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• Nino Castelnuovo, Star Of The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, 84

  12-09-2021 21:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “If he achieved international notice with Umbrellas, he did not truly attain fame in Italy until 1967, for his role as Renzo in a television series based on Alessandro Manzoni’s 1827 literary epic, The Betrothed.” – The New York Times
  
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• Three-decade-old Floating Head sculpture revived in Glasgow

  12-09-2021 14:50
  
  Richard Groom’s 26-tonne buoyant artwork is back in the water following restoration projectBobbing in the water in the Canting Basin, by the shiny crescent of the Glasgow Science Centre, the Floating Head remains impassive as a seagull lands on its broad forehead.The seven-metre-long, 26-tonne buoyant sculpture could be a refugee from Easter Island, brought to the Clyde by the tide, only to have a bird peck at the moss covering its cheek and chin like a lopsided beard. Continue reading...
  
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• Mixing It Up: Painting Today review – a showcase of devotion to an age-old medium

  12-09-2021 14:00
  
  Hayward Gallery, London
  Lisa Brice, Rose Wylie and Oscar Murillo are among the 31 UK-based artists united in this superb survey of painting’s deep connection to our timesA stunning image opens this show: of a small woman balancing on a towering stool to paint a substantial canvas on the wall. Look twice and you see that she is working on a picture of herself, larger than life and clearly made without any use of a mirror. Her shadow on the rear wall is larger still, and so gracefully painte
  
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• How the cruel death of a little stray dog led to riots in 1900s Britain

  12-09-2021 12:45
  
  Novelist campaigns for statue of terrier experimented on by scientists to regain its place in a London park An animal in peril can inflame British public opinion like nothing else. Nearly 120 years ago, the fate of one small brown dog caused rioting in the streets of London, to say nothing of the protest marches to Trafalgar Square and questions asked in parliament.Now the astonishing, little-known story – involving anti-vivisectionist campaigners, an eminent doctor, a legal battle and a c
  
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• Gay Hussar art: grandees who struck a pose for a free lunch

  12-09-2021 11:30
  
  Cartoonist Martin Rowson captured the giants of Westminster as they dined in the famous London restaurant. Now the 63 sketches that once adorned its walls are heading to the National Portrait GalleryFor nearly two decades a series of irreverent political cartoons graced an entire wall of the celebrated Gay Hussar restaurant in London’s Soho – a snapshot of Westminster life that delighted tourists and regulars alike.From Michael Foot’s distinctive white tresses to a glowering Al
  
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• Home is where the art is: Suffolk’s creatives throw open their doors

  12-09-2021 09:30
  
  Leading contemporary artists who locked down in their studios give East Anglia a new cultural landscapeMost people head to Suffolk for the beaches and the fish and chips. Maybe a bit of crabbing or birdspotting if they feel energetic. This autumn there’s a surprising attraction: a cornucopia of contemporary art.Orford Ness is a nature reserve best known for its unique wildlife and military history. But it’s currently also host to Afterness, an exhibition by the groundbreaking organis
  
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• From the archive: a major Edward Hopper retrospective in London, 1981

  12-09-2021 07:00
  
  Fourteen years after the painter passed away, William Feaver assessed his lonely legacyTo mark the first major exhibition in London of Edward Hopper’s art, 14 years after his death, the Observer’s then chief art critic William Feaver wrote an overview of his life and work (‘Master painter of America’, 1 February 1981).Today, Office at Night, one of Hopper’s best known paintings, has an even more melancholic air – at least for anyone who actually misses the off
  
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