Arts news

• Met Gala goes Hollywood

  04-02-2017 22:00
  
  Vanity Fair reports that the film stars Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock, along with pop star Rihanna, have signed up for Oceans Eight, the latest addition to the Oceans Eleven blockbuster franchise. Oceans Eleven was a rip-roaring yarn about a group of rogues and their plans to rob three Las Vegas casinos. But the forthcoming prequel takes an altogether artier turn, revolving around a heist at the annual Met Gala, the ultra-swanky fundraising ball held each May at New Yorks Metropolitan Museu
  
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• Rubbish repurposed: tiny scrap sculptures – in pictures

  04-02-2017 18:00
  
  Since 2005, Philadelphia graphic designer Lydia Ricci has been creating miniature sculptures from scrap materials. From cars to telephones, hairdryers to sun loungers, Ricci has made a miscellany of objects out of receipts, tape measures and even her childhood dictionary. “These objects have personalities and roles in our lives, so I wanted to capture that,” she says, explaining that her creations reflect memories from her own life. Each 5in sculpture is created in a day, sits on a s
  
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• UK City Says Cutting All Its Art Funding Will "Help" Arts Groups

  04-02-2017 00:31 via feedproxy.google.com
  Grants to arts organisations in Bath are to be phased out completely by the local council, with campaigners claiming it will lead to financial support for emerging and mid-scale companies being “killed off”.
  
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