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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 7 - The Untold Story

New Paris exhibition reveals importance of Claude Monet’s forgotten older brother

Leon Monet is the subject of a new exhibition at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris

The Independent UK

Exhibit: ‘Invisible’ Monet, Leon, Was Key to Impressionism

Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art. Leon — a color chemist four years his senior -- is now understood…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Exhibit: 'Invisible' Monet, Leon, was key to impressionism

Claude Monet’s older sibling is the focus of a landmark Paris exhibit illuminating the hitherto unknown role Leon Monet played in the French impressionist painter’s life and art

The Independent UK

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What did Monet, Goya and Matisse have in common? Their late work was among their best

"Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph" by Richard Lacayo; Simon & Schuster (384 pages, $35)

Los Angeles Times

Ready to plunge in? The rise and rise of immersive art

Thousands are flocking to hi-tech shows of work by Van Gogh, Dalí and, from next month, David Hockney, in London. What makes these exhibitions so fascinating – and popular?

The Guardian - UK

Indian Haute Couture Master Dreams the 'Impossible' for Paris

As he stitches together the final threads of his latest Paris Fashion Week collection, acclaimed Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra is taking inspiration from France -- and a fellow master from another era. "I want to achieve the impossible, I want to paint air," he told AFP, quoting the 19th-century…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monet-inspired paintings now on display

A collection of impressionist paintings inspired by French painter Claude Monet are being showcased during "Vivid Recollection Of The Past" at RCB Artery, 1st floor of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, until Jan 8.

Bangkok Post

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The stories behind Cardiff's most historic doors you walk past every day

The city's doors, from the mundane to the ornate, have years' worth of history behind them

Wales Online

Climate activists attacking art ‘severely underestimate’ fragility of works, gallery directors warn

Protestors have been throwing soup and gluing themselves to famous artworks around the world, but have yet to damage any of them

The Guardian - AU

Art world appalled by attacks on paintings

PARIS: Art world professionals have slammed recent attacks on famous paintings by climate protesters as "counterproductive" and dangerous acts of vandalism.

Bangkok Post

Commentary: Throwing food on famous art to sound alarm on climate change distracts from the cause

The worldwide debate over climate change is descending into a political food fight. On Sunday, climate activists threw mashed potatoes on Claude Monet’s famous “Les Meules” painting, which is housed at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany. This is the latest in a series of incidents in which activists are…

Chicago Tribune

Soup on a Van Gogh, mashed potatoes on a Monet: Why are activists throwing food on priceless art?

Centuries-old paintings have been targeted by environmentalists as a way of drawing attention to their cause, with Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring joining the soupy ranks.

ABC News

AI art raises questions about copyright

Want to have an impressionist painting of Thai temples in the style of Claude Monet, but you cannot afford to commission an artist? Let artificial intelligence (AI) do the work for you.

Bangkok Post

Climate protesters throw mashed potatoes at Monet painting OLD

No damage has been done to painting, gallery confirms

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Climate Protesters Throw Mashed Potatoes at Monet Painting

Climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum to protest fossil fuel extraction but caused no visible damage to the glass-covered painting Sunday. Two activists from the group Last Generation, which has called on the German government to take drastic action to protect the…

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists throw mashed potatoes at Monet work in Germany

Two protesters pelt painting with potatoes and glue their hands to wall at Museum Barberini in Potsdam

Wales Online

Exhibition brings together works of Claude Monet and Joan Mitchell

The Joan Mitchell retrospective will be displayed across two galleries

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Louvre Abu Dhabi Marks Five Years with 'Impressionism Show'

A major exhibition of impressionist art opened Wednesday at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, featuring works from masters such as Cezanne, Degas, Manet, Monet, Pissarro and Renoir. Billed as one of the most significant exhibitions on the 19th century art movement ever held outside France, it features more than 150 works…

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Six reasons why artist’s artist Paul Cézanne is hailed as ‘greatest of us all’

As Tate Modern opens a major Cézanne exhibition, here’s why Picasso admired the artist so much he bought his mountain

Wales Online

Frameless arts experience releases First Look imagery of world-class attraction

All the artworks have been brought to life using state-of-the-art digital techniques

Asharq Al-Awsat

Immersive Claude Monet Exhibit Planned for NYC This Fall

Acres of water lilies will bloom on Wall Street this fall, at least digitally. A massive, immersive exhibition celebrating French artist Claude Monet will make its US debut in downtown New York starting in November, promising a multisensory experience that puts visitors as close to inside his iconic flower paintings…

The Independent UK

Immersive Claude Monet exhibit planned for NYC this fall

Acres of water lilies will bloom on Wall Street this fall, at least digitally

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh art festival 2022 review – sunstruck blockbuster steals the show

A Greek chorus of clay busts, an audience with some molluscs and a magnificent show of impressionist masterpieces captivate

Pioneer Press

French riverboat tour was worth the pandemic wait

“We’ve been waiting for you” was the common theme among our cabin crew, bartenders, waiters, tour guides and the Tapestry II River Boat captain. It had been two years of waiting for the riverboats to take to the water since the boats were shut down for the pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Kate’s choir, hidden portraits and J-Lo’s spouse – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

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