial artefacts protest

Ile Sartuzi says his work sparks a discussion about ‘theft and looting both from a neocolonial perspective’

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