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• Inside The Artist’s Mind

  11-04-2024 23:31 via vulture.com
  
  How do artists think? As I considered my flailing artistic efforts, I realized I was begging for entrance into the artist’s head. If I could somehow make the process legible, I might find making art myself less intimidating. – New York Magazine
  
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• ‘Iconic’ Man Ray image sells for €120,000 at auction of 200 works

  11-04-2024 16:46
  
  Le Violon d’Ingres print produced under artist’s supervision among friend’s collection auctioned in ParisIt is one of the most recognisable images of the surrealist movement: a black-and-white photograph by Man Ray of Kiki de Montparnasse with f-shaped sound holes painted on her back representing a violin.Le Violon d’Ingres, which was produced in 1924 and signed by the US artist, set a record for the most expensive photograph when it sold for $12.4m (£9.8m) at aucti
  
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• Yinka Shonibare CBE review – where Churchill finds his inner psychedelic dandy

  11-04-2024 11:55
  
  Serpentine Gallery, London
  From colonial leaders dressed in trippy patterns to a library of historical conflicts, this delightful show brings a welcome wit and rationality to today’s angry debatesIt looks like a happy ending. After the disputes and all the agonising, Yinka Shonibare CBE offers a witty, weirdly beautiful conclusion to the debate over public statues that has raged since Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol four years ago. Except I don’t think Shonibare is interested i
  
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• Man Ray friend to sell collection of 200 works including ‘iconic’ image

  11-04-2024 06:00
  
  Le Violon d’Ingres print produced under artist’s supervision among broad range of work up for auction in ParisIt is one of the most recognisable images of the surrealist movement: a black-and-white photograph by Man Ray of Kiki de Montparnasse with f-shaped sound holes painted on her back representing a violin.Le Violon d’Ingres, which was produced in 1924 and signed by the US artist, set a record for the most expensive photograph when it sold for $12.4m (£9.8m) at auctio
  
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• Record Labels Are Pulling Music From TikTok. Congress Might Ban The App. So Now What For Music?

  11-04-2024 00:05 via msn.com
  TikTok began life as Musical.ly, an app to film oneself lip-syncing to songs. Interacting with pop music was a core function of TikTok. Fans and artists shared music they loved, grafting it onto videos showing their lives and ideas. It was a lifeline to friends and culture during the pandemic. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
  
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