The newly elected French president, Emmanuel Macron, is due to meet Russias Vladimir Putin for the first time on 29 May at the Chteau de Versailles, where they will inaugurate a major exhibition celebrating the 300th anniversary of Peter the Greats diplomatic visit to France in 1717. The meeting falls on a Monday, when the palace and grounds are closed to the public.
The show Peter the Great, a Tsar in France (30 May-24 September) is billed as an exceptional collaboration between the palace and
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Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin to meet in Versailles
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‘Rio is beautiful, democratic and welcoming. It has this spell’: Adriano Brodbeck’s best phone picture
via theguardian.comThe São Paulo-based photographer captures the end of a hot day on the beachAdriano Brodbeck describes his image as the “perfect portrait of Rio”. The São Paulo-based photographer was on a trip with friends, and they had headed to Ipanema beach.“The neighbourhood was made famous by the Brazilian bossa nova song Garota de Ipanema, or The Girl from Ipanema. Despite the district being expensive and elitist, the beach is frequented by people of all classes fr -
From Girls Aloud to Doctor Who: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
via theguardian.comA decade on from their breakup, the UK girl band are back for a big arena tour, while Ncuti Gatwa’s Time Lord is here for his long-awaited appointmentLa Chimera
Out now
The Crown’s Josh O’Connor is on splendidly rumpled form here as a linen-suited tomb raider bent on extracting all manner of treasures from artefact-rich central Italian soil in the 1980s. But Indiana Jones he ain’t: this is grubby, shadowy work rather than high-octane, boulder-rolling heroics. Continue rea -
Franki Raffles and Joanne Coates review – studies of women and class show how little things have changed
via theguardian.com★★★★☆ / ★★★★★
Baltic, GatesheadTwo exhibitions – one by a Marxist, lesbian, feminist active in the 80s and the other by a modern working-class artist – reveal the intersectionality of the female experience across space and timeThe fact that Franki Raffles is so little known is a travesty. The Jewish, Marxist, lesbian, feminist photographer worked for just over a decade, until she died in 1994, aged 39, while giving birth to -
The many jobs done by headteachers | Brief letters
via theguardian.comLollipop duties | Art gallery snobbery | National Mills Weekend | Loss of bluebellsWith regards to Martin Wynn’s letter (2 May), my father, also a headteacher of a primary school in the 1960s, used to see the children across a busy road after school when no lollipop lady was around. When he died, a mother came up to my mother at his funeral to say he had saved her son’s life. That is the only reward for such service.Rosemary BentleyEgham, Surrey• Why all this sniffy condemnation -
Treasures on tour, outsized orchids and liberated bottoms – the week in art
via theguardian.comMonet’s masterpiece flees the National Gallery, Marc Quinn plants himself in Kew and the Tate honours female artists – all in your weekly dispatchNational Treasures
As part of celebrations for its bicentenary, masterpieces from the National Gallery hang in museums across the UK including Vermeer in Edinburgh, Caravaggio in Belfast and Botticelli in Cambridge.
