July 1, 2025

UK Art

UK Art

New Coat of Arms artwork unveiled

A new artistic rendering of the Royal Coat of Arms has been unveiled today following the accession of His Majesty The King, with new artwork of the Royal Arms usually being created for each new reign. The constituent parts of the Royal Coat of Arms have not changed and remain the same as they have

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Lisa Nandy vows to move national art collection ‘into communities’ | Lisa Nandy

Labour plans to get some of the 15,000-piece national art collection “out of the basement and into communities”, says the culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, who hopes it will inspire the next generation of artists all over the UK. “We are determined to get the nation’s great artworks out of the basement and into communities where

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University receives a second stunning and symbolic globe through ground-breaking national arts project

The University of Exeter has received a second poignant art installation in support of a national project that is seeking to redefine how the country understands the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its lasting impact. The striking globe, called Uncertain Voyage: A Complex Triangle, has been unveiled on the University’s Streatham campus at a

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Nazi-looted Monet artwork returned to family generations later

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails On the eve of World War II, Nazis in Austria seized a pastel by renowned impressionist artist Claude Monet, selling it off and sparking a family’s decadeslong search

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Charli XCX says ‘great art is divisive’ after Matty Healy stage kiss in Malaysia

In July 2023, Healy made a speech about homosexuality, which is illegal in Malaysia, and kissed bass player Ross MacDonald during the band’s headline performance at the Good Vibes Festival in Kuala Lumpur. Organisers Future Sound Asia (FSA) cancelled the festival and later sued the band, seeking £1.9 million for breach of contract and losses.

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esther mahlangu’s mural at serpentine marks her first public UK artwork

serpentine presents site-specific mural by esther Mahlangu   This Autumn, Serpentine Galleries has unveiled a new site-specific mural by Ndebele visual artist Esther Mahlangu. On view in the garden at Serpentine North from October 4th, 2024 to September 28th, 2025, the monumental vibrant painting, supported by BMW Group and other institutions, celebrates concepts of community and

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Robbie Williams on being ‘a celebrity doing art’

What began for Williams as experiments with Posca pens, paint and paper has led him to working digitally. “There’s a huge namedrop coming in,” Williams forewarns. “Me and my wife went round to David Hockney’s house, and he was showing me stuff on his iPad. I don’t think there’s any way I would’ve looked at

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Mayor backs West Midlands ambition to be National Centre for Musical Theatre in UK

A landmark report has been commissioned into establishing the UK’s first National Centre for Musical Theatre in the West Midlands. The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is one of five organisations, including Arts Council England, Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust, Birmingham City Council, and Birmingham City University / Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, who will partner to create

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UK Swan Fine Art withdraws auction of Naga human remain

According to a BBC report, the Swan Fine Art at Tetsworth, Oxfordshire has withdrawn the auction of the Naga ancestral human remain listed as a “19th century horned Naga human skull”. The Naga human remain was valued at 3,500-4,000 UK pounds and the provenance is traced to the Ex Francios Coppens Collection from Belgium. The

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Sarabande foundation 10th anniversary: Lee Alexander McQueen’s vision

“Every time I visit the studios at Sarabande, the air thrums with activity. The faint smell of oil paint lingers in the corridor as I watch a digital artist dancing, their body covered in sensors; around the corner, a woodcarver painstakingly chisels wooden tulips as sewing machines whirr. In the kitchen, the artists are talking,

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