[ad_1] The Rugby Art Collection was founded in 1946 as a way of making art accessible to everyone. It has become a nationally significant collection, bosses added, and included works by L.S. Lowry, Lucian Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Bridget Riley, Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid, Maggi Hambling and Gillian Wearing. “It’s a celebration of creativity, curiosity and
[ad_1] This is a sponsored article on behalf of National Art Pass. 2026 is shaping up to be a great year for art lovers, fashionistas and history fans alike, thanks to a bumper crop of exhibitions at London’s biggest museums and galleries. With that, though, comes the risk of decision paralysis — which ones should
[ad_1] Visiting Newcastle soon? The coastal city’s art gallery has undergone a major facelift, adding a shiny new 1,600 square metres of exhibition space to its original 1977 brutalist buildings. Award-winning architects from Clare Design are behind the revamp, which also adds a new cafe, retail shop, multi-purpose program space, learning studio and secure loading
[ad_1] In a Pembrokeshire Coast National Park application to the park’s own planners, permission was sought for the installation of 12 life-size National Gallery artwork prints on various locations in the national park, between June and November of this year. Of the 12 locations for the ‘Art on your doorstep’ project, 11 would be on
[ad_1] York artist and sculptor Harold Gosney with his sculpture The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, 2016 – Copper and Perspex, part of his solo exhibition Materials and Making at York Art Gallery. Picture: James Hardisty. Published 15th Feb 2026, 00:00 GMT Working with the gallery’s curators, Gosney has selected works across the decades of
[ad_1] Cllr Howard shared her experience on social media, stating it was wonderful to see the result of such a successful partnership after Nexus businesses selected Ipsum as their charity of the year. She said: “The art was as varied as the individuals who created it, with each piece being beautiful, unique, and clearly very
[ad_1] The London-based Working Arts Club (WAC), an independent organisation that aims to support people from lower socio-economic backgrounds who work in the UK art scene, is expanding to northern England. The new chapter will launch in Manchester on 24 March, followed by programming across the region and online. “Working Arts Club was always going
[ad_1] The London-based Working Arts Club (WAC), an independent organisation that aims to support people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds who work in the UK art scene, is expanding to northern England. The new chapter will launch in Manchester on 24 March, followed by programming across the region and online. “Working Arts Club was always going
[ad_1] By the end of November, the call had received 900 submissions. This response was a captivating glimpse of the astonishing variety of work being made right now by artists across the East of England. But what did the call tell us about the health of visual arts in our region? To sustain a life
[ad_1] The art gallery remains one of the most important pillars of the art world today. It is where artists are first introduced and their careers are launched, and where the discourse is started. But what goes on behind the heavy doors of these often secretive empires? And what are the roles of those who