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2024 July


From a fox to a silky chicken: centuries-old paper cuttings discovered under floorboards of National Trust house

From a fox to a silky chicken: centuries-old paper cuttings discovered under floorboards of National Trust house

In the 17th century, the house was a school, where the trust believes girls may have learned the hobby of paper cutting from their teacher Hannah Woolley, who included it in her 1668 book of household management, A Guide to Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids.


New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse

New London hub with ‘affordable’ artists studios to rise from ruins of 19th-century warehouse

Organisations such as the non-profit Hypha Studios are nonetheless offering innovative solutions to the workspace crisis, by persuading commercial landlords to let artists work and exhibit for free in unoccupied stores and offices.


Royal Academy removes works from young artists’ exhibition following accusations of antisemitism

Royal Academy removes works from young artists’ exhibition following accusations of antisemitism

“Antisemitic incidents in the UK are currently at an all-time high, and many Jews in the art world feel they are being marginalised and silenced for showing sympathy with the victims of the 7 October attacks by Hamas terrorists and expressing the view that their continued holding of hostages is responsible for this terrible war,” the letter read.


National Trust for Historic Preservation grants $3m to Black heritage sites across the US

National Trust for Historic Preservation grants $3m to Black heritage sites across the US

This year’s grantees include the Ira Aldridge Theater at Howard University in Washington, DC—which will use the funds to educate the public about its architect, Hilyard Robinson—and the John F. Kennedy Community Center in Buffalo, New York, which will create a comprehensive preservation plan for its Robert T. Coles-designed building.


“Damages,” by Irene Pujadas

“Damages,” by Irene Pujadas

This conversation about the inconveniences caused by the child went on with no concern for the physical integrity of the baby—a lump of tender, pink flesh, her body soft and abundant—who seesawed from one side of the apartment door to the other, first in, then out, until finally she snapped in half and the man and woman said, at the same time, Look what you’ve done—proof that both of them had, at the very least, one thing in common.


Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler

Iowa museum becomes first in US to return looted Benin bronzes to royal ruler

“This discovery sparked further research and collaboration with Peju Layiwola, a leading scholar on African art restitution, and ultimately, with Prince Aghatise Erediauwa of the Benin Royal Court,” adds the museum statement.


Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President

Why Donald Trump Picked J. D. Vance for Vice-President

This past Saturday, two hours after a twenty-year-old Pennsylvania man with hazy political commitments and uncertain motives tried to kill Donald Trump, Senator J. D. Vance, a Republican from Ohio, typed out a reaction on social media: “Today is not just some isolated incident.


V&A beats Met to acquire medieval ivory sculpture of Christ for ÂŁ2m

V&A beats Met to acquire medieval ivory sculpture of Christ for ÂŁ2m

The purchase was completed after the Romanesque carving, titled Deposition from the Cross and dating from 1190 to 1200, was subject to an export licence deferral by the UK authorities last November.


Paris Gallery Weekend marks a decade of progress

Paris Gallery Weekend marks a decade of progress

Situated on a quaint side street, it looks and feels less like a dealership than like the home of Sylvie and Christophe Tissot, the artists and owners who greeted visitors to their exposed-beam-ceilinged space by sitting them on stools, offering them fruit juice and regaling them with stories about the Parisian art scene of the 1970s and 80s.


Twenty years on from its founding, Luma Foundation shows itself to be at the top of its game in Arles

Twenty years on from its founding, Luma Foundation shows itself to be at the top of its game in Arles

They include the video works More Sweetly Play the Dance, featuring a procession of characters marching across the screen—from flag bearers to exuberant dancers to figures on hospital drips—and Oh to Believe in Another World (2022), which focuses on the joys and devastation of the Soviet era.


Picasso estate to take no further action over forged paintings at Mona

Picasso estate to take no further action over forged paintings at Mona

We don’t hold it against either the museum itself or the artist because the drive to create an artwork sometimes makes people forget that there exist rights which protect the interest of authors, which apply to everyone.


Getty’s PST Art initiative will open with a colossal Cai Guo-Qiang fireworks display

Getty’s PST Art initiative will open with a colossal Cai Guo-Qiang fireworks display

“I hope WE ARE will stand as a grand gesture of the art world integrating the virtual with the real in the era of AI, and also as a powerful voice and decisive action in these turbulent times.”