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BIZARRE: Duncan grant - What They Never Told You

From Bloomsbury to Whitehall: new play reimagines life of John Maynard Keynes

The Standard of Living by James Graham traces economist’s influence on British politics and culture

The Guardian - UK

A Kaleidoscope of Color, Texture, and Pattern, Africa's First "Designer Suite" Just Called It: Minimalism Is Dead — Long Live Boldly Eclectic Interiors

Inspired by the multifacetedness of South African craftsmanship, the Thebe Magugu Suite has landed at Cape Town's Mount Nelson resort alongside shop-cum-gallery Magugu House

Livingetc

I Want to Buy Queer Art for My Home, Even If I Don't Exactly Know Why

There's a sudden yearning to fill my walls with art from queer artists that wasn't there before. Understanding its source might just help me find the right pieces for my collection

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Days of Light by Megan Hunter review – Bohemian rhapsody

The privileged world of Bloomsbury group is vividly evoked in this novel of a life shaped by devastating loss

The Guardian - UK

Sick of white walls? My journey from minimalist to maximalist, one paint stroke at a time

What do you do if you’re bored with plain walls? If you’re me, you go full muralscape

Homes & Gardens

Diary written by acclaimed artist Duncan Grant sells for 17 times its estimate

The book fetched £13,750, having been expected to sell for £500-£800.

The Independent UK

Lost diary of Scottish artist discovered nearly 50 years after his death

A DIARY belonging to acclaimed Scottish artist Duncan Grant has been discovered nearly 50 years after his death in 1978 ...

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Diary of Scottish artist discovered nearly 50 years after his death

Painter and designer Duncan Grant was a member of the influential Bloomsbury Group of artists and writers.

The Independent UK

‘Evict the Charleston Scroungers’: row in Lewes over the Bloomsbury group’s legacy

A debate is raging over the future of a council building used for art exhibitions as public services in the Sussex town are squeezed

The Guardian - UK

‘Beyond Bloomsbury’: the life of Dora Carrington

A new exhibition, ‘Beyond Bloomsbury’, at Pallant House Gallery, UK, explores the life and loves of artist Dora Carrington

Wallpaper

What Kim Jones did next: 'Money is worth less than time'

He’s quit Fendi, but what will Kim Jones do next? First stop, Sotheby’s

Evening Standard

Radical modernity: Kim Jones on curating Charleston for Sotheby's

As the newly appointed vice president of Charleston, Jones is curating a two-part selling and loan exhibition at Sotheby’s, ‘Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston’

Wallpaper

‘I can’t wait to paint myself when I’m old and knobbly’: the sensual world of Louis Fratino

His old-fashioned painting prowess and explicitly queer subject matter has made the young American artist hot property. So why are some people so shocked?

The Guardian - UK

Vanessa Bell review – sidelined Bloomsbury figure reveals main character energy

Usually relegated to the roles of hostess, lover or muse, the painter’s independent spirit shines through in the power of the patterns and colours in this, the largest solo show ever devoted to her work

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‘A great work of feminist art’: how the Bloomsbury group’s Famous Women Dinner Service got a place at the table

Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant’s 1932 collection of 50 hand-painted plates, left to languish for 80 years, forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition

The Guardian - UK

Collecting Modernism review – unique set of artworks a testament to queer culture

Including works by Picasso, Pisarro and Hodgkins, this stunning collection of 20th-century works was lovingly handed down through three generations of chosen family

The Guardian - UK

Charleston aims to bring Bloomsbury group works back to ‘rightful home’

Charity that runs house in East Sussex launches bid to fill gaps in collection with ‘treasures’ held in private hands

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand in limbo one month after election as government coalition negotiations drag on

Incoming PM Christopher Luxon must bring together the libertarian Act party and populist New Zealand First, parties that have major differences

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The surprisingly punk fashion of the Bloomsbury set, including Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell

Scrupulously researched and curated by fashion journalist Charlie Porter, Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and Fashion has opened at Charleston’s new spaces at Southover House in Lewes. The exhibition brings together original garments, paintings, photography and spoken word to explore how the Bloomsbury set continues to inspire fashion more than a…

The Guardian - UK

My cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle

With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots

The Guardian - UK

Bring No Clothes: Bloomsbury and the Philosophy of Fashion by Charlie Porter review – style revolution

A fashion journalist links the sartorial choices of Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, TS Eliot et al to their avant garde outlook on life

The Guardian - UK

‘You’re not getting any’ – the secret sexual signals in the Bloomsbury Group’s clothes

The Bloomsbury Group weren’t just artistic and sexual pioneers. They also sparked a sartorial revolution. We meet the author of Bring No Clothes, a revealing book about fashion’s queer trailblazers

The Guardian - UK

‘The house sings with colour and with life’: how the fashion world fell for Charleston, the Bloomsbury set’s country home

From Virginia Woolf and her circle to Kate Moss’s Vogue shoot, the unconventional Sussex farmhouse has captured imaginations across the decades

Evening Standard

The best house museums for 20th-century interiors, from a PoMo funhouse to Britain’s answer to Villa Savoye

Forget fusty stately homes — these domestic spaces are ripe with the relatable tastes of artists, architects and aesthetes

Wallpaper

Exhibition to explore the Bloomsbury Group through fashion

Supported by Dior, Charleston’s ‘Bring No Clothes’ explores the Bloomsbury Group’s use of – and influence on – fashion, featuring works by Dior, Fendi, Comme des Garçons and more, alongside original clothing and ephemera

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