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First Thing: Suspect in murders of Minnesota lawmakers caught and charged

Vance Boelter accused of killing Melissa Hortman and her husband and wounding John Hoffman and his wife. Plus, why a professor of fascism left the US

The Guardian - UK

A £2.5m dud? Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of National Gallery Rubens

Former curator’s comments, later withdrawn, reignite debate over attribution of Samson and Delilah painting

The Guardian - UK

The National Gallery at 200: is this rehang a bold relaunch or rinse and repeat?

The National Gallery has recently rehung its entire collection. Taking hundreds of paintings off the wall and replacing them in a new arrangement requires considerable mental and physical labour on the part of curators, conservators and technicians.

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Maltesers in tea are the chicest snack, fake Goyard bags must be avoided… What's hot (and not) this week

What’s going up... and what’s going down— keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

Evening Standard

A sumptuous rehang, jumbo jellyfish and naive manly paintings – the week in art

The revamped National Gallery offers a new take on its glorious wonders, a psychoanalytical painter tackles masculinity, and abstract watercolours rise from the deep

The Guardian - UK

The National Gallery rehang review: 'what a 200th birthday treat this is'

5/5 With a complete architectural overhaul of the Sainsbury and a rehang of its collection., The National is truly making its wonders shine

Evening Standard

National Gallery rehang review – ‘A momentous retelling of the story of art’

t is one of the world’s greatest museums and this revamp starts with a thrilling embrace from Leonardo, unfolding to Titian, Van Eyck, Monet and more – all bolstered by cool new architecture and lighting. What a wonderland!

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National Gallery spends £16m on painting without knowing where it’s from or who the artist is

Painting full of ‘wildly inventive’ details to be publicly exhibited for first time since 1960

The Independent UK

Rothko painting worth more than £42m damaged by child visiting gallery

The abstract artwork will undergo restoration works to repair the scratches

The Independent UK

Posh-house drama, Elton’s new album and art to make you weep – what to watch, see and listen to this week

This week I’ve seen Disney’s latest bingeable series, The Stolen Girl, variously described as a “posh-house drama”, “the equivalent of an airport novel” and “enjoyably preposterous” – so what’s not to like?

The Conversation

Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots; José María Velasco: A View of Mexico – review

The arte povera veteran’s passionate celebration of trees risks being eclipsed by the real ones that surround it. And a 19th-century Mexican polymath becomes the first Latin American artist to have a solo show at the National Gallery

The Guardian - UK

In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... Here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (7 - 11 April 2025).

Euronews

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the National Gallery is a remarkable achievement

I had been looking forward to the National Gallery’s exhibition Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 for several reasons.

The Conversation

London's National Gallery offers first-ever overnight stay to celebrate its 200th anniversary

For the first time ever, the National Gallery is offering one lucky person an overnight stay among some of the most iconic paintings in history.

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The Guardian - UK

National Gallery sleepover prize draw offers chance to dream among paintings

London gallery’s competition marks 200th anniversary and opening of Sainsbury Wing after two-year overhaul

The Guardian - UK

Plasticine men and giant goddess women: why Ken Kiff’s brilliant, bizarre art is getting a second look

A new exhibition celebrates the British painter, who was overlooked in the brash 90s, but now whose idiosyncratic work as artist in residence at the National Gallery is being newly celebrated

The Guardian - UK

From acid house to ancient rites: Jeremy Deller’s enormous, collaborative, unsellable art

As his most ambitious project comes together, the artist plans to unleash a bacchanalian festival that will be his most daring public artwork yet

The Guardian - UK

José María Velasco review – proudly dull Mexican was wasted in wonderland

The 19th-century artist worked at a time when the Americas were a wonderland of discovery – but his unromantic, objective view of ancient rocky formations is sadly quite boring

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The Guardian - UK

Borderline genius: how José María Velasco’s landscapes redefined perceptions of Mexico

An exhibition of works by the 19th-century artist shows his role in creating a sense of Mexican identity – revealing that he was more polymath than painter

The Guardian - UK

Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 review – saints and sinners come alive in art’s golden moment

From young Christ in a strop to Lazarus coming back from the dead, astonishingly relatable paintings by medieval Siena’s finest reach into the present in this dazzling show

Evening Standard

Siena: The Rise of Painting at the National Gallery review: 'a blockbuster of a show'

5/5 This solid gold exhibition celebrates the astonishing period 1300-1350 in the Italian city of Siena, which matched opulence, spirituality and extravagance

The Guardian - UK

Siena: The Rise of Painting review – a heart-stopping show about the moment western art came alive

This epochal exhibition is full of works so intimate and expressive that the painters of a medieval Italian city 700 years ago suddenly seem close at hand

The Independent UK

Rubens masterpiece in National Gallery may not be legitimate, fresh evidence claims

‘Bad craftsmanship’ has cast doubt on painting’s authenticity

The Guardian - UK

Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

Exclusive: Art historian points to ‘bad craftsmanship’ in supposedly 17th-century work entitled Samson and Delilah

Digital Camera World

Did you know there was an Instagram filter craze as early as the 1800s?

The UK's National Gallery has revealed that something called a ‘Claude Glass’ was very popular 200 years ago

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