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

www.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

www.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

www.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

‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale

www.silverguide.site – In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse…
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale

Salisbury Cathedral restores stained-glass treasure by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris

www.silverguide.site – Project to refurbish ‘Angels’ hailed huge success as dean says it will ‘lift spirits and rekindle hope’…
Salisbury Cathedral restores stained-glass treasure by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris

Raghu Rai obituary

www.silverguide.site – Celebrated photographer who captured the political upheavals and everyday life of post-independence India…
Raghu Rai obituary

Anish Kapoor says US’s ‘politics of hate’ should exclude it from Venice Biennale

www.silverguide.site – Artist commends jury for resigning over inclusion of Russia and Israel but says reasoning should also have included US…
Anish Kapoor says US’s ‘politics of hate’ should exclude it from Venice Biennale

Rose Finn-Kelcey review – flying puns, smart pranks and prayers for 20p

www.silverguide.site – An overdue celebration in her home town of this funny, direct, critical, satirical conceptualist shows her spiky social commentary is as fresh and relevant as ever…
Rose Finn-Kelcey review – flying puns, smart pranks and prayers for 20p

Sketches of Spain at arms: Sim, the anarchist illustrator who drew the civil war from the frontline

www.silverguide.site – His powerful sketches of street battles and wearied soldiers brought the conflict to the world. A new show in Barcelona celebrates his contribution…
Sketches of Spain at arms: Sim, the anarchist illustrator who drew the civil war from the frontline

Mummy, is this a video game? The dangers of showing kids art on a screen

www.silverguide.site – The rise of multisensory installations like Frameless are an inspiring way for children to interact with art – but do they risk making the real thing seem less exciting?…
Mummy, is this a video game? The dangers of showing kids art on a screen

‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork

www.silverguide.site – Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 years…
‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork

Lost ‘cloud’ of artist who wrapped the Reichstag to be created in UK gallery

www.silverguide.site – Exclusive: Scale model found in Christo’s studio leads to London realisation of internally lit Package on a Ceiling…
Lost ‘cloud’ of artist who wrapped the Reichstag to be created in UK gallery

Mystery sitter in Holbein portrait could be Anne Boleyn, AI analysis finds

www.silverguide.site – Researchers say works may have been incorrectly inscribed in 1700s, leading to centuries-long misunderstanding…
Mystery sitter in Holbein portrait could be Anne Boleyn, AI analysis finds

‘It has become a symbol of hope’: the epic journey of Ukraine’s origami deer to the Venice biennale

www.silverguide.site – As cities emptied on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion, artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s defiant concrete sculpture began its odyssey to this year’s festival…
‘It has become a symbol of hope’: the epic journey of Ukraine’s origami deer to the Venice biennale

A mind-bending Spaniard, an imagistic Puerto Rico and a lush Latvian – the week in art

www.silverguide.site – A revelatory Zurbarán show proves him the equal of Goya and Picasso, Angel Otero takes up a Somerset residency and Daiga Grantina brings nature to abstraction – all in your weekly dispatch…
A mind-bending Spaniard, an imagistic Puerto Rico and a lush Latvian – the week in art

Genuine Fake Premium Economy review – brilliantly obnoxious millennial rage at a rigged financial world

www.silverguide.site – Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison and Jasmine Gregory were born in the 80s and endured the financial crash as they set out as artists – their fury is intoxicating…
Genuine Fake Premium Economy review – brilliantly obnoxious millennial rage at a rigged financial world

Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia

www.silverguide.site – Decision follows backlash from Italian government and European Commission…
Venice Biennale jury quits amid row over participation of Russia

‘In every drop of paint he slurped, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg Baselitz

www.silverguide.site – The German artist lived through Nazism and communism – and his horrific, shaming works, including a masturbating Hitler, forced his country to face its past. Yet in later life, he beautifully captured human frailty, portraying himself and his wife nude…
‘In every drop of paint he slurped, you see the Holocaust’: the genius and torments of Georg Baselitz

Georg Baselitz obituary

www.silverguide.site – Painter and sculptor whose raw, expressive works reflected on postwar Germany and courted controversy over his 60-year career…
Georg Baselitz obituary

Banksy confirms statue of man blinded by flag that appeared in London is by him

www.silverguide.site – Artist posted social media video showing large sculpture being towed into Waterloo Place in middle of night…
Banksy confirms statue of man blinded by flag that appeared in London is by him
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