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Japan Today
13-07-2025
- Business
- Japan Today
King Charles to host Trump in September for state visit to Britain, palace says
FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles speaks with guests during a reception at St James's Palace to celebrate 25 years of the Royal Drawing School, in London, Britain, June 24, 2025. James Manning/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo By Andy Bruce Britain's King Charles will host U.S. President Donald Trump in September for his unprecedented second state visit to Britain, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The visit will take place from September 17 to 19. "His Majesty the King will host the President and Mrs Trump at Windsor Castle," the palace said in a statement, adding that further details would be announced in due course. Trump said last month he had agreed to meet Charles after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed him a handwritten letter from the monarch in the Oval Office. The U.S. president will be the first elected political leader in modern times to be hosted for two state visits by a British monarch. The late Queen Elizabeth welcomed Trump to Buckingham Palace for a three-day state visit in June 2019 during his first term in office, during which he had a private lunch with the sovereign and had tea with Charles, who was then heir. Starmer and Trump are also due to meet in Scotland later this month, a source told Reuters last week, with details including the specific date yet to be finalised. The two leaders have developed a warm relationship in recent months, and last month signed a framework trade deal on the sidelines of a G7 meeting that formally lowered some U.S. tariffs on imports from Britain. In May, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticized Britain's invitation to Trump for a state visit, saying it undermined his government's effort to project a united front against the U.S. president's talk of annexing Canada. Trump's past visits to Britain have attracted large protests, with his 2018 trip costing police more than 14 million pounds ($18.88 million) as 10,000 officers were deployed from all over Britain. Most Britons have an unfavorable view of the president, according to opinion polls. State visits are usually pomp-laden affairs featuring an open-top carriage trip through central London and a banquet at Buckingham Palace. © Thomson Reuters 2025.
The Star
13-07-2025
- Business
- The Star
King Charles to host Trump in September for state visit to Britain, palace says
FILE PHOTO: Britain's King Charles speaks with guests during a reception at St James's Palace to celebrate 25 years of the Royal Drawing School, in London, Britain, June 24, 2025. James Manning/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Britain's King Charles will host U.S. President Donald Trump in September for his unprecedented second state visit to Britain, Buckingham Palace said on Monday. The visit will take place from September 17 to 19. "His Majesty the King will host the President and Mrs Trump at Windsor Castle," the palace said in a statement, adding that further details would be announced in due course. Trump said last month he had agreed to meet Charles after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer handed him a handwritten letter from the monarch in the Oval Office. The U.S. president will be the first elected political leader in modern times to be hosted for two state visits by a British monarch. The late Queen Elizabeth welcomed Trump to Buckingham Palace for a three-day state visit in June 2019 during his first term in office, during which he had a private lunch with the sovereign and had tea with Charles, who was then heir. Starmer and Trump are also due to meet in Scotland later this month, a source told Reuters last week, with details including the specific date yet to be finalised. The two leaders have developed a warm relationship in recent months, and last month signed a framework trade deal on the sidelines of a G7 meeting that formally lowered some U.S. tariffs on imports from Britain. In May, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney criticised Britain's invitation to Trump for a state visit, saying it undermined his government's effort to project a united front against the U.S. president's talk of annexing Canada. Trump's past visits to Britain have attracted large protests, with his 2018 trip costing police more than 14 million pounds ($18.88 million) as 10,000 officers were deployed from all over Britain. Most Britons have an unfavourable view of the president, according to opinion polls. State visits are usually pomp-laden affairs featuring an open-top carriage trip through central London and a banquet at Buckingham Palace. ($1 = 0.7415 pounds) (Editing by Deepa Babington)
The Guardian
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Lubaina Himid has a chance encounter and Ai Weiwei takes to the streets – the week in art
