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Statues, bridges, soundscapes: Queen Elizabeth II memorial designs unveiled

Giant canopy of stone lilies and exact cast of Windsor oak tree among ideas for commemoration in St James’s Park

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers)

A perhaps somewhat over-the-top argument in a motion to dismiss an employment lawsuit (Doe v. Yeezy, LLC). The motion itself… The post Kanye West "Is Not Merely a Creator; He Is Art" (Say His Lawyers) appeared first on Reason.com.

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‘It’ll be solemn, enshrining his ashes’: statue of Lemmy to be unveiled in his home town of Stoke-on-Trent

Cast in bronze by sculptor Andy Edwards and containing the legendary Motörhead frontman’s DNA, the effigy underscores the West Midlands’ rock heritage

The Guardian - UK

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Shortlisted designs for Queen Elizabeth II memorial in St James's Park are unveiled - which would you choose?

The design concepts include a bronze cast of a Windsor oak tree, a giant canopy of stone lily pads and a statue of the late Queen next to Prince Philip

Evening Standard

Huma Bhabha review – ‘Giacometti is a foil to her flamboyance. She is today’s Picasso’

The Pakistani-American sculptor’s traumatised patchwork people more than hold their own against the great Swiss artist’s striding, emaciated statues in this thrilling clash

The Guardian - UK

Artist Rene Matić: 'I'm nominated for the Turner Prize but my gender is up for discussion'

Non-binary artist Rene Matić takes photographs that celebrate their trans friends, and once got a tattoo of a far right slogan they found on Pinterest. Now they’re one of youngest nominees ever for Britain’s prestigious art prize

Evening Standard

Art Fund to launch £5m project for UK museums to share their collections

‘UK’s largest ever collaborative touring project’ will involve institutions pooling resources and expertise

The Guardian - UK

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Auction of gems linked to Buddha postponed after India legal threat

Ministry of culture tells Sotheby’s it would be ‘participating in continued colonial exploitation’ if sale of gems goes ahead

The Guardian - UK

I’m a woman of 48 – and as replaceable in the office as the swivel chair at my desk

In India, as elsewhere, ‘menopenalisation’ means women in middle age are failed by their employers and wider society

The Guardian - UK

‘You might find it scary’: artist Huma Bhabha squares up to Giacometti with wellies, skulls and teeth

The Pakistan-born sculptor was nervous to show her irreverent work – made using plastic bags, pincers and cork – beside the Swiss existential hero’s but tells us ‘they’re enjoying each other’s company’

The Guardian - UK

Front row? Dublin orders tourists to leave statue’s cleavage alone

Touching breasts of city’s Molly Malone statue is supposed to bring luck, but not everyone is happy with tradition

The Guardian - UK

Notorious inmate Charles Bronson’s latest parole hearing to be held in private

Bronson was the first prisoner to formally ask for a public hearing after rules changed in 2022.

Evening Standard

Queen praises ‘beautiful’ poppy display at Tower of London

The new installation features 30,000 ceramic poppies from the 2014 Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork.

Evening Standard

Queen visits powerful poppy display at Tower of London as part of VE Day commemorations

Queen pays her respects to the war dead at installation, The Tower Remembers, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War

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Pierre Audi obituary

Innovative founder of the Almeida theatre in London and director of the Dutch National Opera

Al Jazeera

What are the Piprahwa gems, and why is India trying to stop their auction?

New Delhi says private sale of gems linked to the Buddha is unlawful and demands repatriation from Sotheby’s.

Creative Bloq

5 experiences every designer should have on their bucket list – and I've done them all

Every designer should strive to do these things.

The Guardian - UK

‘Tranquillising good taste’: can the National Gallery’s airy new entrance exorcise its demons?

When the Sainsbury Wing opened, it was called ‘vulgar pastiche’. Now, after an £85m revamp, it has become the famous gallery’s main entrance. But have its spiky complexities been tamed? And why all the empty space?

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India tries to halt auction of Piprahwa gems found with Buddha’s remains

Ministers claim sale in Hong Kong is unlawful and are demanding repatriation of relics buried in third-century BC

Evening Standard

Blood-red poppies pour over the Tower of London to mark 80 years since end of Second World War

Nearly 30,000 ceramic poppies have returned to the iconic fortress in a powerful new installation

The Guardian - UK

Britons flying to Scandinavia with older passports risk being denied boarding

‘Inconsistent application’ of Schengen rules on passport validity has seen people turned back at border by airlines

The Independent UK

Art Institute of Chicago president accused of stripping off during United Airlines flight

James Rondeau, who has been the Art Institute's president and director since 2016, was accused of the strange behavior on a United Airlines aircraft on April 18

Creative Bloq

Robbie Williams' willingness to lay himself bare makes his art collection a fascinating insight into a life in the spotlight

The success is in the storytelling.

The Independent UK

Robbie Williams says his art, which he hopes sells for £40,000 each, takes ‘25 minutes to draw’

The pop star said in 2020 that he’d swapped ‘cocaine and strippers’ for ‘colouring in’

MusicRadar

One man spent an entire year recording a pine tree. Hear the results as FOUR album epic is released

Out now: The unmistakable sound of a single pine tree in upstate New York

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