Dorset Art Weeks will return from Saturday, May 23, to Sunday, June 7, 2026, and is now set to become an annual event. The 16-day celebration will see open studios and exhibitions take place across the county, giving the public a chance to explore the work of Dorset’s artists in a variety of settings. More
Held at the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum on Slatey Road, Birkenhead on Saturday and Sunday, November 16 and 17, it first took place in 2004, when a group of talented local artists saw the opportunity to form a collective and promote their work. This year, 24 talented artists and makers – including eight exciting guest artists –
The same hands that create it must accept that it will one day decay. From cracking under centuries of air to murals washed pale by rain, time plays a double role — both artist and eraser, creator and vandal. Are we losing the art of street art? (Image: Supplied) Nowhere is this paradox more alive
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.co.uk By CHLOE LOUISE, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 11:22, 2 November 2025 | Updated: 21:26, 2 November 2025 Kaia Gerber and her mother Cindy Crawford put on a very glamourous display in figure-hugging sparkly dresses as they attended the LACMA Art & Film Gala on Saturday. The model, 24, wowed
The three-panelled artwork was removed from the chapel during refurbishment and appraised by medieval Flemish art experts. The charity hopes to raise between £2.5 and £3.5 million from the sale. Richard Hunt, chair of the almshouse trustees, said: “For nearly 600 years, our mission has been to provide accommodation for local people in need and
Stuart Smith, who spent years revisiting the same rural locations across the region, has produced drawings and prints created entirely outdoors at various sites in the Chilterns and Hertfordshire. The pieces, which include direct interaction with materials found on location, will be displayed at St Albans’ The Collective Gallery as part of an exhibition called
The two-day show was held on October 2 and 3 at the Abingdon Community Support Service (CSS) on Audlett Drive, celebrating the work of individuals with disabilities supported by Oxfordshire’s CSS network. Organised by Tallulah Allmond, team leader in the Adult Social Care team at Oxfordshire County Council, the event showcased paintings, pottery, mixed media
Oscar Wilde once said that life imitates art more than art imitates life. That maxim was proved just days ago when a reveller’s photo of a woman eating in a London branch of Gail’s bakery went viral for its striking resemblance to Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting Nighthawks. But that instance is far from the first
At the opening evening on October 8, society members gathered with hospital charity representatives Eleanor Engel and Joss Blake to see amazing contributions ranging from wildlife to street life, abstracts, sculptural images, landscape, portrait, body art and more, a feast for patients, staff and visitors during October. After viewing the photos, fortified with refreshments, Eleanor
The head of the British Council has this week proposed transferring the organisation’s vast art collection to the UK government in a bid to offset debts of almost £200m. The collection comprises almost 9,000 British art works of the 20th and 21st centuries by artists including Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Tomma Abts and John Akomfrah.