Lubaina Himid With Magda Stawarska: Another Chance EncounterAn installation exploring the letters of early 20th-century modernist Sophie Brzeska, plus new paintings by Yard, Cambridge, from 12 July to 2 November Sculpture in the CityJane and Louise Wilson and Ai Weiwei reveal new public sculptures for this summer art trail. City of London sites from 16 July until spring 2026 Emma TalbotBirth, death and everything in between are explored in this show that centres on an installation inspired by Greek tragedy. Read more here. Compton Verney, Warwickshire, until 5 October The Power of DrawingDavid Hockney, Tracey Emin and many more artists and celebs (including King Charles) celebrate the Royal Drawing School's 25th anniversary. Royal Drawing School, London, until 26 July Emma AmosThis artist who was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and trained in 1950s London, made expressive, political paintings. Alison Jacques gallery, London, until 9 August A giant mural, titled Wall of Shame, has launched in New York, to remind people of the alleged crimes committed by more than 1,500 Maga loyalists on the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, who were then pardoned by Donald Trump. Read more here. The Bayeux tapestry will return to Britain for the first time in 900 years Ed Sheeran's Jackson Pollock homage has energy but no truth Kew Gardens will host the largest outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore's sculptures Ozzy Osbourne collaborated with chimpanzees on abstract expressionist paintings Nell Stevens asked, what if every artwork you've ever seen is a fake? London's Design Museum is hosting a utopia of self-weaving grass and psychedelic dolphins Indigenous Australian artist Emily Kam Kngwarray brings a sense of wonder Sign up to Art Weekly Your weekly art world round-up, sketching out all the biggest stories, scandals and exhibitions after newsletter promotion Kourtney Roy makes tourist snapshots look sinister Artists are finding inspiration in a parlour game Saint Luke by Jacopo di Cione and Workshop, c.1365-70 The apostle Luke was the first Christian artist, it was believed in the middle ages. As well as writing a Gospel, he found time to portray the Virgin Mary from life – a story that understandably fascinated artists because it gave them an excuse to depict themselves and their craft. Is this a self-portrait of Jacopo di Cione? It doesn't seem to show Luke painting Mary – that would become a speciality of 15th-century Flemish artists who loved depicting Luke's studio in lifelike detail. Instead, here he has a book and pen. He may be writing his Gospel. But his keen gaze suggests he is drawing in ink, for sketching was a popular practice in medieval Florence where this was painted. Either way, in medieval thinking, he is not just depicting what he sees. His hand is instead guided by supernatural powers. National Gallery, London If you don't already receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here. If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email newsletters@
Telegraph
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
The King displays his artistic talent in this smart new exhibition
Gulp! Sometimes, as an art critic, you need to be severe. But what if the thing you're scrutinising isn't by a professional artist but by the King? Highgrove from the Thyme Walk (2000) is a pencil drawing by His Majesty King Charles III, and one of more than 50 exhibits in The Power of Drawing, a smart new show marking the 25th anniversary of the Royal Drawing School in east London, which he helped to found. Displayed a few sheets down from drawings by Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin, it appears on the other side of a large window from a pair of charcoal landscapes by David Hockney. Exalted company, indeed. Does it hold its own? At risk of sounding like a toady, it kind of does. An annotated study of the tonal values of a gentle vista (looking back, across the garden, towards his Gloucestershire home), it's animated, in the foreground, by swift, frisky strokes denoting low shrubbery or flowers. Mostly, though, His Majesty seems preoccupied in this drawing (on which he worked when he was still the Prince of Wales) with the dark, stark structure of an imposing tree that semi-obscures the Georgian building behind. Deploying arrows, he records various details: a 'v. dark trunk', 'dark foliage' in places, 'light green' leaves. With blotches along two edges of pale blue and yellow watercolour, it's evidently a working drawing for a painting – and a demonstration of his belief that close observational drawing is 'one of the most direct ways of engaging with the world'. Even the bespectacled student beside me, copying Gormley's image of a silhouetted figure seemingly with Popeye's forearms, raises an eyebrow upon discovering the identity of the draughtsman responsible for this Highgrove sketch: 'It's actually pretty skilled,' he smiles. Charles's drawing will attract attention, but it shouldn't drown out the wider merits of this engaging show, which assembles drawings by 25 alumni and 25 'creatives', including Tim Burton, the American filmmaker, the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, and the British illustrator Quentin Blake (who contributes a characteristically loose and playful doodle of a man conversing with a stork). The architect Norman Foster is represented, like the King, by an annotated sketch – in his case, from 1959, depicting the interior of a chapel by Le Corbusier in eastern France. Apple's former chief design officer Jony Ive displays two impressive efforts executed when he was only 14 years old, including a sleekly precise 'observational drawing' of a Pyrex measuring jug. Above all, the exhibition – which reflects drawing's astonishing variety (Cornelia Parker even presents a 'drawing' magicked out of wire made from melted-down lead bullets) – reveals how much has changed since the school opened in a former warehouse at the turn of the millennium. In those days, the heyday of the Young British Artists, conceptualism was still rampant. Life studios were closing, and traditional methods were under threat. Yet, the list of alumni participating in this show boasts several names with considerable cachet now (Somaya Critchlow, Christina Kimeze, Jake Grewal), as figuration – often of a fantastical bent, fathoming internal (i.e., psychological and emotional) subjects, as much as documenting external views – has returned to vogue.
