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Margaret Keane, ‘big eyes’ artist, dies aged 94

29-06-2022 16:58

The artist, whose husband claimed credit for her hugely successful paintings of sad-eyed children, died at her home of heart failureMargaret Keane, the artist known for her “big eyes” paintings, has died at the age of 94.Keane was embroiled in a legal battle over the rights to her work after her husband claimed credit, a story told by Tim Burton in the 2014 film Big Eyes. Her daughter Jane Swigert confirmed her death at home in Napa, California, as the result of heart failure. Contin

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What if a Mars rover landed in Leeds? Peter Mitchell’s best photograph

29-06-2022 15:34

‘I wanted to give the impression that Nasa’s Mars probes had returned to Earth – and their rovers were now rolling through the streets of Britain taking pictures’I moved to Leeds in the early 1970s and have been photographing its dying buildings and the people associated with them ever since, making notes and observations to accompany each subject. This image appeared at the Impressions Gallery in York in 1979, as part of an exhibition I called A New Refutation of the Vik

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Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War review – rediscovery of an untortured genius of a painter

29-06-2022 10:00

A well-crafted study of a neglected artist who died after the plane he was flying disappeared during the second world war“Exhilarating, enthralling and outstandingly beautiful. A revelation.” That was the verdict of Observer art critic Laura Cummings in 2015 on the first major exhibition of Eric Ravilious’ watercolours since he was killed in 1942 aged 39 while serving as a war artist. His work was almost forgotten until his children found a stash under a bed in the 1970s.This w

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Sea change: Magnum’s new NFT Collection – in pictures

29-06-2022 08:00

From Bob Dylan at work to the Hong Kong stock exchange, these images form part of Magnum’s first ever venture into the world of non-fungible tokens Continue reading...

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