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FOUND: Rodin | Mind Blowing Facts

I thought my cuckoo clock was amazing, but it’s got nothing on my statue of Bert the cheery chef

Installed in my home, Bert is a conversation starter like no other. It usually begins with: ‘What on earth is that thing?’ writes Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Over 400 items from Gene Hackman’s estate up for auction

Lots include artworks by Matisse, Rodin, Kandinsky and the late actor’s own paintings – as well as his watch, dartboard and Golden Globes

The Guardian - UK

McLaren's latest star shines bright on British F4 debut at Donington Park

Dries Van Langendonck celebrated his 15th birthday by qualifying on pole on his car racing debut and, after startline woe in race one, was triumphant in the finale. Elsewhere, dreaded track-limits penalties ripped up an on-track Mini result

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Artists, Siblings, Visionaries by Judith Mackrell review – the remarkable lives of Gwen and Augustus John

Gwen’s talent vastly outshone her brother’s – but both are treated with subtlety in this outstanding dual biography

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Slater makes a statement as new GB3 era gets under way at Silverstone

Freddie Slater produced a scintillating display to give himself and Hillspeed a double victory in the first weekend for GB3’s new Tatuus MSV GB3-025 machine at Silverstone.

Autosport

Gormley’s early mettle, AI paint pals and sky-high snogs – the week in art

The sculptor’s macabre early works get an airing, robots remix David Salle’s postmodern paintings and Rodin’s The Kiss heads under the hammer – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

‘Very desirable’ rare cast of Rodin’s The Kiss is up for auction

After years in a private sitting room, an early version of the masterpiece is expected to fetch €500,000

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Drilling scandal rocks F2 as six drivers punished

Six Formula 2 drivers from three teams have been handed grid penalties for both Melbourne races in support of Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix after their teams were discovered to have been drilling spec parts to illegally measure aerodynamic loads in pre-season testing.

Motorsport

Sharp wins GB3 title as Collards secure British GT crown

Rodin Motorsport’s Louis Sharp clinched the 2024 GB3 Championship in last weekend’s deciding race at Brands Hatch. The British-born New Zealander, who is one of four finalists for this year’s Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver Award, followed in the footsteps of Luke Browning by winning both the British Formula 4…

Autosport

Poem of the week: Sudanese Saying by Pierre Joris

Short, stinging lines convey the pain and injustice of the 2016 demolition of the Calais refugee ‘jungle’

The Guardian - UK

10 of Europe’s best sculpture parks and open-air galleries

From Rodin and Moore in the Netherlands to an underwater sculpture forest in Cyprus and a gallery on the Berlin Wall

The Guardian - UK

Formula Winter Series Aragon: Three new winners as title contenders struggle

MP Motorsport’s Keanu Al Azhari, Rodin Motorsport’s Thomas Strauven and Campos Racing’s James Egozi claimed the victories, as Griffin Peebles eked out a slight points advantage over Andres Cardenas on a difficult weekend for the title contenders.

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F2 Bahrain: Maloney dominates sprint race as tyre drama sparks late thrill

Maloney came out on top for Rodin by over five seconds in a sprint race that came to life in the closing stages as the soft tyres dropped off a cliff, allowing those who had gambled on the hard compound into the mix.

Motorsport

The world's first AI statue is a wild mashup of styles

(And it looks like a gaudy awards trophy).

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Capitol Lens | Art hoist - Roll Call

Workers hoist Rodin’s “The Burghers of Calais” sculpture out of the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden on the National Mall on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris review – sacrifices art to history

Tensile and hard-won, the artist’s singular work is occasionally lost in the scrum of a show keen to situate her in a social, sexual and painterly whirl

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Bayonetta 3: All hidden verses locations

Bayonetta 3's verses are necessary to get the highest rank in each level, but a few of them are hidden away in hard-to-find spots.

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Galleries continue to erase women artists in their blockbuster exhibitions

The National Gallery recently announced its summer 2023 exhibition, After Impressionism, claiming the show will celebrate the “towering achievements of Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gaugin and Rodin” among others. The response on social media to this announcement was largely, “where are the women?”

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Cornelia Parker at Tate Britain review: uniting the poetic and the spectacular

The British artist’s long-overdue retrospective is a triumph

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