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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

The Art Newspaper

The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. It also occupies a former farm, the focal point being a cathedral-like, 13th-century monastic tithe barn. Education is a key component.

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Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

The Art Newspaper

Edwards’s retrospective opened last year at the Fridericianum in Kassel and will travel to the Palais de Tokyo in Paris in 2026.

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Chardin’s strawberries masterpiece forms fruity backdrop to Dior catwalk

The Art Newspaper

In a room modelled on the Gemäldegalerie at the Kulturforum in Berlin, Jonathan Anderson, Dior’s new creative designer, bedecked models in outfits drawing on 18th- and 19th-century French menswear.

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Clues Through the Lens: Inviting visitors to think like detectives

The Mid-West Museum Association

Drawing on available images from the collection, staff cast as wide a net as possible to represent all of Elkhart County, but themes also will be relevant to visitors from outside the area. Whether coming with a passion for history or photography, looking to be challenged, or to simply have fun, there are elements to engage visitors.

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Three works by artist and sexual abuser Eric Gill withdrawn from UK exhibition after consultation with survivors group

The Art Newspaper

Two of the works—a wood engraving and a drawing—depict Gill’s daughter Petra, naked in a bath, while the other is a drawing of a nude Elizabeth. Among the exhibits will be Petra’s handweaving and the wedding dress she made herself, plus drawings and booklets by all three daughters. Their voices have been missing,” says Fuller.

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Kew Gardens to host largest-ever open-air Henry Moore show

The Art Newspaper

A further 90 works—including bronzes, stone and wood carvings, prints and drawings—will go on show at Kew’s Shirley Sherwood Gallery. The show will be the largest outdoor presentation of the sculptor's work to date.

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700 Years of Tenochtitlan (again): Mexico honours its pre-Hispanic capital

The Art Newspaper

In July 2021, then-president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (colloquially known as AMLO) led a similar celebration, drawing criticism from scholars because of historical inaccuracies. This year's festivities include public art, urban routes, performances and dances organised by federal and local authorities.

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