This from T J Clark and @kunstmuseumbs is a wonderful lecture - aesthetic dignity & aesthetic austerity and the moment understatement takes on a peculiar force...a ferocity of refusal.
https://t.co/iG1PxKJSyb
A UN report has found the actions of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary, in the Sudanese city of El Fasher, bear the ‘hallmarks of genocide’.
Thousands were killed and raped over the course of three days in October, after an 18-month siege by the RSF. They targeted non-Arab communities particularly the Fur and Zaghawa groups.
The Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the findings were ‘horrific’ and called for a ceasefire in the war between the RSF and Sudan's Armed Forces.
A warning, this report contains very distressing details.
The ‘Black is Beautiful’ movement; Velázquezian references; Sleeping Beauty – it’s all there in Marshall’s monumental painted worlds https://t.co/HdgJDIY7js
"He taught his readers and his fellow writers, especially Protestants like myself, that we could reach, without shame, for an awareness that was more spiritual than our cultural backgrounds would allow. Spiritual, but also natural."
https://t.co/QzCMUfR69y
What did liberty mean before liberalism?
In @LRB, Colin Kidd reviews Quentin Skinner’s 'Liberty as Independence', a powerful account of how republican ideals of non-domination gave way to modern notions of non-interference.
Read more 🔗 https://t.co/fCOwa6WD9G
4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in large part due to social security policies 1/5
And some time make the time to drive out west
Into County Clare, along the Flaggy Shore,
In September or October, when the wind
And the light are working off each other
So that the ocean on one side is wild
With foam and glitter
Frank Auerbach’s beloved “Primrose Hill, Hot Summer Evening” to be shown for the first time in 50 years, finally debuting in an exhibition dedicated to his landscapes
https://t.co/Ja0859Tykb
"Lord Hermer’s lecture... represents a very distinct change of tone and intent from the previous government" and permanent representation at UN for India, Brazil, Africa, Japan, Germany.
Lord Hermer, the attorney general, has signalled a reset after a testing time for the rule of law.
But government action now needs to follow these warm words, says Sir Jonathan Jones
https://t.co/b6uW3H5RU9
Thank you to our Chief Conductor Sakari Oramo @oramsa for leading us through a thrilling performance of Mahler’s Symphony No. 6, and to everyone who joined us @barbicancentre or @bbcradio3 this evening 💐💐💐
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