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• Mystery artist’s sculptures from classic Scottish books raise £50,000

  02-02-2022 16:46
  
  Money from auction of works left around country to be found by passersby will fund reading charityA set of delicately carved sculptures cut by hand from the pages of famous Scottish literary works have been sold at auction for more than £50,000, to fund a reading charity.The five pieces were made by an Edinburgh-based artist who began placing her first book sculptures in public places in 2011, captivating the city’s literary world. She insisted on remaining anonymous, adding to the m
  
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• Elizabeth Varughese obituary

  02-02-2022 12:33
  
  My mother, Elizabeth Varughese, who has died aged 73, was a fine art and English teacher. She was known to most people as Prema, which means love and affection – love permeated everything she did.Born in Kerala, India, Prema was the youngest daughter of Curumthodathil Perumarathinkal Philipose and Mary (nee Kurian), who was a homemaker while the children were growing up, then taught at a women’s college. Prema was sister to Molly and Mon, and went to All Saints girls’ boarding
  
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• How Ailey Director Robert Battle Got His Creative Chops Back

  02-02-2022 07:08 via artsjournal.com
  The pandemic smothered everything, wiping Battle’s calendar clean, and crazy as it sounds, it helped him. The shutdown provided space, and the racial reckoning, a spark. Battle dusted off some of his older works. And for the first time in years, he created a new one. – Washington Post
  
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• Why A New Focus On Black Writers Doesn’t Feel Like Victory

  02-02-2022 00:01 via thewalrus.ca
  
  As a Black author, what do I do with the knowledge that the cruel and senseless murder of a Black human being led to an increased interest in books by Black authors like myself? And why do Black people need to be brutalized and even killed so publicly and so horrifically before some entities decide that Black stories are worth reading? – The Walrus
  
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