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1 week ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Joanna Moorhead |Karen Chernick |Sarah P. Hanson |Tom Seymour
The World Press Photo award winner for 2025 is announced today, but there was little air of celebration around Samar Abu Elouf when she arrived at the exhibition in Amsterdam where her victorious shot took pride of place. Its subject is a boy called Mahmoud Ajjour, then age nine and now ten, who lost both his arms in an Israeli attack on Gaza a little over a year ago. When she took the picture, Abu Elouf says, she was thinking of her own four children, the youngest of whom is 12.
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2 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Torey Akers |Tom Seymour |Benjamin Sutton |Elena Goukassian
A climate activist who smeared red and black paint on the pedestal and enclosure of an Edgar Degas ballerina sculpture in 2023 was found guilty on Tuesday (8 April) of “conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States” by a federal jury.
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3 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Sarvy Geranpayeh |Tom Seymour |Garry Shaw
Sudan’s National Museum, once the guardian of an invaluable collection of artefacts spanning thousands of years, has been ravaged by looting and severe destruction at the hands of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to initial assessments by the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM), the body responsible for preserving the country’s antiquities and archaeological sites.
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4 weeks ago | 
theartnewspaper.com | Annabel Keenan |Anny Shaw |Amah-Rose Abrams |Tom Seymour
The Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) in New Haven, Connecticut, holds the largest collection of British art outside the UK. After a two-year closure amid a $16.5m project to conserve its Modernist Louis Kahn-designed building, the YCBA is ready to reopen on 29 March. Marking the occasion, the museum presents two exhibitions by influential British artists with ties to the seaside town of Margate: J.M.W. Turner and Tracey Emin.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
By Tom Seymour | 25 March 2025 Automotive executive search specialist Ennis & Co Group has launched an expanded interim talent service to meet a surge in demand by automotive and mobility brands for short-term placements at senior leadership level.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
Family-owned Mylchreests has announced it will be closing its multi-franchise business after six decades of serving Isle of Man customers.
The company first opened on Westmoreland Road in Douglas 64 years ago and most recently represented the brands Jaguar, Land Rover, Vauxhall, Subaru, Mitsubishi and Isuzu.
Chairman David Mylchreest said the decision was made with “extreme reluctance and a heavy heart”.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
By Tom Seymour | 25 March 2025 Car dealers remain sceptical that the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles will go ahead in 2030, according to new research by Close Brothers Motor Finance.
In a move aimed at accelerating the UK's transition to greener transportation, the Government announced the ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles will now be moved forward from 2035 to the original 2030 deadline.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
By Tom Seymour | 25 March 2025 LSH Auto has officially opened its redeveloped Mercedes-Benz showroom in Tamworth following an undisclosed investment.
The dealer group will hold a launch event for customers on April 8 with a ribbon cutting ceremony followed by canapes and refreshments.
Mercedes has been in Tamworth since 1966 and the latest location was built in the 1980s but has been redeveloped over the years.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
By Tom Seymour | 25 March 2025 The Institute of Motor Industry (IMI) estimates that 11,000 technicians in the UK still need to complete the MOT Annual Assessment ahead of the deadline on March 31.
The IMI said those technicians that need to complete the assessment must act now, or risk suspension from testing and potential loss of income.
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1 month ago | 
am-online.com | Tom Seymour
By Tom Seymour | 25 March 2025 Motorpoint has partnered with Moveable Ink to provide AI-powered digital customer engagement services to tailor communications with customers.
The used car supermarket has been building out its AI capabilities in recent months with this latest partnership with Moveable Ink, as well as its partnership with Phyron for AI-powered video content.
