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OPINION - Moral panic in Hampstead! What the nude model row tells us about the new puritans

A vintage moral panic appears to have gripped Hampstead. After 30 years of contented sketching, a daytime life drawing class has been effectively ejected from the Hampstead Community Centre. Their crime? The age-old practice of studying models in the buff.

Evening Standard

'Rapist' Chinese PhD student had habit of taking sex pictures, court hears

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is accused of drugging and raping three women in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2023

Evening Standard

Eighty tonnes of sand and junk: why Mona’s latest exhibition is destined to collapse in front of our eyes

Mirrorscape, an intricate sand sculpture by French artist Théo Mercier, is a ghostly scene of decay that resembles the aftermath of a disaster – or perhaps ‘a fossil from the future’

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Alleged student rapist’s ‘favourite’ pornography was sleeping women – court

Zhenhao Zou, 27, is accused of drugging and raping 10 women in total, including three in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2023.

The Independent UK

Claudel bronze sculpture found by chance fetches €3 million at France auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin has sold for more than €3 million at auction.

Radio France Internationale

Afternoon Update: more backlash over Biennale artist axing; NZ tourism campaign ridiculed; and what it’s like living with OCD

The abrupt dumping of Khaled Sabsabi from the event prompted artist Lindy Lee to quit the board of Creative Australia

The Guardian - AU

Iconic Scottish museum to get multi-million pound boost from UK Government

An iconic Scottish museum is set to get a multi-million pound boost from the UK Government.

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Muched-loved family-run art gallery on Scottish island to close after 50 years

A FAMILY-RUN art gallery on the Isle of Skye is to close its doors for the last time after 50 years ...

The National (Scotland)

Would Sidney Nolan be cancelled for painting Ned Kelly today? That’s what Creative Australia has done to Khaled Sabsabi

Despite the perceived outrage at Khaled Sabsabi’s depiction of Hassan Nasrallah in his 2007 work You, Australian art has long made subjects of outlaws and questionable figures. And it is all the richer for it.

The Conversation

Tony Burke says he called Creative Australia chief executive before board meeting when Biennale selection rescinded

Arts minister – who has denied political interference – says chief executive told him the board would meet to discuss Khaled Sabsabi’s selection

The Guardian - AU

Demands for inquiry into dumping of Aust Venice art duo

How and why did Creative Australia uninvite the team it picked for the Venice Biennale? There are calls for an independent inquiry to find out.

AAP

Artist Lindy Lee quits Creative Australia board after ‘heartbreaking’ decision to dump Biennale pick

Lee calls unanimous decision a ‘violation’ of principle of valuing an artist’s voice

The Guardian - AU

Claudel Bronze Sculpture Goes For $3 Mn At France Auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin was auctioned off in France Sunday for more than $3 million.

International Business Times

Loving the British Museum, pots and all

Letters: Readers respond to Adrian Chiles’s experience of the institution’s treasures

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Those Passions by TJ Clark review – a timely study of the connection between art and politics

The British art historian’s essays demonstrate a wide erudition but suffer from his relentless scrutinising

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Soane and Modernism: Make it New review – red phone boxes, Sydney Opera House and a prophet of modern architecture

The links between Le Corbusier and co and the inspirational architect of Dulwich Picture Gallery and the old Bank of England are explored in a fascinating exhibition in his own house of treasures

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Powerful Gaza artwork to go on show in Aberdeen

An artwork created in response to the genocide in Gaza is to go on show in Aberdeen.

Woman & Home

'Cat eye' nails are the surprising and ultra-shimmery trend we didn't see coming

Mimicking the texture of crushed velvet, cat eye nails are the unexpected statement look taking off in 2025...

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Evening Standard

UK police investigating rape claims 'blocked from pursuing case in China'

British detectives were not allowed to pursue the rape case in China

AAP

Dumped a ute? It's been turned into sand art at Mona

French artist Théo Mercier's massive installation MIRRORSCAPE is a whole landscape of unwanted junk, found on his travels in Tasmania and sculpted in sand.

The Guardian - UK

Mickalene Thomas and Linder review – impossibly exuberant women electrify a body-slam of a show

Thomas employs rhinestones and tiger-print to reflect on the representation of black women, while Linder appears covered in coloured goo at two concurrent shows

The Guardian - UK

Italian ‘mystic’ may face trial after DNA match with blood on Virgin Mary statue

Allegations of fraud against Gisella Cardia, who drew pilgrims by claiming statue wept tears of blood

The Guardian - UK

Titanic talents, fabulous florals and a river of black stone – the week in art

Emii Alrai homes in on Vesuvius, Cézanne and Manet go on display and Yayoi Kusama shows us her green fingers

The Guardian - AU

Creative Australia hit by resignations over decision to withdraw Khaled Sabsabi from Venice Biennale

Visual arts head Mikala Tai and program manager Tahmina Maskinyar resign in support of Lebanese-born artist

The Guardian - UK

You be the judge: should my boyfriend pay more to custom frame our art?

Meera thinks her treasured pieces deserve bespoke framing. Raf thinks the cost is unjustifiable. Your decision will put one of them out of the picture

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