29 h. ago ‘I paint extreme emotions’: Rachel Jones on her riotously colourful paintings – and her obsession with mouths

Known for her colourful abstracts, the artist is getting a retrospective at the age of just 34. She talks about her love of karaoke, working on a full-length opera and how to deal with fame at a young ageViewers may find Rachel Jones’s paintings “beautiful”, but they should be warned: the artist herself doesn’t love that word.“In our culture, the idea of beauty sadly isn’t discussed in a critical, rich way – it’s much more reductive as a term,” says the 34 year old. “I hope that when people describe the work as beautiful, it doesn’t just stop there.” Her aim, she says, is to pull viewers in deeper, beyond the surface of the work. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago I live in Notting Hill's most Instagrammable pink home which attracts queues of selfie

The owner of one of London's most 'Instagrammable' homes says he'll always keep it painted pink, even though the colour attracts hordes of posing influencers.

Society

3 d. ago 'Fed up' Notting Hill residents paint colourful houses black to put off people

Homeowners on the famous west London road say they are constantly swamped with people taking photos in front of their properties

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4 d. ago Notting Hill colourful houses painted black to stop influencers and 'overtourism'

Notting Hill colourful houses painted black to stop influencers and 'overtourism'  London Evening Standard

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4 d. ago Notting Hill locals paint famous colourful houses black to try to stop 'overtourism'

Notting Hill locals paint famous colourful houses black to try to stop 'overtourism'  London Evening Standard

Society

4 d. ago Notting Hill residents paint famous colourful houses black in bid to put off influencers and stop 'disruptive overtourism'

Residents launch campaign to repaint properties in world-famous enclave after becoming sick of tourists and influencers posing in front of their homes

Society

4 d. ago Scottish Colourist paintings reunited after more than 70 years ahead of auction

The Peploe and Cadell artworks are each expected to fetch between £80,000 and £120,000.

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1 week ago Don’t go up the wall: how to pick paint colours for your home

Having prepared paint for The Block’s contestants, I understand the pressure to achieve interior design perfection. But choosing colours need not be excruciating “We offer 15,000 whites. Pick any three.”I more often give this advice to female clients, since in 40 years restoring, colour-matching and consulting I’ve seen most domestic décor decisions made by women. Apart from any cultural aspect, studies of human biology suggest a reason: only one in 200 women is colour blind compared with one in 10 men (even more, I suspect, are partially afflicted). Tetrachromacy – the ability to see a far broader range of colours – is also only found in females. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago PATRICK MARMION reviews The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry at Minerva Theatre, Chichester: A tearjerking musical trek...go armed with Kleenex

Rachel Joyce's highly emotional 2012 best-seller which has now become a musical about Harold Fry and his unlikely pilgrimage to make up with an old friend dying in a hospice 500 miles away.

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2 w. ago Scottish Colourist painting sells for more than £381,000 at auction

The sale at Bonhams in Edinburgh also featured works by the late Jack Vettriano.

Economics

2 w. ago Ms. Rachel makes emotional plea for Gaza’s children as UN warns 14,000 babies could starve under Israeli blockade

A former child educator from Maine, Ms. Rachel has built an audience of nearly 15 million subscribers on YouTube with her mix of educational videos and songs for young children

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