Open Letter Slams Slovakia’s Authorities, And Extra


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THE HEADLINES

ANIMAL HARM? I feel we will lastly put the Banksy vandalizing London story with animal portraits story to mattress. It seems like he’s given up on the collection, capping it off with a gorilla serving to to facilitate the good escape from London Zoo. His id might stay a thriller, however ITV lately dipped into its archives and located an previous report from 2003 on the graffiti artist that 1) virtually reveals his id and a pair of) confirms his love (or hate) of animals. In it, Banksy – who’s sporting a makeshift disguise of a baseball cap and T-shirt pulled over his face – says in a thick Bristolian drawl, “I’m disguised as a result of you’ll be able to’t actually be a graffiti author and go public, the 2 issues don’t fairly go collectively.” The story follows Banksy portray a load of reside cattle for an exhibition and the anticipation builds agonizingly because the RSPCA (the British equal of the ASPCA) inspector arrives to examine if the artist has used animal-friendly paint. Has he or hasn’t he…. Watch to seek out out

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GET A GRIPPA. London’s Nationwide Gallery has splashed out greater than $2.5 million on a portray by Dutch, Victorian-era artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1833-1912). The paintings, known as After the Viewers (1879) facilities on Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who was the son-in legislation of Emperor Augustus Caesar and the patron of great Roman buildings together with the Pantheon and the Basilica of Neptune. It was painted to catch the attention of industrialist William Armstrong, who was a fan of one other work by Alma-Tadema titled An Viewers with Agrippa (1875), which was exhibited on the Royal Academy in 1876. Nonetheless, Armstrong’s curiosity wasn’t piqued, which is his loss given After the Viewers is now broadly thought of to be one of many artist’s masterpieces, “famous for its scale and complexity of composition,” in accordance with The Artwork Newspaper. It’s the first work by Alma-Tadema to be acquired by the Nationwide Gallery, and its inclusion within the museum’s assortment is a part of its ongoing two hundredth anniversary celebrations.

THE DIGEST

Swiss artist Christoph Büchel has turned a Venetian Palace right into a pawnshop together with his “compelling, obsessive, and typically hilarious” set up. Test it out. [The New York Times]

Toddler’s nightmares are product of this; somebody auctioning off your teddy bear assortment. The proprietor of Teddy Bears of Whitney, a store within the UK metropolis of Oxford, has one very particular bear – Aloysius from the Eighties TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited. It’s anticipated to fetch round $40,000 at public sale. [BBC]

To have fun its sixtieth birthday – and the very fact it’s now Europe’s longest-standing, unbiased basis – the Fondation Marguerite et Aimé Maeght in southern France has placed on a present of works by Henri Matisse and Pierre Bonnard. [The Art Newspaper]

Greater than 150 distinguished cultural figures throughout Europe have signed an open letter slamming Slovakia’s nationalistic authorities for sacking the administrators of the nation’s Nationwide Theater and Nationwide Gallery (SNG). [e-flux]

THE KICKER

TICKET TO PARADISE. One other public sale story for you. This time it’s not a couple of teddy bear however a silver fox, George Clooney. The actor is promoting a number of candlelit hours of his time in New York to the best bidder for charity. The public sale, managed by Charitybuzz and titled “A Good Night with George Clooney” closes on August 20 and is witnessing a flurry of bidding. The beginning bid was $10,000 and the worth has risen to $31,000 on the time of writing. The charity hopes somebody might be prepared to fork out a minimum of $60,000 for a dinner date with George… effectively, a dinner date with George and two dozen different company. Be sure you learn the small print earlier than inserting a bid. The proceeds will go in the direction of causes together with Waging Justice for Ladies. [The News]

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