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An English player has spoken in a different language. This would not be headline news in any EU country beyond England. The fact it’s dominating our mainstream sports coverage, and in turn generating 1000 nativist takes online, is indicative of where this country is going wrong.

👏👏 To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs. The new initiative aims to stabilise fragile media and could serve as a model for other artists. By ⁦Tom Seymour⁩ theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/16/cin…

My review of 28 Years Later

👏 Pompidou moves in as Grand Palais reopens after £395m revamp. As the contemporary art museum begins a 5y renovation, the historic building steps in as its temporary home—testing a new, collaborative institutional model in heart of Paris. By Tom Seymour theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/19/pom…

Amid a wave of political hostility, the Getty Center uses photography to tell stories of queer resistance and love. This double exhibition shows how LGBTQ+ people have used the camera to record their lives since the invention of photography. By Tom Seymour theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/30/ami…

Spent most of 2024 helping to develop this. Great to see it launch.

While loans between museums are exempt from the additional requirements for proof of legal export from the country of origin and provenance documentation, those from private collectors will be affected. By Tom Seymour theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/26/why…

Call me an early adopter - I'm now on Substack dispatchesfromart.substack.com/?r=29xcn1&utm_…

Somebody got upset and cried at work. That’s it. Not sure we need the reams of “analysis” about what somebody shedding a tear *means* and the fevered Westminster speculation about the possible consequences of it, which will almost certainly be non-existent. What it means is that

I’ve cried at work when I’ve had difficulties at home - and I guarantee I’ve never faced the circus of scrutiny that Reeves does each day. 99% of the coverage is absurd, totally speculative and smacks of coded misogyny. You can hold to account and be kind.

Troubling. Presumably Arsenal knew about these impending charges? news.met.police.uk/news/thomas-pa…

Worked hard on this. A piece on Emily Kam Kngwarray, and the ethics of safeguarding her creative legacy Ocula ocula.com/magazine/spotl…

‘Why don’t you talk about the hostages?’: Nan Goldin interrupted by protester during Gaza-focused speech at Rencontres d’Arles. While accepting an award at the photography festival, the outspoken photographer criticised the Israeli govt. By Tom Seymour theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/10/why…

Last night I went out in Covent Garden. The tube into the centre was virtually empty. The streets were empty. The bar was probably 1/10 full. Even after ‘08 crash, London on a Fri night was rammed with kids getting drunk and having fun. It made me really worried for our economy.

Oleksandr Usyk was far too skilled, too smart, too seasoned for Daniel Dubois. He is the most impressive man in boxing, a savage scientist and a symbol of searing defiance in Ukraine. I felt so lucky to be ringside to see another burst of Usyk’s majesty theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul…

A very productive day

Regardless of where you stand on Gaza Israel, read this newstatesman.com/world/middle-e…

Hey, Grok, who was the most famous person to visit my profile? It doesn't need to be a mutual, don't tag them, just say who it was.

‘Even late in life, recognition is possible’: photographer Paz Errázuriz opens long overdue UK retrospective. The 81y-old image maker, known for documenting marginalised communities in Chile, recently opened at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes. By Tom Seymour theartnewspaper.com/2025/07/29/pho…

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