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‘We must preserve our traditions’: war casts shadow over Iranian Nowruz celebrations

silverguide.site – Many Iranians were determined to mark the Persian new year despite the bombing entering its fourth week…
‘We must preserve our traditions’: war casts shadow over Iranian Nowruz celebrations
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Death, power and paranoia: painting that shocked German society finally returns to Berlin

silverguide.site – Mors Imperator caused a scandal in 1887 amid fears it mocked the German kaiser – more than 100 years later it is being displayed in a state museum…
Death, power and paranoia: painting that shocked German society finally returns to Berlin
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Philip Castle obituary

silverguide.site – Airbrush artist who created iconic posters for A Clockwork Orange and Full Metal Jacket, as well as artwork for Pulp and the Rolling Stones…
Philip Castle obituary
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Matisse, 1941-1954 review – hit after glorious hit in a show of life-enhancing genius

silverguide.site – An epic collection of the artist’s final 13 years of work explodes with the stunning colours and spiky cutouts that redefined art…
Matisse, 1941-1954 review – hit after glorious hit in a show of life-enhancing genius
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Estonia exports a modernist, Glasgow gets poetic and Leonora Carrington goes wild – the week in art

silverguide.site – Konrad Mägi is given his time to shine, Fiona Banner hits a word-picture high and Carrington takes over the home of Sigmund Freud…
Estonia exports a modernist, Glasgow gets poetic and Leonora Carrington goes wild – the week in art
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Homework till midnight and ‘one breakdown a week’: the mysterious art school keeping a forgotten style alive

silverguide.site – Since 1892, a workshop in Brussels has taught aspiring painters the technique of trompe d’oeil. It’s brutal work, the artists say – so why do people travel from all around the world to master it?…
Homework till midnight and ‘one breakdown a week’: the mysterious art school keeping a forgotten style alive
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‘Absolutely transformative’: Willem de Kooning exhibition uncovers raw intensity of early work

silverguide.site – A Princeton University Art Museum show captures the urgent power of the iconic abstract expressionist’s 1945-50 breakthrough years…
‘Absolutely transformative’: Willem de Kooning exhibition uncovers raw intensity of early work
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‘Prince laughed like a kid as I painted “Free” on his stomach’: Steve Parke’s best photograph

silverguide.site – ‘The art director wanted it to read “1999”. But Prince wasn’t having that. So the next thing I knew, I was writing “Free” on him with my fingers in cold paint’…
‘Prince laughed like a kid as I painted “Free” on his stomach’: Steve Parke’s best photograph
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The world’s largest light installation shines on a small Australian town

silverguide.site – In Albany, Western Australia, Finnish artist Kari Kola has thrown beams across the night sky with a spectacle that may even be visible from space…
The world’s largest light installation shines on a small Australian town
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Tate Modern Turbine Hall to showcase David Hockney opera sets

silverguide.site – Immersive exhibition will form the centrepiece of the celebration of the artist’s 90th birthday next year…
Tate Modern Turbine Hall to showcase David Hockney opera sets
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Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige review – how two Japanese masters reinvented art

silverguide.site – Hokusai’s breathtaking woodblock print may be ubiquitous today but, as this startling show reminds us, it’s also an apocalyptic vision of a world about to change…
Beneath the Great Wave: Hokusai and Hiroshige review – how two Japanese masters reinvented art
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‘They become part of people’s identity’: how Australia fell in love with the Skywhales

silverguide.site – Patricia Piccinini’s bulbous creation first took flight in 2013, and was joined by a partner in 2021. They’ve inspired tattoos, crafts and wedding vows – and they’re coming to a region near you…
‘They become part of people’s identity’: how Australia fell in love with the Skywhales
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Axel Burrough obituary

silverguide.site – Architect whose cultural projects included the Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester and the remodelling of St Luke’s church for the LSO…
Axel Burrough obituary
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Edvard Munch’s formative influence on Paula Rego revealed in unearthed painting

silverguide.site – ‘It’s so impressive that you can’t imagine,’ wrote a 16-year-old Rego to her mother after seeing a Munch exhibition in London in 1951…
Edvard Munch’s formative influence on Paula Rego revealed in unearthed painting
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Abstract erotica, Japanese giants face off and spring arrives in Oxford – the week in art

silverguide.site – Alexis Ralaivao’s provocative paintings, Hiroshige and Hokusai in perspective and a grand survey of flowers in fine art – all in your weekly dispatch…
Abstract erotica, Japanese giants face off and spring arrives in Oxford – the week in art
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South African photographer Zanele Muholi: ‘My mother worked for a white family. I remember the pools I wasn’t allowed to swim in’

silverguide.site – The artist has spent three decades changing the face of African art, and has just won the prestigious Hasselblad award. But they say the win isn’t about them – it’s for under-represented people still living with the echoes of Apartheid…
South African photographer Zanele Muholi: ‘My mother worked for a white family. I remember the pools I wasn’t allowed to swim in’
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Venice Biennale risks losing EU funding over planned Russia involvement

silverguide.site – European Commission says it will suspend €2m grant if organisers of arts festival go ahead with proposals…
Venice Biennale risks losing EU funding over planned Russia involvement
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Becky the dog steals the show: John Dean’s best photograph

silverguide.site – ‘In 1976, Nottingham’s Victorian buildings were being torn down to make way for newer council housing. I’d go to the park and regularly bump into this man. To me, this picture seems very English’…
Becky the dog steals the show: John Dean’s best photograph
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Harold ‘the Kangaroo’ Thornton: the extraordinary, forgotten life of the ‘greatest genius who ever lived’

silverguide.site – The Australian artist was a relentless self-promoter, prolific painter and pro wrestler. He loved a tall tale – but his true story was remarkable…
Harold ‘the Kangaroo’ Thornton: the extraordinary, forgotten life of the ‘greatest genius who ever lived’
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The V&A’s Gilbert Galleries review – a fabulous treasure trove that must be seen to be believed

silverguide.site – Displayed in a redesigned space, Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert’s expansive collection of decorative items is not only gorgeous, at last it boldly tackles the question of where these valuables came from…
The V&A’s Gilbert Galleries review – a fabulous treasure trove that must be seen to be believed
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