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• Ralph Kiggell obituary

  11-09-2022 18:05
  My brother-in-law, Ralph Kiggell, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 62, was an artist whose main medium was water-based woodblock print (mokuhanga). Always developing new ideas and projects, he also created large papercuts and collages, illustrated compilations of writings and poetry, and produced artist’s books, murals and mosaic installations.Ralph was born in Ndola, Zambia, to English parents, John, a probation officer, and Phyl (nee Thompson), an artist and Slade graduate. The fam
  
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• Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics; Marcus Coates: The Directors – review

  11-09-2022 14:00
  Schneemann’s personal life is almost as freely displayed as her genitals in a six-decade retrospective of her fiercely divisive work. Elsewhere, Coates channels the voices inside other people’s headsI cannot imagine a more controversial show than Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics at the Barbican. Reactions to this lifetime survey of the pioneering American feminist ran all the way from fascination to affront, disaffection, awestruck reverence and slavering lust the day I was there. I
  
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• France’s answer to Banksy: the anonymous street artist filling potholes with colourful mosaics

  11-09-2022 13:00
  On the streets of European cities, colourful mosaics are popping up where once there were cracks and potholes. It’s all thanks to the enigmatic street artist Ememem…Last year, the studio of the Lyon-based artist known as Ememem received an urgent call from an architectural firm close to the city’s Place Sathonay. Someone was in the process of dismantling a mosaic he had installed on the pavement in front of their offices. By the time he arrived, the culprit had fled with half
  
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• Canaletto masterpiece has starring role at the proclamation of King Charles

  11-09-2022 12:00
  The painter’s view of Venice, now in St James’s Palace, once hung in George III’s bedroomAccession of King Charles and death of Queen Elizabeth – latest updatesThe father of the artist Canaletto painted stage scenery, and the theatrical tricks with light and perspective that he passed on to his famous son were evident in the splendid backdrop to the meeting of the accession council on Saturday in St James’s Palace.The oil painting that featured so prominently was pa
  
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