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‘It takes an entire museum to do it justice’: the Smithsonian celebrates America in 250 objects

silverguide.site – As the US gears up for a major anniversary, a new expansive exhibition looks at history in a range of objects, from an 18th-century gunboat to a Maga hat…
‘It takes an entire museum to do it justice’: the Smithsonian celebrates America in 250 objects

Zineb Sedira review: A chic ode to revolutionary cinema, brainy boozers – and exceptional berets

silverguide.site – Tate Britain, LondonThe Franco-Algerian artist’s exploration of radical film-making in the 1960s and 70s is so seductive it makes you wish the crowd was livelier and the wine was flowing…
Zineb Sedira review: A chic ode to revolutionary cinema, brainy boozers – and exceptional berets

‘It’s about processing’: the artist who spent three months recreating the most poignant moments with her ex

silverguide.site – After a breakup, photographer Diana Markosian hired an actor to play her ex-boyfriend in hope of finding closure…
‘It’s about processing’: the artist who spent three months recreating the most poignant moments with her ex

‘It’s a love letter’: exhibition pays tribute to Frank Gehry’s lesser-known works

silverguide.site – The late designer was best known for his distinctive buildings, but the first show since his death last year focuses on his non-architectural pieces…
‘It’s a love letter’: exhibition pays tribute to Frank Gehry’s lesser-known works

The car park that changed British art: Bold Tendencies at 20

silverguide.site – Two decades after it opened in a multi-storey in Peckham in London, the space has redrawn the map for how to present art – with rooftop cocktails and the pink staircase that launched a thousand selfies…
The car park that changed British art: Bold Tendencies at 20

Maracas in hand, my toddler wanders freely through a gallery of priceless ceramics

silverguide.site – Visiting galleries was fine when my son was asleep in the sling – now he’s a boisterous explorer. It’s made me wonder: should we be sticking to exhibitions aimed at children?…
Maracas in hand, my toddler wanders freely through a gallery of priceless ceramics

Ray Burgoyne obituary

silverguide.site – Other lives: Carpenter and musician who had a late flowering as an artist…
Ray Burgoyne obituary

What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale

silverguide.site – Barenaked bell ringers, banned opera singers and mind-boggling dog-owner relationships … the art at this year’s biennale has people calling the cops…
What not to miss at the 2026 Venice Biennale

Several Venice Biennale pavilions shut in protest over inclusion of Israel

silverguide.site – About a dozen were affected while some artists backed strike by adding Palestine references to their work…
Several Venice Biennale pavilions shut in protest over inclusion of Israel

The glories of Francisco de Zurbarán’s paintings | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Paul McGilchrist, Jean Wilson and Chris Keil on the Spanish artist’s haunting images…
The glories of Francisco de Zurbarán’s paintings | Letters

What does a woman swimming in urine tell us about the state of the world? Lots! – Venice Biennale review

silverguide.site – The theme of earth’s biggest art extravaganza – spiritual rest – felt wildly wrong for our crisis-hit planet. Thank goodness for the pavilions, from fake babies to hi-tech sperm banks to a chocolate Russell Crowe…
What does a woman swimming in urine tell us about the state of the world? Lots! – Venice Biennale review

Artists v fascists, Khmer Rouge horrors, fab flowers and an eye-popping nude – the week in art

silverguide.site – The 1930s artists, poets and intellectuals who united to defend Europe, memories of Cambodia, blooming marvellous painters a beautiful reclining nude…
Artists v fascists, Khmer Rouge horrors, fab flowers and an eye-popping nude – the week in art

Archibald prize 2026: Richard Lewer portrait of artist Iluwanti Ken wins $100,000

silverguide.site – Australia’s most prominent portrait prize was announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of NSW, where the finalist exhibition will open on Saturday…
Archibald prize 2026: Richard Lewer portrait of artist Iluwanti Ken wins $100,000

Khaled Sabsabi is finally at the Venice Biennale: ‘Being here is already a win’

silverguide.site – Australia’s representative at the world’s biggest art show has not one but two works on show – a major achievement and happy ending to a year of controversy and protest…
Khaled Sabsabi is finally at the Venice Biennale: ‘Being here is already a win’

‘A daring flash of pubic hair’: the extraordinary, monumental nudes of Sylvia Sleigh

silverguide.site – A new show of this Welsh-born artist’s mesmerising portraits is worth visiting for one nude alone: a painting of an eyes-closed, long-legged, elegant brunette, inspired by Sleeping Venus…
‘A daring flash of pubic hair’: the extraordinary, monumental nudes of Sylvia Sleigh

A ‘bird of Mexico City’ strikes a revolutionary pose: Pieter Henket’s best photograph

silverguide.site – ‘In Mexico, which has a strong macho culture, the lucha libre wrestling mask is a symbol of masculinity. Ixchel was taking that back’…
A ‘bird of Mexico City’ strikes a revolutionary pose: Pieter Henket’s best photograph

Stick a euro in the slot for the lights! The mesmerising, strictly Venetian works of Lydia Ourahmane

silverguide.site – From the pier built for a former quarantine island to the sculpture made from 1.3 tonnes of hotel bedlinen, the British-Algerian’s coin-operated show feels like it has sprung from The Floating City itself…
Stick a euro in the slot for the lights! The mesmerising, strictly Venetian works of Lydia Ourahmane

Dark clouds, protests and resignations dampen start of 61st Venice Biennale

silverguide.site – Russian pavilion to stay closed as outcry over Israel’s inclusion also grows – but nesting seagull provides some light relief…
Dark clouds, protests and resignations dampen start of 61st Venice Biennale

Mark Gerson obituary

silverguide.site – Photographer whose perceptive portraits of writers included well-known images of Evelyn Waugh, Doris Lessing and Faber poets of the 1960s…
Mark Gerson obituary

Lubaina Himid’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale review – alienation in a green and pleasant land

silverguide.site – Amid a calming soundtrack of lapping waves and cooing birds, workers in brightly coloured paintings share glances that say: ‘What the hell are we doing here?’ But isn’t there more to not belonging than this show suggests?…
Lubaina Himid’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale review – alienation in a green and pleasant land
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