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From Biggie to Nicki: the most spectacular hip-hop jewelry – in pictures
via theguardian.comA new exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York celebrates the cultural influence of hip-hop through a selection of eye-popping, custom-made jewelry, worn by stars such as Nas, Slick Rick and Tyler, the Creator. ‘It’s time to celebrate the artists, jewelers, craftsmen, and everyday people who contributed to the storied history of hip-hop jewelry,’ said guest curator Vikki Tobak. Ice Cold: an Exhibition of Hip-Hop Jewelry is on display until 5 January 2025 -
Apple apologises for iPad ad criticised as ‘destruction of the human experience’
via theguardian.comAdvert featuring huge hydraulic press crushing cultural objects struck wrong note with manyApple has apologised after an online backlash to an advert for its new iPad that features an industrial-sized hydraulic press crushing a collection of creative objects including musical instruments and books.The ad, launched by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, on Tuesday, shows the machine squashing various items – ranging from a piano and a metronome to tins of paint and an arcade game &ndas -
Turner: Art, Industry and Nostalgia review – Fighting Temeraire sets Tyneside ablaze
via theguardian.comLaing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
How do you make Turner’s most famous painting cool? Take it to Tyneside, where it’s end-of-an-era magnificence takes on a whole new ghostly meaningJMW Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire might be the most famous painting in London’s National Gallery and in 2005 was voted The Greatest Painting in Britain, but it’s hardly cool. Its heady atmosphere of patriotic pride and supercharged sentiment is the quintessence of the traditional i -
Keep Oxford University alumni out of politics please | Brief letters
via theguardian.comPlea to rescue Britain | Exhibition guides | Gallery selfie-takers | Garrick Club diversity | Renaming the Swiss army knifeThe five Tory faces featured in Labour’s new digital campaign with the heading “Chaos & decline” (Starmer may be bland – but that passes the taste test in a country sick of spicy politics, 8 May) have one thing in common – attendance at Oxford University. Could we ask this august institution, on humanitarian grounds, to call a ceasefire in i -
Bryan Illsley obituary
via theguardian.comArtist whose diverse and distinctive work included sculptures from found materials, jewellery, paintings and handmade booksBryan Illsley, who has died aged 86, challenged categorisation. A largely self-taught painter, sculptor, jeweller, printmaker, potter and poet, he was also the creator of informal and of limited-edition books, the latter in collaboration with the poet Christopher Reid. Illsley wanted above all to be seen as a painter, but to disregard his other activities would do him a grav -
‘Destruction of the human experience’: Apple iPad ad prompts online backlash
via theguardian.comAd featuring massive hydraulic press crushing cultural objects strikes wrong note with some – including Hugh GrantApple has faced an online backlash over an advert for its new iPad that features an industrial-sized hydraulic press crushing a collection of objects and gadgets including musical instruments and books.The ad, launched by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, on Tuesday, shows the machine squashing an array of items – ranging from a piano and a metronome to tins of pai -
‘I did not know the life I have now was a possibility’: Gemma Rolls-Bentley on her history of queer art
via theguardian.comAfter two decades creating pioneering exhibitions, the curator decided to publish a ‘sexy coffee table book’ bringing together work made for clubs and protests as much as galleriesGemma Rolls-Bentley still remembers the first time she saw work by a queer artist. She was in her early 20s and had just moved to London when she came across an exhibition of Catherine Opie’s black and white photographs at the Stephen Friedman Gallery. By this point, she had two art history degrees un -
Bottoms up! The joyfully lewd art of Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland
via theguardian.comOnce dismissed as bawdy kitsch, the two artists’ work has found a new generation of fans. A new exhibition celebrates their embrace of sexual liberation – and some ‘amazing bums’The ways in which artists become accepted by the art world are many and complicated. Take the reputations of Beryl Cook (1926-2008) and Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom of Finland (1920-1991). Both spent most of their careers having their work either ignored or actively disdained by the establ -
Reinventing The Meaning Of Work In Europe
via eurozine.comData suggest that something is amiss: across Europe, the average proportion of 15-29-year-olds not in work nor education or training exceeds the EU’s 9% target. Last year in France, the figure peaked at 12.5%. Yet a Europe-wide study has found that young people value work just as much as older generations. – Eurozine -
New Jersey Is Building A Billion-Dollar Studio Production Complex
via deadline.comThe state economic development authority today approved a partnership with a $1+ billion studio complex including 22 sound stages set to rise in the Bergen Point neighborhood of Bayonne, New Jersey at the site of a former Texaco oil refinery. – Deadline -
Silent Disco And What We’ve Learned About The Power Of Moving Together
So what does the “silent disco” phenomenon tell us about dance? Researchers have used it to study social dynamics, finding that it interferes with the social bonding effects of dance. Silent disco may even help us to better understand the evolution of musicality and our rhythmic abilities. – The Conversation -
The Eccentric Volunteers That Make The Oxford English Dictionary Work
Though the OED is published by Oxford University Press, it is, in many respects, the spiritual and intellectual opposite of an elite university. For one thing, its admissions policy is quite forgiving. – Commonweal -
Evelyn Glennie On Music As A Physical Phenomenon In Your Body
via sfcv.orgI’m not a medical person, but we do know that sound is about vibration. The body is like a resonating chamber; every part of our body can be affected by sound. [By] opening the body up as a resonator in order to perceive sound, you have a good appreciation of resonance. – San Francisco Classical Voice -
Study: Arts Branding Results Down, Values Up
via artshub.com.auArts and cultural organisations that are achieving the strongest audience growth right now are not necessarily those pouring the most money into their branding and marketing campaigns. – ArtsHub -
The Kids’ Show “Bluey” Can Make Grownups Cry. What’s Its Secret? Classical Music, That’s What.
