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French culture minister returns 15th century art stolen by Nazis during WWII to rightful owners

Two paintings and a sculpture from the 15th century, looted by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945 from German Jews, were returned to the heirs of the original owners on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Raffaele Salvoldi stacks hundreds of marble blocks for dazzling Milan installation

For a Milan Design Week 2023 installation, Italian artist Raffaele Salvoldi teams up with marble brand Salvatori to create architectural sculptures comprising hundreds of marble blocks

Wallpaper

UK imposes sanctions on art collector accused of financing Hezbollah

Nazem Ahmad, who has owned works by Picasso and Warhol, suspected of laundering money for militant group

The Guardian - UK

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'After years of hiding behind a mask, I can finally be who I am'

Alexandre Rezende Da Silva said since moving to the UK he feels he can be more himself

Liverpool Echo

'Art in schools is just box ticking - I want to give something back'

Angela Lock is hoping her new cafe club will encourage creativity

Manchester Evening News

Calligraphers put finishing touches on invitations to 'The Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla'

The names of recipients are being added

Wales Online

Calligraphers hand-finish personalised invitations to King’s coronation

A small team of calligraphers are using traditional italic dip pens and bespoke mixed inks to write in the names of the 2,000 recipients.

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Ancient monument older than Egyptian pyramids sat on UK council estate

A stone surrounded by cheap railings to keep away vandals on an Edinburgh housing estate is actually an ancient monument older than the pyramids of Egypt, built around 4,000 years ago

Daily Mirror

Sick of Myself review – like-chasing narcissist is focus of online fame horror-satire

A strong lead performance can’t save this unsubtle Norwegian film about a woman who goes too far in chasing social media clout

The Guardian - UK

Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian review – Swedish mystic is no match for the great modernist

Connecting the two through their shared religious interests misunderstands the Dutch artist – and does Af Klint no favours

The Guardian - UK

Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life at Tate Modern review - fascinating and ambitious

You can feel the tectonic plates of art history shifting under your feet

Evening Standard

Pastry artwork pits bakery against town in free speech suit

Where is the line between art, and advertising

The Independent UK

100,000 tulips: Chicago artist’s statement on redlining blooms on South Side

The tulips were planted by local residents and volunteers in October as part of a public work by Chicago artist Amanda Williams meant to redefine redlining. Six months later, they’re lighting up the previously vacant lots.

Chicago Sun-Times

Joy Fleischmann obituary

Other lives: Assistant to the sculptor Arthur Fleischmann who later became an artist in her own right

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Ouija board wonder: how Hilma af Klint’s occult dabblings made her an outcast

She was a Swedish mystic who believed angels guided her work. Why has this overlooked pioneer now been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad’s religion? The answer lies in the spirit world

The Independent UK

New bust of peace process mediator George Mitchell unveiled in Belfast

Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Sir Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern were among those who attended the ceremony at Queen’s University.

Liverpool Echo

'Best kept secret' on major road threatened with closure

'We have always managed without funding but times are becoming really difficult'

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool Council to 'let the light in' with city centre art show

In 2022 the local economy made 10 times what the council intends to invest in River of Light this year

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The Guardian - UK

Maria Mater Meretrix review – beautifully paced evening of drama and quiet darkness

Devised by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and soprano Anna Prohaska, this sequence of vocal and instrumental pieces explored depictions of the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene with stylish verve

The Independent UK

‘Effortlessly cool’ London street signs from 1950s and ’60s to be auctioned off

The proceeds will be reinvested into the capital, Westminster City Council said.

The Guardian - AU

Planned $2bn Melbourne skyscraper project to deliver Australia’s tallest building

Green-lit project will feature pair of towers, apartments, offices, luxury hotel and 6,000 sq metres of green space

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sotheby’s to Auction World’s Largest Ruby in New York in June

The largest ruby in the world to come to auction will be offered by Sotheby's in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Monday, and is estimated to achieve more than $30 million. That would probably make the 55.22-carat gem, known as…

The Guardian - UK

‘Like an exploded iPhone’: why Sarah Sze is the perfect artist for the age of information overload

The American artist’s planetarium-like structures combine painting, sculpture, architecture and even ladders, wire and scissors. They are impossible to take in all at once – much like modern life

ABC News

Photographer Brett Leigh Dicks recreates 100-year-old images to record how WA's Goldfields has changed

Brett Leigh Dicks shuffles his feet and tripod slightly to find the exact spot where another photographer stood 100 years earlier. He says he's somewhat of an archaeologist — just with less digging.

ABC News

Pixy Liao’s cheeky photo series Experimental Relationship flips the artist-muse dynamic

The Chinese photographer's subversive photo series offsets romance with humour – and her work is coming to three Australian cities this month.

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