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• Planned Virginia Woolf statue challenged over ‘insensitivity’

  20-11-2021 18:44
  
  Memorial of the novelist would be by the Thames, which would evoke her suicide by drowningConcerns have been raised about a planned statue of Virginia Woolf overlooking the Thames, which has been labelled “insensitive” because of the way she killed herself.The figure of the author, designed by sculptor Laury Dizengremel, will be positioned sitting on a park bench overlooking the river on Richmond riverside, in south-west London, where she lived for about a decade from 1914. Continue
  
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• Planned Virginia Woolf statue challenged as insensitive

  20-11-2021 18:44
  
  Memorial to novelist would be by Thames, which would evoke her suicide by drowningConcerns have been raised about a planned statue of Virginia Woolf overlooking the Thames, which has been called insensitive because of the way she killed herself.The memorial the author, designed by Laury Dizengremel, would be positioned on a park bench overlooking the river on Richmond riverside in south-west London, where she lived for about a decade from 1914. Continue reading...
  
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• Gabriela Lena Frank talks about being an artist citizen

  20-11-2021 17:13 via artsjournal.com
  Gabriela Lena Frank, Composer-in-Residence with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Recipient of the Heinz Award, Winner of a Latin Grammy and Recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, speaks about the role of an artist citizen.
  
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• On show at last: the myths and mysteries of Belkis Ayón, a giant of Cuban art

  20-11-2021 15:08
  
  The short but brilliant career of the printmaker is explored at her first European retrospective in Madrid, 22 years after she diedTheir creator is long gone, but Belkis Ayón’s figures live on in syncretic shadow and silhouette, forever slipping between realms and roles, borders and beliefs.Over the course of a short but brilliant life whose final years were profoundly marked by the chaos that the collapse of the Soviet Union visited on her native Cuba, Ayón established herse
  
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• Lubaina Himid: ‘The beginning of my life was a terrible tragedy’

  20-11-2021 12:00
  
  As the first Black woman – and the oldest person – ever to win the Turner, the artist reflects on being a trailblazer, and how her early life moulded her‘I have always thought in conversations’ … Lubaina Himid explains six of her worksLubaina Himid has waited a long time for a show at Tate Modern. She is now 67, and in 2017 she had the bittersweet honour of being the first Black woman, and the oldest-ever artist (at 63), to win the Turner prize. Bittersweet because
  
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• Dog days: Dimpy Bhalotia’s best phone pictures

  20-11-2021 11:00
  
  ‘Before, I had a phobia of dogs. I spent a week getting closer, not allowing myself to run away when they barked at me’Street photographer Dimpy Bhalotia works out where she will spend the next month shooting by walking in the direction of the sun. “I land at my location and set off on foot,” she says, reflecting on her time in countries including Germany, Sri Lanka and Portugal. “I use only the light from the sky, and aim to capture life as it’s happening. I&
  
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• From King Richard to Adele: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  20-11-2021 07:00
  
  Whether it’s inspiring tennis tales, a Swiss-Tamil pop diva or luxury gold eggs you’re after, our critics have your plans for the week coveredKing Richard
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  Starring Will Smith, this biopic of Richard Williams, father of Venus and Serena, tells the story of a parent/coach so dedicated to his job that his daughters would transform tennis for ever. It’s a much-overused phrase, but the man is a literal gamechanger. Continue reading...
  
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• The Cultures Of Science And Art Aren’t So Different After All

  20-11-2021 00:01 via nautil.us
  
  Did cultural movements in art fertilize scientific breakthroughs? It’s an intriguing correlation, perhaps not much more. But it underscores the point that one culture, not two, inspires scientists and artists in their times. – Nautilus
  
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