August 4, 2026

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National Gallery column-hating letter by donor ‘a compromise’

[ad_1] Typed in capitals, on Sainsbury’s letterheaded paper, Lord Sainsbury wrote: “If you have found this note you must be engaged in demolishing one of the false columns that have been placed in the foyer of the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery. “I believe that the false columns are a mistake of the architect

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Grundy Art Gallery Autumn 2024 | Latest News – VisitBlackpool

[ad_1] 26 September 2024 by Visit Blackpool Aligning with Blackpool’s season of light, Grundy Art Gallery presents a programme of exhibitions and events that explore light and the moving image as well as digital and analogue mark making.   Bringing together artists with and without lived experience of disability and neuro-divergence, the programme takes

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Current exhibitions – Stockport Council

[ad_1] Helen Clapcott: A Portrait of Stockport Saturday 28 September 2024 to Saturday 25 January 2025 Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery is privileged to be hosting this highly anticipated, retrospective exhibition with widely revered Northern artist Helen Clapcott. ‘A Portrait of Stockport’ will have over 100 of Helen’s artworks on display including flagship

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Ten surprises at the National Gallery’s five-star Van Gogh exhibition

[ad_1] The National Gallery’s exhibition Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers (until 19 January 2025) has opened to five-star reviews. Here we discover ten surprises about individual paintings on loan from around the world. Enjoy the stories—and then book a ticket to see the art, before the show sells out. A self-portrait once hung in Regent’s

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Upcoming exhibitions – Stockport Council

[ad_1] Helen Clapcott: A Portrait of Stockport Saturday 28 September 2024 to Saturday 25 January 2025 Stockport War Memorial Art Gallery is privileged to be hosting this highly anticipated, retrospective exhibition with widely revered Northern artist Helen Clapcott. ‘A Portrait of Stockport’ will have over 100 of Helen’s artworks on display including flagship

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Female filmmakers take centre stage at Harrogate exhibition

[ad_1] Films from five internationally acclaimed artists, including Trigger Point actress Manjinder Virk, are featuring in a new exhibition which has opened in Harrogate. North Yorkshire Council’s Mercer Art Gallery is presenting Power and Identity, an event showcasing bold creations from female filmmakers. The pioneering exhibition brings together the works of Jasmina Cibic, Juliana Kasumu,

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William Morris exhibition opens at York Art Gallery

[ad_1] York Art Gallery is the first location to host the touring exhibition which opens today (Friday, September 27) until February 23, 2025. Original wallpaper designs by Morris are on show as well as the work that inspired him, including rare Victorian and Japanese designs dating from the 1830s. The British craftsman started designing wallpapers in

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Art Basel Paris 2024 What Sold And What The Dealers Said

[ad_1] The 2024 edition of Art Basel Paris concluded successfully today amid an energised response from galleries and local and international visitors. The fair, which brought together 195 galleries from 42 countries and territories, including 65 galleries operating spaces in France, attracted an overall attendance of more than 65,000* throughout its VIP and public days,

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David Baker’s Paintings About Seeing

[ad_1] SAUGERTIES, New York — In 1993, I reviewed Synthesis, an exhibition of 15 abstract artists at the now-defunct John Good Gallery. In my review, I called attention to two artists who I thought stood out; one was David Baker, whose painting “Avatars of the Tortoise” (1990) caught my eye. In 1996, a prominent New

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Feeling stupid in art galleries

[ad_1] I feel that I am not open enough for it. I am not open enough because I don’t feel clever enough for itLauren Munger for Varsity I feel very stupid when I walk around the Fitzwilliam Museum. In March of this year, the museum refurbished its permanent collection. The works are no longer displayed beside their

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