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“He would beat the crap out of the guitar. The result can best be described as Jackson Pollock trying to play like John Lee Hooker”: Aggressively bizarre, Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica remains one of the craziest guitar-driven albums ever made

Dense as a rainforest and often hard to grasp, Captain Beefheart's best-known album is the poster boy of late-Sixties avant-garde rock

Guitar World

A cosmic Jackson Pollock: Kathleen Kennedy’s Star Wars tenure has been marked by chaos

The reportedly outgoing Lucasfilm president has brought a raft of new movies to the sci-fi franchise but some plans have crashed and the narrative has the look of random splashing, writes Ben Child

The Guardian - UK

Henri Michaux review – the delirious artist who took mescaline so you don’t have to

He lived an avant-garde life in Paris, recording his intense drug-induced visions on paper. Our critic sees a spine, a hand, an owl, a sea monster – or does he?

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Monkeys, clowns and bottles hidden in Jackson Pollock’s paintings, study says

New paper suggests abstract expressionist may have been unaware of the images because of his bipolar disorder

The Guardian - UK

Can you copyright generative AI? The answer surprisingly originates with the camera, in a key US Copyright Office report

Score one for the humans – the US Copyright Office says prompt-based generative AI can't be copyrighted

Digital Camera World

“Each C-1 Ink Bomb is uniquely hand-splattered, making every guitar a one-of-a-kind masterpiece”: Schecter drops a Jackson Pollock-inspired electric with Seymour Duncan Blackouts for alt-metal adventure

Abstract expressionism runs rampant in the Schecter paint room

MusicRadar

Hang Freddie Freeman’s Swing in the Louvre (or the Hall of Fame)

Freeman’s one-of-a-kind hitting motion will one day earn him a bust in Cooperstown, and will likely win the Dodgers the 2024 World Series. Even his teammates aren’t sure how he does it.

Sports Illustrated

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Soup protest at Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 'work of art', say artists

Judge told the two Just Stop Oil activists they should prepare for a prison sentence

Evening Standard

Hannah Fry on creativity and the psychological state shared by every genius from Jackson Pollock to Eminem

Artists throughout the ages have used similar language to explain how they experience the creative process – now studies have confirmed the ‘flow state’ is real

The Guardian - UK

Ed Clark review – so ordinary he could almost be British

Pity the poor sunbathers who wander from the beach into this weak and confusing show that proves not all abstract art is worth seeing

The Guardian - UK

Crime Ring: The Story of the Sports World’s Most Infamous Thief

Tommy Trotta Jr. was a career small-time criminal who made the jump to the big leagues by stealing sports memorabilia. What his crew did with their haul was just as audacious as the thefts.

Sports Illustrated

Oscar Murillo: The Flooded Garden review – my inner Pollock could not be contained

Is it love or just a summer fling? Oscar Murillo has invited viewers to add their own paint to his canvas – but I wouldn’t be tempted. Would I?

The Guardian - UK

One vision, 4000 artists and a country transformed: why the next British PM must copy Roosevelt

Roosevelt’s New Deal gave artists like Alice Neel and Lee Krasner a lifeline during a time of crisis – and it changed the face of America. Whoever wins the UK election should take heed

The Guardian - UK

Best abstract art: originals and prints to heighten your home

Gestural pieces that offer an escape from reality

Evening Standard

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The week in audio: The Archers; Today; Death of an Artist; Gareth Gwynn Hasn’t Fin – review

There’s been high drama in Ambridge and a great start for Today’s new presenter. Plus, a delightful Lee Krasner documentary and an amusing study of unfinished art

WEKU

Renowned painter and pioneer of minimalism Frank Stella dies at 87

Frank Stella was one of America's leading minimalist artists and a pioneer of the minimalist movement of the early 1960s. The movement challenged the idea that art was meant to be representative.

The Guardian - UK

‘She was trying to find herself’: the untold story of Peggy Guggenheim, Hampshire homemaker

A new exhibition shows another side of Peggy Guggenheim – the five years she spent in Hampshire and Sussex giving the ordinary life her best shot

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Janet Sobel's Abstract Expressionist Legacy Rediscovered At Menil Collection

Explore Janet Sobel's overlooked contributions to Abstract Expressionism at the Menil Collection's 'All-Over' exhibition in Houston.

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10 Most Expensive Paintings: Brushstrokes Of Value

In the world of contemporary art, a handful of paintings have attained legendary status through their staggering prices at auction. These masterpieces, spanning various eras and styles, epitomize artistic excellence and the vision of renowned creators.

Creative Bloq

Jackson Pollock? No, this art was made by a car

It's mudern art, darling.

Chicago Sun-Times

Venezuelan artist paints his way to Chicago: ‘I never dreamed I would do that’

Wilfredo Garcia, a self-taught painter from the Venezuelan countryside, paid in murals for his trip across several countries, leaving traces of the spirit of the Venezuelan heartland all along the way.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Oregon’s eggshell uniforms vs. Washington led to some heated reviews and a lot of jokes

Are these *that* bad?

The Conversation

Philip Guston: controversial delayed Tate show asks 'what would it be like to be evil?'

American painter Philip Guston’s (1913-1980) work was filled with creative innovation. But the paintings he is best known for are the series of cartoonish hooded figures begun in the late 1960s.

The Guardian - UK

‘What would it be like to be evil?’ Controversial Philip Guston show ridicules the virus-like KKK

Delayed after the murder of George Floyd, this show has now arrived in Britain accompanied by warnings. Our critic revels in the American’s cartoonish renderings of everyday objects – and the hate groups lurking in our midst

Chicago Sun-Times

For Pilsen body shop mural, artist drew on the work of Jackson Pollock and Shel Silverstein

Joliet artist Matthew Jesiolowski says he was inspired by the “chaos” of Pollock’s artwork and the line work in Silverstein’s illustrations.

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