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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

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

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

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

‘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

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

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

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

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’

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

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

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’

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

Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse review – this magnificent nag deserves a longer canter

silverguide.site – Britain’s greatest painter of animal anatomy receives a tiny survey in a single room, while his masterpiece remains on show elsewhere in the building. Why, when he’s as good as Constable – and better than Blake? …
Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse review – this magnificent nag deserves a longer canter

Cologne Cathedral’s plans to charge for tickets spark outcry

silverguide.site – Limiting access to German church to well-off visitors would be ‘socially unjust’, critics say…
Cologne Cathedral’s plans to charge for tickets spark outcry

Michelangelo or bust? Researcher divides experts with attribution of sculpture

silverguide.site – Author claims archive documents show Christ the Saviour bust was one of the artist’s secret works…
Michelangelo or bust? Researcher divides experts with attribution of sculpture

Donna Gottschalk and Hélène Giannecchini / Deutsche Börse prize review – images to enrage, bamboozle and deeply move you

silverguide.site – Gottschalk documents lesbian life in the 60s and 70s, while this year’s Deutsche Börse prize ranges from appalling scenes from women’s prisons to an exploration of invented facts…
Donna Gottschalk and Hélène Giannecchini / Deutsche Börse prize review – images to enrage, bamboozle and deeply move you

‘A stage for whitewashing war crimes’: Venice Biennale urged to exclude Russia

silverguide.site – Ukraine criticises organisers’ decision to allow Russia to take part in prestigious art exhibition as ‘incomprehensible’…
‘A stage for whitewashing war crimes’: Venice Biennale urged to exclude Russia

Furious row erupts over Madrid site of one of Robert Capa’s most important pictures

silverguide.site – City council accused of sidelining Peironcely 10 campaigners who have tried for years to turn building into centre celebrating the war photographer’s work…
Furious row erupts over Madrid site of one of Robert Capa’s most important pictures

Hockney scrolls through Bayeux, Brideshead gets revisited and Stubbs leads the field – the week in art

silverguide.site – A spectacular record of a year in Normandy, the photogenic buildings of Sir John Vanbrugh and extraordinary paintings of horses…
Hockney scrolls through Bayeux, Brideshead gets revisited and Stubbs leads the field – the week in art
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