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Digested week: welcome to the parallel universe of Trussia

Alternate realities seemed to be possible at the Tory conference. It was hard keeping up with the PM’s U-turns

The Guardian - UK

Opulent restaurant seeking Latin-speaking grape feeder with 'gorgeous hands'

Mayfair eatery Bacchanalia, owned by billionaire tycoon Richard Caring, is searching for someone for the unique position

Wales Online

Lavish restaurant is hiring grape feeder who must have 'gorgeous hands' to apply

Mayfair-based Bacchanalia requires hopeful applicants to have a 'basic grasp of Latin' but says that 'regular manicures' are a perk of the gig - people are joking that they are brushing up on their Greek mythology to apply

Daily Mirror

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Creation, destruction, sensation: Damien Hirst’s burning desire to destroy art worth £10m

British artist’s new work, The Currency, is a way for the public to participate, he says. But for many, it is the sort of trickery that has given contemporary art a bad name

The Guardian - UK

'Triangle of Sadness': Film judged the best at Cannes 2022 hits cinemas

From an interview with Swedish director Ruben Östlund about his Palme d'Or-winning class comedy "Triangle of Sadness", to a look at three new revivals of the beloved magical puppet story "Pinocchio", plus a trip to British artist Damien Hirst's gallery before he burns his spotted paintings, Eve Jackson brings us…

France 24

Ed Sheeran's dad reveals his sacrifice to fund son's music dream after credit crunch

Ed Sheeran's parents changed their careers to support their children's dream of being music stars, including supporting Ed at the beginning of his rise to fame

Daily Mirror

Works by David Hockney and Rankin to be sold in anonymous auction for WaterAid

The sale includes pieces by multiple British artists that will be sold without the names of the artists on them.

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What to do and see in London this week 9th-15th September

Burn your NFTs, it’s time for sci-fi, art pyres and curtain twitching your way round London

Evening Standard

Flaming heck! Damien Hirst is setting his art on fire – and he’s not the first

From accidental conflagrations to planned incineration, nothing turns up the heat of art world commerce like a blaze

The Guardian - UK

‘The first time I did cocaine, I thought: That’s expensive’ – Keith Allen on his wild years

He blazed through the 90s, an explosive mix of hellraising laddishness and sheer comic talent. As the 68-year-old resurfaces in Rehab, a musical about a drug-addicted pop star, he hits the Groucho to relive his triumphs and ponder his regrets

The Guardian - UK

German punks, Scotland’s impressionist love affair and a pickle on the ceiling – the week in art

There’s a new Van Gogh in Edinburgh, King Kong returns to Birmingham and Damien Hirst is building a bonfire – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Don’t flush water down the toilet

Brief letters: Saving water | Disappearing doves | Joining the artistic dots | David Trimble tribute

The Guardian - UK

Damien Hirst to burn thousands of his paintings next month

Artist is setting fire to his work for a new project called ‘The Currency’

The Independent UK

Damien Hirst to burn thousands of his paintings to show art as ‘currency’

Artist famous for pickling dead animals in the 1990s to destroy the artworks at his London gallery

The Guardian - UK

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Art Defo: Stunning Home Restored By World-Renowned Artist Damien Hirst To Fetch Over $1.2 Million

The home in Ilfracombe, a seaside resort in Devon is not just a living space, but partly a commercial opportunity too.

Wales Online

Damien Hirst's former 'ship shape' home on sale for £1m

The artist lived in and restored the harbourside property which boasts a 36ft long living room

Evening Standard

Last chance to see pop art show by Damien Hirst’s former assistant Emma Gibbons

Brightly coloured resin ice lollies are among the work going on show at pop artist Emma Gibbons first solo London show.

Input

Prada partners with Cassius Hirst for its first solo NFT drop

The digital collectibles will be gifted to those who buy one of 100 exclusive shirts.

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Evening Standard

Damien Hirst’s son Cassius on quitting partying, loathing art as a teen and his new Prada collab

His Cass x Prada trainers are already a collector’s item. Joe Bromley meets the art progeny-turned-designer

The Guardian - UK

Robbie Williams to exhibit his paintings for first time

Exclusive: Williams’s work with Ed Godrich will be shown alongside sale of works by artists including Basquiat

Daily Mirror

Architect blasts red tape as he's told MANSION isn't suitable for Ukraine refugees

Mike Rundell, 62, who has designed homes for Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, has been told he will need to 'upgrade' his multi-million pound mansion if he wants to host a Ukrainian family

The Guardian - UK

‘This is art for the penthouses of oligarchs’ – Damien Hirst: Natural History review

The artist’s progress from raw young punk to pretentious money-lover is on show in this collection of formaldehyde works. Even the shark is getting very shrunken around the mouth

Evening Standard

Addison Lee founder puts listed Regent’s Park mansion on the market for £29 million

The John Nash-designed property comes with its own separate mews house and counts Damien Hirst among famous locals.

The Guardian - UK

New Himid, old Hirst, Mandela’s window and impossible rollercoasters – the week in art

Lubaina Himid’s paintings explore time, Damien Hirst’s animal vitrines still shock, Mandela’s jail window becomes an NFT and Jesse Darling builds antigravity roads to nowhere

The Independent UK

Banksy artwork expected to fetch up to £300,000 at Los Angeles auction

The piece by the anonymous painter, Bomb Middle England, is part of a collection of works to go under the hammer.

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