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• Anti-Lukashenko artist Ales Pushkin dies in Belarus prison aged 57

  11-07-2023 21:05
  
  Artist who once depicted authoritarian leader in hell died in ‘unclear circumstances’, his wife saysA Belarusian artist who once dumped manure outside the office of the president, Alexander Lukashenko, has died in prison, where he was serving a five-year sentence.Ales Pushkin died in the prison in Grodno in western Belarus of an unknown cause, even though the 57-year-old was not known to be sick, the Viasna human rights centre said on Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Bastion of the super-rich’: inside a New York billionaire’s private museum

  11-07-2023 20:05
  
  A collection of art, featuring pieces by Picasso, Lichtenstein and Cézanne, has been kept secret for years but for select members of the public, the door is slowly being openedIt was Fleet Week in New York City, and something unusual was taking place on Billionaires’ Row. At 9 West 57th Street, an elegant black sloping skyscraper towering over the Plaza hotel and the half-dozen sailors congregated outside, 20 people were ushered into a small, glass-fronted gallery on the ground floo
  
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• Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI

  11-07-2023 17:00
  
  Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ byjudges, even though it was taken on her mobileFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSuzi Dougherty was chuffed when a happy snap she took of her son on her iPhone turned out so well.She was so happy with the sharp, colour-saturated picture of him posing with mannequins at a Gucci exhibition that she got a copy print
  
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• Mother’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI

  11-07-2023 17:00
  
  Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by local judges even though it was taken on her mobileGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSuzi Dougherty was chuffed when a happy snap she took of her son on her iPhone turned out so well.She was so happy with the sharp, colour-saturated picture of him posing with mannequins at a Gucci exhibition that she got a copy printed off for her mum and entered it in a local photogr
  
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• Dürer painted himself at centre of Renaissance altarpiece in revenge, research finds

  11-07-2023 14:25
  
  Exclusive: Cambridge academic’s study of surviving letters shows pay row with wealthy patronThe Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer took revenge on his patron by placing his own self-portrait in a 1500s altarpiece he painted for him after a bitter row over pay, according to new research.The Nuremberg master was commissioned by a wealthy Frankfurt merchant, Jacob Heller, only to find himself fighting in vain for a decent fee. Continue reading...
  
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• Hans-Peter Feldmann obituary

  11-07-2023 13:51
  
  Artist who explored the impulse to collect – whether stamps, pots of fake flowers, images of women’s knees or photographs of toastFor a decade Hans-Peter Feldmann, who has died aged 82, dropped out of the art world and turned to dealing in antiques: mostly selling tin toys and nautical and medical instruments from a small shop in Düsseldorf. In a way, however, nothing had changed, as Feldman’s art was always about collecting, be it his taxonomical arrangements of found ima
  
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• Chief Financial Officer – The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts

  11-07-2023 06:47 via artsjournal.com
  Position Summary Reporting to and working in close partnership with the Executive Director/CEO, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will lead all financial operations at the Wallis, establishing strong fiscal systems, maintaining internal controls, and ensuring compliance. They will be responsible for overseeing the accounting, budgeting, audits, and risk management functions. The CFO will collaborate with […]
  
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• Chicago’s Museum Of Contemporary Art Tries A New Path For Art Education

  11-07-2023 00:01 via nytimes.com
  
  The New Art School Modality is intended to create a sweet spot in academia. It will provide about 50 students each with a free course in Black art history taught by scholars working alongside some of the history-making artists themselves. – The New York Times
  
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