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My rookie era: I wasn’t immediately good at oil painting, but it taught me to find pleasure in struggle

One week I spent three miserable hours trying to paint a satin ribbon, and went home in a filthy mood

The Guardian - AU

‘We’ve scratched the surface’: mission to digitise UK public art reaches 1m entries

New Art UK chair Ben Terrett appointed as charity marks 10 years of building online database

The Guardian - UK

This veteran concept artist ditched digital to go back to oil painting

Check out the work of Fred Gambino.

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Why the ‘French Banksy’ wants to transform Paris’ oldest bridge into a giant cave

French artist JR wants to do something unusual to Paris’ oldest bridge, Pont Neuf

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on the funding crisis at the National Gallery: the public should not pay the price

Editorial: Financial difficulties at one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions are a sign of the times. But maintaining free access to great art must be a priority

The Guardian - UK

Israeli digital artist Aviad Sajevitch shares how spirituality meets painting

Plus the tools he uses to create his art.

Creative Bloq

This artist turns funny animal photos into believable human characters

Maybe we're not so different after all.

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Egypt unearths 3,200-year-old Ramesses II statue fragment missing for nearly a century: What it reveals might amaze you

Hidden beneath Egypt’s shifting sands for almost a century, a missing piece of history has quietly returned. Archaeologists working in central Egypt have uncovered the upper section of a colossal seated statue of Ramesses II, one of the country’s most recognisable rulers. The fragment connects to a lower portion discovered…

The Times of India

Is the UK’s golden era of free museum entry coming to an end?

The National Gallery’s latest financial woes have brought the possibility of charging visitors back into the frame

The Guardian - UK

‘The need for support is everywhere’: working-class arts group expands to north of England

The Working Arts Club is working to counter the stark class disparity within the UK creative sector

The Guardian - UK

The 10 Best Nail Looks of the Week Prove Florals for Spring Can Actually Be Groundbreaking

Meet the new neutral.

Marie Claire

This artist uses a painterly look to create epic fantasy scenes

Antonio José Manzanedo uses colour, contrast and detail to guide the viewer's eye through his dark artworks.

Creative Bloq

The Guardian view on the Southbank Centre: ministers must support innovation in the present as well as the past

Editorial: The decision to grant listed-building status to the brutalist arts complex was bold. Now artists need support to match it

The Guardian - UK

Greece signs a preliminary deal with a Belgian collector to buy WWII photos of Nazi executions

A Belgian collector who put up a series of World War II photographs showing the final moments of 200 Greeks executed by a Nazi firing squad for online auction has signed a preliminary agreement with the Greek Culture Ministry

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Fabric of memory: the artists turning secondhand clothes into monumental art

Yin Xiuzhen builds cities from donated clothing while Chiharu Shiota weaves found objects into vast webs of thread. Now the two are exhibiting their massive, moving installations in two parallel exhibitions

The Guardian - UK

Glory for Gaudí, poems for Doig and a giant show for Beatriz González – the week in art

Catalonia’s most celebrated son kicks off his centenary in style, Derek Walcott energises his friend Doig and the Colombian great gets her first UK retrospective

Creative Bloq

Anime and the middle ages collide in this artist's mysterious scenes

Margherita Castello blends mystery and subtle storytelling with deep, vibrant hues.

The Guardian - UK

LS Lowry believed his paintings would be worthless, interviews reveal

Exclusive: Sir Ian McKellen portrays artist in BBC documentary that draws on trove of previously unheard recordings

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Design replaces art commission as fair tickets sell out

One of Australia's biggest contemporary art events has replaced a major commission for 2026, but the crowds don't mind, with day-one tickets selling out.

The Independent UK

Isaiah Zagar death: Philadelphia’s acclaimed mosaic artist, dies aged 86

The much-loved artist created hundreds of public mosaics, many of which adorn structures along Philadelphia’s vibrant South Street corridor

The Independent UK

The Epstein files arrest of former ‘Prince’ Andrew makes Trump’s Justice Department look pathetic

ANALYSIS: The British police have taken action. Where on Earth is Pam Bondi’s DOJ? asks Holly Baxter

The Guardian - UK

Drinks, darts, DJs and drag queens: the artwork that’s a fully-functioning pub – with the artist pulling pints

Young Glasgow artist Trackie McLeod talks us through Utopia, the boozer he built from scratch where punters can sink a beer, throw darts at Thatcher or Trump – and win chocolate coins from one-armed bandits

The Guardian - AU

Cutting the creative state: funding changes threaten the cultural future of Melbourne, arts workers warn

Creative Victoria funding has dropped by more than $20m since 2022 and organisations including Writers Victoria now face closure

AAP

High-end design burrows into contemporary art fair

The Melbourne Art Fair is one of Australia's biggest events for art collectors and features an Archibald prize winner - but it's smaller than it used to be.

The Guardian - AU

Police seize art posters depicting Trump, Putin and Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms from Canberra bar

Owner calls it ‘ludicrous’ Dissent Cafe and Bar was shut down after complaint, the first in Australia’s capital since new federal hate symbol laws

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