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The color purple: It's a new movie and an old hue that's rich in meaning and history

Power, ambition, luxury

The Independent UK

Art Institute of Chicago exhibit gives a rare, up-close glimpse of 2 Caravaggio works

Because of his tumultuous, Netflix-ready life story and the groundbreaking nature of his art, Caravaggio is one of those marquee names in art history like Rembrandt, Monet or Picasso.

Chicago Sun-Times

OPINION - Farewell Jamie Reid, punk visionary who captured the spirit of generation

Jamie Reid, who has just died at the age of 76, was as important to London as Big Ben or Guy Fawkes. As influential as Martin Amis or John Betjeman. His work was as iconic as any London portrait by Monet, Pissarro or Canaletto. This Croydon-born boy was a colossal…

Evening Standard

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‘I’m sick and tired of dating actual people’ — meet the men falling in love with their AI girlfriends

Millions are turning to chatbots for romantic and sexual connections, but some experts are concerned they might encourage problematic behaviour in their mostly male user base. Emma Loffhagen speaks to users who have fallen for their computerised companions

Evening Standard

Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 10 recap — Tariq is way over his head (again)

For the Power Book II: Ghost season 3 finale, the Tejada family forms an uneasy alliance with Noma against a common enemy.

WhatToWatch

Bees can do so much more than you think – from dancing to being little art critics

Bees are among the most important insects on Earth – vital pollinators of our crops and significant contributors to human societies for thousands of years.

The Conversation

Wait, did Van Gogh and Monet unwittingly advertise Stella Artois?

Probably, according to this clever campaign.

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Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 8 recap — Dru cracks

In Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 8, Dru hits rock bottom, Effie and Cane get closer than ever and the Weston Firm gets caught in their ponzi scheme.

WhatToWatch

Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 7 recap — Dru seeks revenge for Lorenzo's murder

In Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 7, Dru finally finds out who killed Lorenzo, while Jenny closes in on Tariq and the Tejadas.

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Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 5 recap — trouble in the streets and abroad

In Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 5, the Tejadas have a family shake up in New York while Tariq, Brayden and Effie deal with problems in Italy.

WhatToWatch

Ai Weiwei: Making Sense review – horror, playfulness and delight

From neolithic tools to Monet in Lego, the artist contemplates the human freight of things made and of use – or useless – across millennia in a show that’s at once elegiac and affirmative

The Guardian - UK

Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 4 recap — the nature of opportunity

In Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 4, Noma ups the stakes while Monet learns a shocking truth behind Zeke's murder.

WhatToWatch

Monet’s hazy masterpieces may be air pollution rather than inspiration - new report

The hazy dream-like appearance that characterises Monet’s impressionist masterpieces may have more to do with climate change than artistic inspiration, according to a new scientific study.

Evening Standard

Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 2 recap — Cane knows a major secret

We break down the big events in Power Book II: Ghost season 3 episode 2, including how Lauren survived.

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The Guardian - UK

Monet in Lego, modern art’s birth and Hockney’s bigger leash – the week in art

Ai Weiwei recreates a masterpiece in 650,000 pieces, Picasso and Matisse as arty midwives and dog portraits you won’t find in a charity shop – all in your weekly dispatch

Evening Standard

Ai Weiwei has made a giant version of Monet’s Water Lilies out of Lego... and it’s coming to London

The work will go on show at the Design Museum next month

Chicago Tribune

Michael Phillips: Immersive video exhibits: Pro or con? What clues does ‘Mozart Immersive’ give about the future of entertainment?

CHICAGO — We live in “the experience culture.”

Tech&Learning

Best Virtual Field Trips

Students can experience the best virtual field trips without getting on a bus, or even leaving their homes.

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Riotous women, stonking sculptures and Monet’s lost brother – the week in art

Sarah Lucas throws a party, Donatella shows his tender side, Alice Neel captures the real America, and Peter Doig brings romantic irony to the Courtauld

Radio France Internationale

Caillebotte painting worth €43m acquired by France's Musée d'Orsay

Gustave Caillebotte's impressionist masterpiece, La Partie de Bateau, has been hung for the first time at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris. Valued at more than 40 million euros, it was acquired thanks to the patronage of the LVMH luxury group.

Axios

"Immersive" entertainment is all the rage

The success of "Immersive Van Gogh" has inspired many copycats.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Is smearing food on the ‘Mona Lisa’ a productive form of climate change protest?

In recent months climate activists have been in a food fight with art museums across Europe. Their protests include throwing tomato soup at a van Gogh painting in London’s National Gallery and smearing cake on the protective glass over the “Mona Lisa.” Last week they threw mashed potatoes on the…

Evening Standard

Frameless digital art gallery opens in Marble Arch

Huge digital versions of masterpieces by Monet, Dali and Van Gogh are among works going on show in a new immersive art gallery.

The Guardian - UK

‘Painting takes me over – like witchcraft’: Jadé Fadojutimi, art’s hottest property

She’s only 29 yet her paintings have already been scooped up by the Tate and fetched over £1m at auction. Now she’s thinking even bigger. On the eve of a new exhibition, the artist talks colour visions and anime obsessions

The Conversation

Five books to transport you to the Italian Riviera this summer

With its sun-drenched olive groves, sparkling waters and vivid bursts of colour, the Italian Riviera has cast its spell on tourists, painters and authors since the 19th century. Lying in the northwestern corner of Italy, the Riviera stretches along the Ligurian sea and has inspired the likes of the painter…

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