kenneth perry
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Did you know about "Plant pot architecture" ?
October 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Did you know about "Plant pot architecture" ?
Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Has Been a Runaway Success. Why Is the Government so Nervous About Expanding It?
It’s boosted the Irish economy by £88m.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/14/i...
It’s boosted the Irish economy by £88m.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/14/i...
Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Has Been a Runaway Success. Why Is the Government so Nervous About Expanding It? | Novara Media
After the pandemic ravaged its cultural sector, Ireland gave 2,000 artists £1,226 a month for three years. The government is now expanding the pilot, but it’ll still only benefit 3% of Irish artists. ...
novaramedia.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ireland’s Basic Income for Artists Has Been a Runaway Success. Why Is the Government so Nervous About Expanding It?
It’s boosted the Irish economy by £88m.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/14/i...
It’s boosted the Irish economy by £88m.
novaramedia.com/2025/11/14/i...
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💥New from me in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
“Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism”—presenting colonialism as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology”
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“Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism”—presenting colonialism as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology”
jacobin.com/2025/11/brit...
One Day, Britain’s Monuments Will Fall
Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism,” presenting colonialism and enslavement as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past bu...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
💥New from me in @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social
“Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism”—presenting colonialism as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology”
jacobin.com/2025/11/brit...
“Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism”—presenting colonialism as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology”
jacobin.com/2025/11/brit...
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“The West Front, Liverpool Cathedral”
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
“The West Front, Liverpool Cathedral”
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
2025
(61cm x 46cm)
This piece is based on a sketch I did last winter of the west front of the cathedral. Completed in 1978, the statue of the Risen Christ by Elisabeth Frink was installed over the entrance in 1993. #art #liverpool
Priceless’ jewellery stolen from Louvre in raid by ‘experienced’ thieves
"The thieves approached the building from the outside, at an area where building work was taking place. A truck and a basket lift were used to access the museum."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"The thieves approached the building from the outside, at an area where building work was taking place. A truck and a basket lift were used to access the museum."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Priceless’ jewellery stolen from Louvre in raid by ‘experienced’ thieves
French minister says highly professional criminals used angle grinder to access one of museum’s most ornate rooms
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Priceless’ jewellery stolen from Louvre in raid by ‘experienced’ thieves
"The thieves approached the building from the outside, at an area where building work was taking place. A truck and a basket lift were used to access the museum."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"The thieves approached the building from the outside, at an area where building work was taking place. A truck and a basket lift were used to access the museum."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
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How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances | Artnet News
Museums are rethinking their finances as they adapt to a new landscape of donors, digital tools, and changing values.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
How Museums Are Future-Proofing Their Finances
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Museums face shrinking funds and shifting values—can they reinvent support for the future?
Digital Art Isn’t Built to Last—Could Data Co-ops Change that?
"These are not arenas of value creation that are concerned with preservation, conservation, and a view towards the deep future."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
"These are not arenas of value creation that are concerned with preservation, conservation, and a view towards the deep future."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
Digital Art Isn’t Built to Last—Could Data Co-ops Change that?
The problem of preservation has haunted new media and digital art for decades. Art Dealer Kelani Nichole thinks she has a solution.
www.artnews.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Digital Art Isn’t Built to Last—Could Data Co-ops Change that?
"These are not arenas of value creation that are concerned with preservation, conservation, and a view towards the deep future."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
"These are not arenas of value creation that are concerned with preservation, conservation, and a view towards the deep future."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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NEW: An Israeli conductor for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been arrested at a protest near the Israel-Gaza border after calling for an end to the genocide
Israeli conductor for BBC Scottish Symphony arrested at protest near Gaza border
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September 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW: An Israeli conductor for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra has been arrested at a protest near the Israel-Gaza border after calling for an end to the genocide
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How will the flower bloom in 2100?
We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions.
variable.io/plant-futures/
We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions.
variable.io/plant-futures/
September 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How will the flower bloom in 2100?
We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions.
variable.io/plant-futures/
We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions.
variable.io/plant-futures/
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"Response pieces give us the opportunity to view creativity as a chain of dialogues with the unknown."
In her essay, Considering the Context of Our Artmaking When Composing Response Pieces, Shruthi Rajasekar deals with the ethics of responding to past art.
Check it out at:
In her essay, Considering the Context of Our Artmaking When Composing Response Pieces, Shruthi Rajasekar deals with the ethics of responding to past art.
Check it out at:
Considering the Context of Our Artmaking When Composing Response Pieces
Shruthi Rajasekar reflects on the inspiration and responsibility of response pieces, including her collaboration with Corvus Consort.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Response pieces give us the opportunity to view creativity as a chain of dialogues with the unknown."
In her essay, Considering the Context of Our Artmaking When Composing Response Pieces, Shruthi Rajasekar deals with the ethics of responding to past art.
Check it out at:
In her essay, Considering the Context of Our Artmaking When Composing Response Pieces, Shruthi Rajasekar deals with the ethics of responding to past art.
Check it out at:
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Statement from the Hillsborough Law Now campaugn regarding the news that the Hillsborough Law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 16 September.
September 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Statement from the Hillsborough Law Now campaugn regarding the news that the Hillsborough Law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 16 September.
