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Stuart Fowkes and the art of noise: UK project aims to save lost sounds

The mostly defunct red phone boxes no longer attract much attention in London except from tourists. But Stuart Fowkes is thrilled to stumble upon one still in working order. Its ring is one of the world’s disappearing noises that his pioneering “obsolete sounds” project is dedicated to preserving. He whips out a hand-held recording device and swings into action, explaining,…

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Art Basel Miami Beach radiates on its 20th anniversary all its power of attraction

Art Basel announces further show highlights for its largest edition yet in Miami Beach Since its launch in 2002, Art Basel Miami Beach has served as a dynamic platform uniquely bridging the art scenes of North and South America, Europe, and beyond. The edition marking its 20th anniversary will be the largest to date, featuring 282 exhibitors from 38 countries and territories – more than half of…

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Ai Weiwei: China protests will not shake government

Protesters have taken to the streets of Shanghai, Beijing and other cities in recent days to demonstrate against heavy COVID-19 measures and restrictions on freedom, a show of civil disobedience that is unprecedented since leader Xi assumed power. Ai Weiwei said the protests were not likely to carry on – not only because security forces would quash those speaking out…

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Wartime Beckmann portrait poised for auction record

A remarkable wartime self-portrait of painter Max Beckmann will be auctioned in Germany next week, valued at a record-setting estimate of up to 30 million euros. “Selbstbildnis gelb-rosa” (Self-Portrait Yellow-Pink), widely considered a masterpiece and in private hands since it was painted in 1943, features the artist during his Dutch exile from Nazi Germany. It was initially a gift to…

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Banksy shares video of his street art creations from Ukraine

The anonymous graffiti artist Banksy has shared a behind-the-scenes video of his latest street art creations from his trip to Ukraine. Damaged buildings in Ukraine’s Kyiv region have become a canvas for Banksy, as graffiti representing a man taking a bath appeared on the walls of a shelled and destroyed building in Ukraine. Another graffiti shows a woman wearing a gas mask and…

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Climate activists glue themselves to Warhol work

Climate protesters glued themselves to an Andy Warhol painting at the National Art Gallery of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday (November 9), the latest in a spate of activist demonstrations in art galleries around the world. Video footage released by the Stop Fossil Fuel Subsidies group showed two female protesters using adhesive to stick their hands to Andy Warhol’s “Campbell’s…

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Climate activists glue hands to Goya frames at Spain’s Prado

Two climate activists on Saturday each glued a hand to the frame of paintings by Spanish master Francisco Goya in Madrid to protest inaction in the face of global warming. The protest at the famed Prado museum damaged neither painting, but the protesters scrawled “+1,5°C” on the wall between the two artworks and both were detained, police said. The United…

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