When it comes to 2025 pop-culture moments, Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show bootcut jeans walked, so the Met Gala attendees’ Black-dandy-inspired ensembles could run. Despite being the first solo rapper to headline the much-anticipated show, it was Lamar’s choice of denim duds that dominated the conversation—not just because they were an unexpectedly nostalgic throwback
Some of the artworks in the exhibition by ceramicist Lucie Rie at the Kettle’s Yard art gallery that featured in the psychological experiment. Credit: Kettle’s Yard Since the dawn of philosophy, thinkers from Plato to Kant have considered how beauty affects human experience, and whether it has the power to transform our state of mind.
In 1982, six artists in New York City with strong links to Hong Kong formed Epoxy, a collective named after the binding material epoxy resin. Much like the group’s namesake, and despite their divergent practices, the members collaborated to create experimental works reflective of their diasporic experiences and served as facilitators of intercultural dialogue. In
The criticism Annabelle Selldorf received for her National Gallery Sainsbury Wing conversion plans was unprecedented when they were first presented. In October 2022, eight former presidents of the RIBA signed a letter to Westminster City Council criticising the proposals of her New York-based practice Selldorf Architects’ proposals for changing ‘a finely conceived space into an
‘For what it’s worth, I’ve put my heart and soul into this project. I felt really proud seeing the building across Trafalgar Square this morning: it has a sort of renewed presence.’ I’m sitting talking to Annabelle Selldorf on sun-dappled seating in a newly double-height section of the entrance lobby in the National Gallery’s Sainsbury
Taunton town centre has a new art gallery following a letting by Summerfield Commercial of retail space in the High Street previously occupied by Shoe Zone. Triton Galleries, which also has outlets in Dartmouth and Torquay, specialises in original art and collectable limited editions from leading contemporary artists from around the world. On display in
MOORHEAD — For decades cats roamed Moorhead’s Rourke Art Gallery. There are no more gallery cats, but they never really left the space, just the public view. A show in the Rourke’s Children’s Gallery showcases cats in art and celebrates the feline history at the institution. The show is on display through the month of
Two celebrated Birmingham based writers and poets and one from Worcestershire, will feature at General Office, a small independent gallery set up in 2018 close to the former old library and art college building on Hagley Road. Situated just over the road from where they formerly rented space,, the gallery also houses eight artist studios
May is here, and with all that’s going on in Bangkok’s always vibrant art scene it’s another great month to do some gallery hopping. This recommended round-up includes the rebirth of one of the city’s most cherished contemporary art spaces, as well as one group show and three solo shows. (Hero image: Detail of a
Eric Tucker hid his life’s work in his home for decades Artist Eric Tucker(Image: Liverpool ECHO) A man, dubbed the “Secret Lowry,” left a house full of unseen artwork that is set to sell for £1m in total sales. Boxer and building labourer Eric Tucker, from Warrington, hid his life’s work depicting northern working-class settings