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National Gallery gets £375m donations for new wing
National Gallery to build a new wing on Trafalgar Square site
The gallery is launching an architectural contest to design a new wing for its expanded collection.
www.bbc.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
National Gallery gets £375m donations for new wing
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Vor der Wahl ist nach der Wahl
September 14, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Vor der Wahl ist nach der Wahl
Sotheby’s losses more than double to $248m as art market slumps
Revenues from commissions and fees tumbled by 18% to $813m in 2024. It follows a fall in spending by wealthy collectors amid growing geopolitical and trade tensions in recent years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Revenues from commissions and fees tumbled by 18% to $813m in 2024. It follows a fall in spending by wealthy collectors amid growing geopolitical and trade tensions in recent years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sotheby’s losses more than double to $248m as art market slumps
Sotheby’s also takes hit from hefty severance costs, despite its headcount only dropping by 24 employees
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sotheby’s losses more than double to $248m as art market slumps
Revenues from commissions and fees tumbled by 18% to $813m in 2024. It follows a fall in spending by wealthy collectors amid growing geopolitical and trade tensions in recent years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Revenues from commissions and fees tumbled by 18% to $813m in 2024. It follows a fall in spending by wealthy collectors amid growing geopolitical and trade tensions in recent years.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
"Tate seems to be a classic case of an institution that hit on a winning formula years ago and is trapped by the rules it set itself, stuck in routines that are no longer new."
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
"Tate seems to be a classic case of an institution that hit on a winning formula years ago and is trapped by the rules it set itself, stuck in routines that are no longer new."
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
The museum group is struggling with its identity – while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern art
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: what’s gone wrong at Tate?
"Tate seems to be a classic case of an institution that hit on a winning formula years ago and is trapped by the rules it set itself, stuck in routines that are no longer new."
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
"Tate seems to be a classic case of an institution that hit on a winning formula years ago and is trapped by the rules it set itself, stuck in routines that are no longer new."
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Officials Are Racing to Evacuate Gaza Archaeological Finds Before Suspected Israeli Strike
"The removal occurred in the midst of ongoing threats of further strikes in Gaza, where Unesco has identified damage to 94 heritage sites surveyed by way of satellite imagery."
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"The removal occurred in the midst of ongoing threats of further strikes in Gaza, where Unesco has identified damage to 94 heritage sites surveyed by way of satellite imagery."
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Officials Are Racing to Evacuate Gaza Archaeological Finds Before Suspected Israeli Strike
Archaeological artifacts were removed from a Gaza City building before a suspected Israeli strike.
www.artnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Officials Are Racing to Evacuate Gaza Archaeological Finds Before Suspected Israeli Strike
"The removal occurred in the midst of ongoing threats of further strikes in Gaza, where Unesco has identified damage to 94 heritage sites surveyed by way of satellite imagery."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
"The removal occurred in the midst of ongoing threats of further strikes in Gaza, where Unesco has identified damage to 94 heritage sites surveyed by way of satellite imagery."
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' came out 50 years ago today.
Hear a previously unreleased demo from the new box set: www.stereogum.com/2322753/pink...
Hear a previously unreleased demo from the new box set: www.stereogum.com/2322753/pink...
September 13, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Pink Floyd's 'Wish You Were Here' came out 50 years ago today.
Hear a previously unreleased demo from the new box set: www.stereogum.com/2322753/pink...
Hear a previously unreleased demo from the new box set: www.stereogum.com/2322753/pink...
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A new painting from my Palm Springs series
September 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A new painting from my Palm Springs series
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September 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Large oil painting in progress🔥
August 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Large oil painting in progress🔥
National Gallery to build £375m new wing and lift ban on post-1900 art
"But the shift will create more competition for Tate at a time when the institution is struggling with declining visitor numbers and financial woes that have resulted in staff redundancies."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"But the shift will create more competition for Tate at a time when the institution is struggling with declining visitor numbers and financial woes that have resulted in staff redundancies."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
National Gallery to build £375m new wing and lift ban on post-1900 art
Institution to launch architectural competition after securing huge investment for revamp
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
National Gallery to build £375m new wing and lift ban on post-1900 art
"But the shift will create more competition for Tate at a time when the institution is struggling with declining visitor numbers and financial woes that have resulted in staff redundancies."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
"But the shift will create more competition for Tate at a time when the institution is struggling with declining visitor numbers and financial woes that have resulted in staff redundancies."
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Christie’s Reportedly Closes Digital Art Department
"The NFT market has crashed and never recovered. In August 2024, 95% of NFTs were effectively dead, with the average owner facing a 44.5% loss on their investment."
www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
"The NFT market has crashed and never recovered. In August 2024, 95% of NFTs were effectively dead, with the average owner facing a 44.5% loss on their investment."
www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
Christie’s Reportedly Closes Digital Art Department
Christie's is closing its digital art department, and has let go of Vice President of Digital Nicole Sales Giles, according to reports.
www.artnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Christie’s Reportedly Closes Digital Art Department
"The NFT market has crashed and never recovered. In August 2024, 95% of NFTs were effectively dead, with the average owner facing a 44.5% loss on their investment."
www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
"The NFT market has crashed and never recovered. In August 2024, 95% of NFTs were effectively dead, with the average owner facing a 44.5% loss on their investment."
www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...
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Today is Sonny Rollins’s 95th birthday. He is* a jazz tenor saxophonist & composer.
(*retired)
(*retired)
September 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today is Sonny Rollins’s 95th birthday. He is* a jazz tenor saxophonist & composer.
(*retired)
(*retired)
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The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has become the first UK public collection to own a painting by the Impressionist Marie Bracquemond. Read Apollo’s monthly round-up for more details of this and other important museum acquisitions buff.ly/wg9Dcbe
Acquisitions of the month: August 2025
The first Marie Bracquemond in a UK collection and a group of Chinese prints are among the most enticing works to enter public collections recently
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September 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool has become the first UK public collection to own a painting by the Impressionist Marie Bracquemond. Read Apollo’s monthly round-up for more details of this and other important museum acquisitions buff.ly/wg9Dcbe