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Long-lost amusement park designed by Dalí and Haring reopens in LA
Dali, Haring, Basquiat... In 1987, these famous artists all created attractions for Luna Luna, an amusement park that opened in Germany for a few weeks. More than 30 years later, the park has been reassembled in Los Angeles.
Mountain murals: meet the world’s most famous snow artist
Artist Simon Beck is known for his incredible snow drawings that span between 100 and 150 metres in diameter. He creates them armed only with a magnetic compass and his snowshoes.
Robert De Niro and French artist JR team up for upcoming documentary
‘The Past Goes Fast’ examines the life of Robert De Niro’s father, a talented but unknown artist who struggled with his identity and loneliness.
Poland’s new government must restore artist freedoms, NGO says
Poland’s nationalist government dismantled artistic freedoms over eight years but Donald Tusk’s coalition can and should undo the damage, according to the Artistic Freedom Initiative.
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Jesse Darling wins Turner Prize 2023 with 'delirious' everyday objects
One of Britain's most prestigious contemporary arts awards has been won by the Berlin based artist Jesse Darling for an 'outstanding exhibition' of commonplace objects.
Euroviews. Afghanistan’s art and artists are on the brink of obliteration
We urge both UNHCR and individual governments that have ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention to acknowledge the inherent vulnerability of Afghan artists and cultural workers at risk under Taliban rule, and as such, accord them prima facie refugee recognition, Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston write.
Listen: Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave’s words about ChatGPT
"We should fight it tooth and nail, for we are fighting for the very soul of the world."
Banksy’s real name revealed?
A lost BBC interview with Banksy – one of the earliest known radio interviews with him - has been unearthed. And with it, possibly the secretive artist’s identity.
Roger Kastel, the artist behind the ‘Jaws’ movie poster, dies aged 92
A great name in the history of cinema is no longer with us...
Ai Weiwei London exhibition 'cancelled' over Israel social media post
Chinese dissident and artist Ai Weiwei has said his new exhibition at the Lisson Gallery in London has been cancelled after he posted comments on social media referencing the Israel Hamas war.
Picasso sells for €130 million and breaks 2023 art auction record
'Femme à la montre' sold for €130 million and is the second most expensive painting ever sold by Picasso.
A 10 metre sculpture made of chocolate? Meet Patrick Roger
With chocoholics from around the world gathering in Paris this weekend for the annual Salon du Chocolate, we revisit the French artisan Patrick Roger to admire his incredible talent of transforming the glorious confectionery.
Would you get your loved one's ashes tattooed into your skin?
In a growing trend, people are finding solace by incorporating the cremated ashes of their loved ones into tattoos.
Khalid Albaih, or the art of fighting injustice
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Khalid Albaih is a Sudanese political cartoonist and civil rights activist. He has earned international recognition as one of the most influential political cartoonists. His fight has no frontiers and his goal has never changed: using art to make the world a better place, as he told The Dialogue.
Danish artist ordered to repay €67,000 for empty frame artworks
58-year-old Danish artist Jens Haaning has been ordered by a Danish court to repay the Kunsten Museum after he delivered blank canvasses to them in 2021.
Major retrospective of Pierre Soulages in New York opens this week
Soulages, dubbed “the painter of black,” died in October last year aged 102.
Glum or glam? Here’s what the public thinks of Theresa May’s portrait
Theresa May says it's a 'huge honour' to have been captured on canvas but others have described her official parliamentary portrait as a 'true horror'.
Swiss exhibition explores the wild and vibrant world of Fauvism
The newly opened exhibition features French masterpieces from the likes of Henri Matisse, André Derain, Raoul Dufy and Maurice de Vlaminck.
Dungeons & Dragons cracks down on AI-generated artwork
The company behind the popular RPG game said an artist it has worked with since 2014 was found to have used AI to generate images for an upcoming book.
How to make a perfume: Meet ‘nose’ Patricia de Nicolaï
Patricia de Nicolai was born into one of France’s oldest and best-known families of perfumers - the house of Guerlain.