[ad_1] A high court battle over a Picasso painting has shone a light on the offshore financial structures of an Iranian-born businessman who paid for Nigel Farage’s £50,000 trip to Davos. The details about Sasan Ghandehari, who funded Farage’s tickets to the summit, emerged in court papers about a £4m claim brought by a British
[ad_1] The Artists of the Future competition will see winning artwork displayed on the outdoor gallery of Therme Manchester, the UK’s first urban wellbeing resort currently under construction at TraffordCity. Hoardings around the construction site will be transformed into a vibrant, large-scale public exhibition space featuring the selected designs. Katie Mason, inclusion and disability co-ordinator
[ad_1] People still struggle with the sentimental late work of Pierre-Auguste Renoir – which is why, for its first show about the French artist in almost two decades, the National Gallery is focusing on his “crucial” earlier years, from the mid-1860s to the mid-1880s, coinciding with the emergence of impressionism. The theme is appealing: Renoir’s
[ad_1] The Hepworth Wakefield in West Yorkshire, one of the UK’s most important regional galleries, has appointed two new co-directors: Olivia Colling in the role of executive director, and Laura Smith as artistic director. Colling joined The Hepworth Wakefield as the director of communications and development in 2015 while Smith began as the director of collection
[ad_1] A trip to Glasgow Women’s Library just might make the ideal queer date this Valentine’s Day, as artist Chloe Austin responds to the organisation’s Lesbian Archive (the UK’s largest of its kind!) in her exhibition, Darling Diaphanous. Expect textiles, archival trinkets and a whole load of yearning until 28 March. Elsewhere in Glasgow, Street Level
[ad_1] Launched on January 23, The Butterfly Effect is a collaboration between Hatfield Town Council and Hertfordshire County Council, working alongside three artists to transform public areas with vibrant butterfly-themed artworks. Councillor Cathy Watson, chair of the Art Project Task and Finish group, said: “These beautiful panels have really brought some colour and joy to
[ad_1] Unlike work shown in the privacy of a gallery, it doesn’t politely ask for attention: it occupies space that belongs to us all. You may have noticed a new artwork in your town centre, park, or neighbourhood and wondered whether it fits its surroundings, reflects local life, or simply feels imposed. In the UK,
[ad_1] Gloucester Arts and Social Projects (GASP!) has launched Meanwhile in Gloucester, a year-long programme to transform vacant units into temporary galleries and studios featuring contemporary artwork. The project is supported by an £84,300 grant from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grant. Hannah Thomson, co-founder and director of GASP!, said: “The feedback from previous
[ad_1] Decisions over which artworks are — or are not — hung in government buildings can cause distress. Consider the UK’s then foreign secretary David Lammy’s removal of a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II from the Foreign Office last year, installing a “pan-African flag” by British-Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong instead, which sparked a rather spurious
[ad_1] The late UK artist Beryl Cook— long derided in fashionable circles for her popular depictions of plump, fun-seeking people now emblazoned on countless calendars and mugs—is undergoing a renaissance, with two new concurrent shows in Plymouth, where Cook lived for most of her life. A new show at Plymouth’s The Box gallery, Beryl Cook: