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Artists’ Books #33: Jim Butler – Blackrock Sequence

Artist and Cambridge School of Art lecturer Jim Butler won the ‘professional book’ category at this year’s World Illustration Awards with his screenprinted book, Blackrock Sequence. Sarah Bodman is impressed by his subtle interweaving of image and text.

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DACS annual review reveals 38,000 artists and estates received £15m in royalties; prepare for ‘catastrophic’ Brexit warns Creative Industries Federation

In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: the National Portrait Gallery says drop in visitor figures due to counting error; Henry Moore sketch found amongst collection of Nazi-looted art; and 2,000-year-old city of Palmyra to be restored after destruction by the Islamic State.

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Now Showing #259: The week’s top exhibitions

This week’s selection of recommended shows includes: ‘Drag: Self-portraits and Body Politics’, at the Hayward Gallery, London; a group show in Edinburgh of works made in protest at Pussy Riot’s 2012 imprisonment in Russia; and Elisabeth Frink sculptures at Abbott Hall Art Gallery in Kendal.

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Blogger Q&A: Jeremy Hastings, peripatetic artist

From community projects to land work, Jeremy Hastings has used his many travels and itinerant lifestyle to share skills and learn from landscapes to create painting and photography. Richard Taylor finds out more.

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Antony Gormley’s beach statues subject of ‘trans hatred’ sticker protest; censored Queer art show reopens in Rio de Janiero

In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: MoMA reaches contract agreement with staff following union protests; Okwui Enwezor criticises Haus der Kunst after museum blames him for its financial difficulties; cultural visits continue to fall due to terrorism fears; plus man requires hospital treatment after falling in Anish Kapoor ‘depthless void’ installation.

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Artists + Instagram: The March of the Artists

The March of the Artists is a joint project by John-Paul Brown, Eve Robertson and Lauren Sagar. On 29 July 2018 they set off walking the 250 miles of river-ways and canals between Manchester and London, a planned 28-day trip avidly documented on Instagram.

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Now Showing #258: The week’s top exhibitions

This week’s selection of recommended shows includes: An exploration of how the head and face have been depicted in art at Graves Gallery, Sheffield, Lily Cole’s film Balls at the Foundling Museum, London, and Lucy Skaer at Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh.

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Calls for public inquiry as residents and businesses are still unable to enter Glasgow School of Art exclusion zone

In Brief: news briefing featuring national and international stories including: British Museum returns looted artifacts to Iraq, Palestinian cultural centre destroyed in airstrikes, Egyptian curators denied UK visas to attend conference entitled ‘Breaking Barriers’, and women in the arts in Argentina protest rejection of Senate bill to legalise abortion.

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Now Showing #257: The week’s top exhibitions

This week’s selection of must-see shows includes: last week of Brazilian artist Luiz Zerbini at South London Gallery; movement explored through the gymnastic body with Jo Longhurst in Perth; Liverpool Biennial Associate Artists at Baltic 39; and Evan Ifekoya’s ‘queer black algorithm’ at Gasworks, London.

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