Wales Online
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
King and Queen meet artists to celebrate 25 years of Royal Drawing School
King and Queen meet artists to celebrate 25 years of Royal Drawing School The exhibition, The Power Of Drawing, features 50 works by well-known names and emerging talent, celebrating the act of drawing as a universal form of expression. King Charles (Image: Tom Dulat, Getty Images for Ascot Racecourse ) The King and Queen have marked 25 years of the Royal Drawing School with a reception at St James's Palace. The exhibition, The Power Of Drawing, features 50 works by well-known names and emerging talent, celebrating the act of drawing as a universal form of expression. Among the contributors were artists David Hockney and Tracey Emin, filmmaker Tim Burton, designer Thomas Heatherwick and the King himself. The King, who co-founded the school in 2000 with artist Catherine Goodman, praised its legacy in a speech to guests. He said: "I thought Catherine was the ideal person (to start the school)." "We owe her a huge debt of gratitude. Article continues below "Seeing the paintings and drawings today – you can imagine how proud I am. "I've always believed in investing in talent for the future." Highlights include Hockney's original charcoal pieces, Cut Trees And Timber Gone, and Burton's untitled watercolour, a rare public showing of his work on paper. Emin, who contributed a 2024 piece titled Because You Left – I Held On, told the PA news agency: "I think he's a fan of my work. "What I feel really good about is it's for a good cause. "King Charles has always loved and appreciated art and he's an artist himself. "It makes sense and it's very appropriate." A standout moment from the evening came from Douglas Farthing, 58, a former Parachute Regiment soldier turned artist, who spent 16 months in Ukraine working with humanitarian teams. His pencil sketches, drawn on the ground in and around Odesa, include portraits of civilians and scenes from the trenches. "I retired and got into drawing through the school," he said. "When Ukraine happened, I spent 16 months out there with a humanitarian team. "The King and I spoke briefly about it – he was very interested. "He was my Colonel-in-Chief, so it meant a lot." Farthing, who has also worked in Gaza and South Sudan, said the school had been "brilliant" at supporting its alumni long after graduation. Grayson Perry, who attended the reception and is set to feature in the anniversary talks programme later this year, added: "The Royal Drawing School is important. "It's human, in a world of AI, drawing is the quintessential thing about being a human." Also in attendance was singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, who performed Hallelujah on piano for the King and also contributed a piece to the exhibition. "This is my first exhibit," he said. "I waited for the right venue. What's great about him is the world needs decent people – and he's great." The King's own contribution, a pencil sketch of the gardens at Highgrove, is also on show. Founded as a not-for-profit institution, the Royal Drawing School offers more than 350 in-person and online courses a year, including its flagship postgraduate drawing year programme. Article continues below The Power of Drawing runs from July 1-26 at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch, east London. A wider public programme of talks, masterclasses and events continues into 2026.