via yahoo.comMusicologist Sarah Caissie Provost lays out the evidence. – Slate (Yahoo!) -
How Headline Language Shapes Perception Of Stories
via pnas.orgWe found, for example, saying “Scientists believe methane emissions soared to a record in 2021” led readers to view methane levels as more a matter of opinion compared to saying “Scientists know…” – PNAS -
When ESPN Meets Mark Morris Dance Group
“The new ESPN+ series ‘Tryouts,’ … tracks some of the country’s most intense tryouts and auditions. Rather than focusing exclusively on traditional sports, many episodes highlight more niche groups: a Monster Truck competition, Long Beach Lifeguards tryouts, the USA curling team,” and, in this case, open auditions for Mark Morris. – Dance Magazine -
AI Bots Are Flooding The Web With Fake Reviews And Comments
via futurism.comWe found AdVon had been running a similar operation at the magazine Sports Illustrated, publishing product reviews using bylines of fake writers with fictional biographies and AI-generated profile pictures. – Futurism -
Why Yan Lianke Would Prefer That You Not Call Him “China’s Most Censored Author”
via lithub.com“Several years ago, a Chinese author spent hundreds of thousands of yuan bribing the Chinese publishing industry (to) criticize and ban his works,” so that US publishers would be interested in them. “Authors should be very clear that being banned is not synonymous with artistic success.” – Literary Hub -
Visitors Buying Tickets To Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum Scammed By Fraudsters
Around 50 people sounded the alarm to the institution after coming across an imitation website purporting to sell tickets to see Van Gogh’s greatest works—but was actually harvesting bank details. – The Art Newspaper -
A Play About Sexual Assault Is Being Used To Train Judges
via bbc.comPlaywright Suzie Miller’s Prima Facie, a one-woman show about a defense attorney in sexual assault cases who is then raped by a colleague, starred Jodie Comer in the West End and on Broadway. A video of the play is being provided to judges in Northern Ireland who handle sexual assault cases. – BBC -
A cheaper way to join the National Trust if you’re over 60 | Brief letters
via theguardian.comNational Trust for Scotland | Voting ID | Gallery behaviour| True lies | Swiss army knifeI enjoyed your article on discounts for the over-60s (Money hacks, 7 May), but there’s an even better National Trust discount than the one included. Any UK resident can join the National Trust for Scotland and get the same benefits, but cheaper. It has a joint senior membership that comes in at £99.60 annually, and does not require being a member for the previous three years. It’s vali -
Hurrah for the Courbet vandals: defacing the vulva painting is basic feminism
via theguardian.comThe performer who wrote ‘MeToo’ on Gustave Courbet’s The Origin of the World is right to think the painting is misogynistic: the model doesn’t even have a face!On Monday afternoon, a group of feminist artist-activists tagged “MeToo” in red paint on Gustave Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde. Currently on loan to the Centre Pompidou-Metz for an exhibition dedicated to the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, the painting is a notoriously tight close-up of an unna -
100-Year-Old Sam Ash Music Stores To Close
via nytimes.comDerek Ash, whose great-grandparents, Sam and Rose Ash, opened the first Sam Ash store in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn in 1924, said the company’s 42 locations could not compete in the era of online shopping. – The New York Times
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