2024.11.20

Well! But how are the showers?
Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges
Detainee, identified as Ana, mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a chair
Richard Luscombe in Miami
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/florida-migrant-solitary-confinement-abuse

Magritte painting sells for record $121m at auction
Belgian artist’s 1954 painting Empire of Light was valued at $95m yet broke new record at Christie’s auction in New York
Agence France-Presse
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/20/magritte-painting-auction-record

Prado show aims to highlight true colours of polychrome sculpture
Madrid Exhibition intends to rescue the technique – coloured paint applied to statues – from centuries of indifference
Sam Jones in Madrid
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/prado-show-highlight-true-colours-polychrome-sculpture

Greece faces general strike as workers protest cost of living squeeze
Unions demand ‘dignified wages’ as unequal recovery from debt crisis has left many struggling with higher costs
Helena Smith in Athens
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/greece-faces-general-strike-as-workers-protest-cost-of-living-squeeze

Review
Wicked review – Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are a blast in sugar-rush Wizard of Oz fantasy
Stephen Schwartz’s musical prequel has been brought to the big screen, with Erivo’s charismatic Elphaba exerting a planetary pull over a star-studded cast
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/nov/19/wicked-review-cynthia-erivo-ariana-grande-wizard-of-oz-stephen-schwartz

My scars aren’t a finish line’: three trans and non-binary people on how top surgery changed their lives
The number of gender-affirming procedures rose in the US, followed by an onslaught of anti-trans laws. For many, the scars can be a symbol of pride and resilience
Michelle Hyun Kim
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/2024/nov/19/trans-nonbinary-top-surgery-scars