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• Maga is funding murals of a slain Ukrainian refugee. Are they weaponizing her memory?

  23-01-2026 16:00
  More than $1m has been raised by Elon Musk and others to commission ‘sterile’ street art of Iryna Zarutska – whose death has become a rightwing flashpointLike most blocks in Bushwick, New York, Evergreen Street is blanketed in street art and graffiti. But this month, an incongruous new mural appeared, towering over the street corner. Painted on the side of Formosa, a popular Taiwanese dumpling joint, the image of a blond woman stretches across two stories and an entire apartmen
  
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• Tell us your UK town of culture nomination

  23-01-2026 14:48
  We would like to hear your suggestions for the UK’s first town of cultureWith the search for the UK’s first town of culture under way, we would like to hear your suggestions.Guardian writers’ own nominations include Ramsgate in Kent, Falmouth in Cornwall, Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, and Portobello in Edinburgh. Which town would you nominate, and why? Continue reading...
  
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• Seductive stitches, Warhol in Nottingham and an Italian giant’s igloo sculpture – the week in art

  23-01-2026 13:00
  Jessica Rankin sews up painting, arte povera’s Mario Merz comes in from the cold and Andy Warhol brings pop to the Midlands – all in your weekly dispatchJessica RankinThis New York artist’s abstract works hover between embroidery and painting and have a seductive, lyrical beauty.• White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, 28 January to 28 February Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The Village of the Damned was shot here – then George Harrison bought a house’: our UK town of culture nominations

  23-01-2026 12:25
  With the search for the country’s first town of culture under way, Guardian writers pick their favourite spots for art, architecture, food, festivals, music and celeb spottingWhy did Caesar, Saint Augustine, Hengist and Horsa make Ramsgate their first port of call on assorted crusading trips to England? Proximity to France? Easy landing beaches beneath the cliffs? The lively arts scene? Continue reading...
  
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• Derek Morris obituary

  23-01-2026 12:14
  My friend Derek Morris, who has died aged 85, taught sculpture at Norwich School of Art (now the Norwich University of the Arts) for a quarter of a century up to his retirement in 1990.He became the sculpture course leader there in 1971, after which he and his colleagues set about building a fine reputation in that discipline for the school, which became a first-choice destination for many art students in the 1980s. Continue reading...
  
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• ArtYard seeks Managing Director

  23-01-2026 03:44 via artsjournal.com
  Organization ArtYard is a contemporary arts center dedicated to serving as an incubator for creative expression and a catalyst for collaborations that illuminate the transformational power of art. Founded on the belief that artistic exploration thrives in an environment of curiosity and care, ArtYard is both a physical campus and an animating ethos, a multidisciplinary hub where artists are invited to stay, work, and share their practice within a supportive community.Located along the Delaware R
  
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