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• Grace Ndiritu’s invitation to ‘shamanic journeys’ wins Jarman award

  22-11-2022 20:15
  The artist’s interest in esoteric spirituality used to provoke art-world ridicule. That is changing, along with the mind of a Foreign Office staffer who attended one of her performancesThe art world is finally catching up with British-Kenyan artist Grace Ndiritu. She has long incorporated shamanic ritual and meditation in her art, which has healing at its core and spans film, painting, textiles, performance and social practice, but her interest in esoteric ideas was never taken seriously.
  
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• Protesters who glued themselves to van Gogh frame found guilty of criminal damage

  22-11-2022 18:37
  Just Stop Oil activists Emily Brocklebank and Louis McKechnie caused permanent damage to 18th-century frame, judge findsTwo Just Stop Oil activists have been found guilty of causing criminal damage after glueing themselves to the frame of a Vincent van Gogh painting at a London art gallery.Emily Brocklebank, 24, and Louis McKechnie, 22, caused just under £2,000 of damage at the Courtauld Gallery when they attached themselves to the 1889 work Peach Trees in Blossom, their trial heard on Tue
  
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• Just Stop Oil protesters guilty of criminal damage to Van Gogh frame

  22-11-2022 18:37
  Activists caused permanent harm to frame holding Peach Trees in Blossom at a London art gallery, judge findsTwo Just Stop Oil activists have been found guilty of causing criminal damage after glueing themselves to the frame of a Vincent van Gogh painting at a London art gallery.Emily Brocklebank, 24, and Louis McKechnie, 22, caused just under £2,000 of damage at the Courtauld Gallery when they attached themselves to the 1889 work Peach Trees in Blossom, their trial heard on Tuesday. Contin
  
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• ‘I’m not humble’: Artist Ken Done delivers colourful speech as 2022 Australian fashion laureate

  22-11-2022 09:51
  The painter known for his vivacious Australiana prints accepted the award with a 10-minute speech that elicited laughter and some uncomfortable silencesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastKen Done, the artist known for his riotously colourful Australiana paintings and prints, has been named the Australian fashion laureate for 2022. The lifetime achievement award honours individuals for their significant contribution to the Australian fashion industry.“I
  
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• NYC Ballet Star Accuses Company Of “Body Shaming”

  22-11-2022 00:01 via artsjournal.com
  The renowned troupe “strongly encouraged” star dancer Ashley Bouder, 38, not to perform in its star-studded fall gala because of her “appearance,” Bouder posted this week on Instagram. “I have hit my proverbial wall,” Bouder wrote. She accused the company oflongstanding “systemic” and “institutionalized” body-shaming.
  
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