[ad_1] The National Gallery of Art has named Darren Walker its next president. He is the first African American to serve in the post. Walker has served on the board of trustees since 2019 and succeeds Mitchell P. Rales, who served as president for five years and will remain on the board. “I look forward
[ad_1] Ground-breaking works by leading Black British artists are placed centre stage in a new exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery. Conversations, which opens this weekend and runs until March 9, is the first exhibition of its kind to be held in a national gallery in the UK. It features artwork by almost 40 leading
[ad_1] The Nelson Museum building in South Quay, Great Yarmouth, which was most recently open as the Yare Gallery, will be given a new lease of life through the development. The ground floor will remain as an art gallery with a café while the first and second floors will be transformed into a home. HMS
[ad_1] A former museum dedicated to the nation’s most celebrated naval hero will be turned into a four-bed home and art gallery after planners gave the green light for the project to go ahead. The Nelson Museum building in South Quay, Great Yarmouth, which was most recently open as the Yare Gallery, will be given
[ad_1] It will open on October 19 and come to an end on October 26. Gail Reid was a semi-finalist on Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year 2023. As a local artist, she has captured the pier’s unique charm through painting outdoors alongside other Weston artists, bringing life to the historic pier through her
[ad_1] From October 18 onwards, the National Gallery in London is prohibiting liquids and big bags on its premises in a bid to step up security measures amid ongoing protests targeting its masterpieces, the museum announced. The decision came just days after activist groups offered to meet at the museum, citing the recent five attacks
[ad_1] The first ever Clare Wright Art Gallery is now open in Southport town centre! One of Britain’s most recognisable artists is delighted to be welcoming people to her gallery in the trendy ‘Northern Quarter’ on Lord Street, opposite The Grand. As the originator of the famous ‘liquid glass’ range, she continues to broaden the
[ad_1] The National Gallery has banned liquids – except baby formula, expressed milk and prescription medicines – after attacks by activists on its artworks, including Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers. The new measure comes into force today. The London museum also urged visitors to bring “minimal items” to the premises, and “no large bags”. “Unfortunately, we
[ad_1] The National Gallery has become the first British cultural institution to ban visitors from bringing in any liquids after a spate of attacks on its priceless artworks by environmental campaigners. The gallery, which houses many of the western world’s greatest artworks, said that from Friday no liquids could be brought in by visitors apart
[ad_1] A pedestrian crossing on Abbey Road, London. A palatial mansion named Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. A bronze statue of a singer astride a guitar amplifier in Fremantle, Western Australia. These sites draw thousands of music lovers each year. Now an art gallery in the regional Victorian city of Ballarat is hoping it has struck