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‘We’re craving intimacy’: how art can show the power and limitations of trust

21-08-2023 19:04

In a new exhibition at the Whitney, 11 diverse artists explore ‘trust and also its failure’ through their workVulnerability, intimacy, and most of all trust are essential – albeit fraught – parts of our most important relationships. They can bring about the kind of connections that make life rich and meaningful, and they are what allow human beings to truly support one another, but they are also extremely complicated and often challenging to navigate. Through an intergene

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Sarah Lucas, Philip Guston and women revolt: the best art and architecture of autumn 2023

21-08-2023 18:00

An American great for the age of Trump, a baroque master’s feminine side and 20 contentious years for women’s art are among the highlights aheadChester-born artist Ryan Gander directs this new walking biennial, which features a spoken-word and choral work by Elizabeth Price, Swiss duo Fischli and Weiss, film by John Akomfrah, helicopter blades and a jet fighter in an abandoned shop by Fiona Banner, and much, much more, including Gander’s bespoke cocktails and an original themed

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A cultural reckoning: largest-ever survey of First Nations Australian art opens in New Zealand

21-08-2023 17:00

More than 150 artworks – and some of the country’s biggest names – are represented in an exhibition that’s equal parts poignant and powerfulGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailThere was a telling moment during the recent opening of a landmark First Nations Australian art exhibition in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a speaker commented that Australia is racist and the entire room laughed.On a panel exploring Indiginising creative practices, South Australian artist Yhonnie Sc

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Power to the people! Film, music, books and more about collective action

21-08-2023 11:00

From a vast anti-war statement by Pablo Picasso to a powerful treatise on section 28, our critics showcase culture that reminds us what we can achieve when we come togetherPicasso painted Guernica in 1937 not merely as a protest against the barbarity of bombing civilians, but as an immediate call for support of the Spanish Republic. Guernica was bombed by Hitler’s air force on behalf of Franco’s far-right forces in the Spanish civil war. Picasso started his vast painting soon after s

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Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg?

21-08-2023 07:45

In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent • Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. The British Museum is reeling from the discovery that gold jewellery, semi-precious stones and glass dating from the 15th century BC to the 19th century AD are either missing or stolen.A senior curator, who worked at the institution for 30 yea

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