11 h. ago Sake and Samurai art as Japan Week officially launches in Manchester

Japan Week is underway in Manchester with a host of free activities - and it all launched with the ceremonial breaking of a sake barrel and samurai artist performances

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20 h. ago Prized paintings, unburied treasures and murderous Millais – the week in art

The John Moores prize names its next stars, Renaissance booty is uncovered in Bath and a lover’s brothers plan a beheading – all in your weekly dispatchJohn Moores painting prizeDavina Jackson, Katy Shepherd and Joanna Whittle are among the painters shortlisted for this prize that was once won by a young David Hockney Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool from Saturday until 1 March 2026 Continue reading...

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46 h. ago ‘Crafts are like medicine!’: Gen Z and the rapid rise of cosy hobbies

From crochet to drawing, supper clubs to pottery, young people are finding community and connection through pastimes once associated with their grandparentsIn a bright cafe just off Leith Walk in Edinburgh, a group of young people gather around a table strewn with fabric scraps, beads and crochet hooks. Each session brings a new theme: one week it’s crochet, the next jewellery-making, the week after that they learn latte-art. Coffees are sipped, biscuits are passed around and chatter fills the room.This is the Girls Craft Club, founded earlier this year by art history graduate Gabby after a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder left her feeling isolated. “We were all going through life problems,” she says. “We decided to make something beautiful out of it. When you make your own bag or repair your clothes, you value them differently. And you value yourself differently, too.” Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Old master painting looted by Nazis recovered a week after being spotted in Argentinian property listing

Portrait of a Lady by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi handed over by daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich KadgienAuthorities in Argentina have recovered an 18th-century painting stolen more than 80 years ago by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a week after it was spotted by chance in a real estate listing.The painting, the long-lost Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the Italian master Giuseppe Ghislandi, was looted in the second world war. It was handed over on Wednesday to the Argentinian judiciary by the daughter of the late Nazi financier Friedrich Kadgien, Patricia Kadgien, who has been under house arrest with her husband since Tuesday. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Your work changed the course of my entire life’: novelist Douglas Stuart meets painter Jenny Saville

He was a struggling 16-year-old when he first saw her paintings. Now, the Booker prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain sits down with the record-breaking artist to talk early success, bad reviews, and the joys of making artIn the summer of 1992, I was a 16-year-old who was watching his mother drink herself to death. I had a desperate need to find work and somewhere to stay, and so remaining in education didn’t seem like a possibility. I had two teachers who saw how I was struggling. They dreamed a future for me that I could never have imagined for myself. One evening they took me up to the degree show at the Glasgow School of Art, and there I came face to face with the paintings of Jenny Saville.The power of that encounter has never left me. Those images were fierce and confrontational. A few months after the degree show, I lost my mother to her addiction. With the support of my teachers, I eventually finished school and went on to art school and built a career in design. Meanwhile, ...

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3 w. ago Wintry chills and an alter ego in Edinburgh, plus surreal toys in London – the week in art

Wintry chills and an alter ego in Edinburgh, plus surreal toys in London – the week in art  The Guardian

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