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• The Reading Is So Hard – But That Doesn’t Make It Brilliant (Or Does It?)

  30-08-2015 23:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The reader who assumes that abstruse prose is clever prose, or that there is a reliable correlation between opacity and depth, is bound to waste a lot of time on writing that doesn’t deserve it. She is also liable to end up praising works that confound her, for fear of being revealed as a dimwit if she confesses her perplexity.”
  
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• Noah Davis, Los Angeles Painter and Founder of the Underground Museum, Dies at 32

  30-08-2015 20:44 via artnews.com
  Noah Davis, the Los Angeles–based painter of surreal, post-racial images and the founder of the not-for-profit space the Underground Museum, has died at 32. Davis’s cause of death has not been announced, but he was sick with a rare cancer, … Read More
  
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• Armed and dangerous: inside the world's largest raincoat

  30-08-2015 14:00
  
  It’s been sent to jail by General Franco, gone swimming in Ibiza and skied down the Alps. Nicola L’s Red Coat is a 22-armed piece of pop art that’s been globetrotting since the 60s. But what’s it like to wear it? Join 11 volunteers as it is let loose on LondonIt’s a strange sight: 44 arms and legs, encased in shimmering brick-red fabric, standing on the Millennium bridge. It looks like a sea creature escaped from the Thames, or perhaps an attempt on a particularly e
  
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• Francis Bacon in Your Blood: A Memoir review – the artist as subject and sovereign

  30-08-2015 13:00
  
  Michael Peppiatt’s account of his time as Francis Bacon’s confidant shows him to be acutely aware of living in the artist’s shadowJames Boswell has much to answer for. Proximity to genius is the sorest temptation to a writer. As is the desire to have your authorial name in the same breath as your biographical hero. This is Michael Peppiatt’s second stab at containing his lasting impressions of his wayward mentor Francis Bacon in a book. The first, Anatomy of an Enigm
  
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• Drawing in Silver and Gold: From Leonardo to Jasper Johns review – sensationally beautiful

  30-08-2015 09:00
  
  British Museum, London
  An exclusive preview of a unique show devoted to the lost art of metalpoint reveals works as beautiful as they are technically exactingRembrandt is in love with the girl in the portrait – and she with him. Her eyes glow with adoration beneath the brim of a wide straw hat. Her hair is wavy, her lips moist, the cheek resting against one hand is warm and supple and Rembrandt draws the tiny dimple in her chin with infinite tenderness: no mean feat, considering that he is
  
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• The week in TV: Educating Cardiff; Resistance; Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World

  30-08-2015 08:00
  
  The work of inspired teachers in Wales was matched by tales of teen courage in the excellent Resistance. Meanwhile, a hero of British art was given his dueEducating Cardiff (C4) | All 4Resistance (More4) | All 4
  Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed the World (BBC4) iPlayerAs ever in the terrific Bafta-nominated Educating… strand, it was all about getting away from the statistics. After a mind-altering two weeks of hearing obfuscation over Labour membership figures finally man u
  
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• The place that inspires me: artist reveal their secret getaways

  30-08-2015 08:00
  
  Whether it’s the roots of home or a wild escape from the rat race, most creative types have a place that unlocks their imaginative flow. We asked writers, musicians, artists and directors to tell us about theirsWe grew up on the banks of the Tyne in a little village called Ryton. Our parents are from Teesside but moved to Tyneside, and with Northumberland a stone’s throw away and Newcastle just along the road, we feel very connected to the whole of the north-east. Our parents have al
  
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• Keith Arnatt used humour to explore the notion of the invisibility of the artist

  30-08-2015 01:00
  
  Although he didn't consider himself a photographer, Keith Arnatt used the medium to document his conceptual art.
  
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