Art Controversy
Artists refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until ceasefire is reached
The artists and curators of the Israeli national pavilion at the Venice Biennale have announced their decision not to open until “a ceasefire and hostage release agreement is reached” in the conflict in Gaza, on the opening preview day of the largest and most prominent global gathering in the art world.
A sign on the front of the Israel pavilion in the Giardini, or public gardens, in Venice, one of the main venues for the Biennale, conveyed the team’s decision – while the pavilion itself is guarded by three armed Italian military personnel.
Art Controversy
Dramatic moment art collector’s son is arrested for stabbing family maid he believed was a demon
Dramatic footage shows the moment the son of a wealthy art collector was arrested after he stabbed the family’s maid who he believed was a ‘demon’.
Maximillian Bourne, 26, attacked Joselia Pereira Do Nascimento with a kitchen knife at the family’s five-bedroom, £20million home in Justice Walk, Chelsea, on February 25 last year
Police are appealing for information after the theft of two high-value paintings from a house in Penzance.
The paintings by west Cornwall artist Gill Watkiss were taken from an “empty but secure” home in Morrab Road between 1 February and 13 February, according to Devon and Cornwall Police.
The oil paintings, titled Sunday Walkers, Hayle, and Autumn Days, Penlee Park, were worth £6,000 each, the force said.
Both canvases are sized around 70cm by 50cm (27 ins by 19ins).
Art Controversy
Sarah Cunningham: Body found on tracks at London Underground station after search for missing artist
Police say the family of a missing artist have been informed after a body was found on the tracks at a London Underground station.
The last sighting of Sarah Cunningham, 31, was on Jamestown Road, in Camden in north London, at 3am on Saturday.
