July 1, 2025

UK Art

UK Art

10 great free art exhibitions to see in June in Scotland

Scotland’s biggest show of its kind, the Scottish Furniture Makes exhibition brings together more than 20 established and emerging makers whose work spans a host of styles from traditional to contemporary. Visitors also have the chance to meet the makers and find out more about the techniques and materials that helped bring their creation to

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Watch: BBC Bargain Hunt expert jailed over art sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’

Video: BBC Bargain Hunt expert jailed over art sales to ‘Hezbollah financier’ Ochuko Ojiri pleaded guilty to eight counts under the Terrorism Act 2000 of failing to make a disclosure during the course of business. He was sentenced at the Old Bailey to two and a half years jail time, with a further year on

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Wales Is Getting a Brand New Modern Art Museum

Huge news for Welsh art fans! Cardiff is at long last getting its own modern and contemporary art museum. And you can ogle some art sooner than you might think. The brand spanking new museum is set to open in 2026, with the Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art (AMOCA for short) being the first of

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Art dealer jailed for failing to report sales to suspected terrorist

An art dealer who failed to report a series of high-value sales to a man suspected of financing the proscribed group Hizballah has been jailed.  Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, sold artwork worth almost £140,000 to suspected Hizballah financier Nazem Ahmad, who is based in Beirut and was sanctioned by the United States in 2019 and the

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Chaos as artists pull out of London festival over concerns of ‘art-washing’

Musical acts including LVRA and Heartworms have dropped out of the inaugural SXSW London festival due to the undisclosed involvement of former MPs Tony Blair and David Cameron 14:55, 06 Jun 2025Updated 15:08, 06 Jun 2025 The conference is taking place in Shoreditch from June 2 to June 7, 2025(Image: Getty Images for SXSW London)

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New Rail Art Trail launched in Essex for train travellers

The Rail Art Trail, launched in Essex, connects travellers to galleries, museums, and street art along branch lines and the mainline between Colchester and Ingatestone. The scheme celebrates station artwork created by schoolchildren, volunteers, professional artists, and community groups. Jane Stewart, community rail officer, said: “We have already got lots of Rail Ale Trails along

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New public art trail to be launched in Great Yarmouth

The event begins at noon on Friday, June 13, with a ceremonial unveiling of the Yarn with Ernie sculpture in the town’s Market Place.  There will be short speeches by Henry Cator OBE, high steward of Great Yarmouth, chair of Great Yarmouth Town Deal Board and deputy lieutenant of Norfolk, as well as the mayor

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Royal Ascot teams up with the King’s Foundation and Chanel to preserve UK hatmaking

Ahead of the world-famous race meet later this month, Royal Ascot has announced a new millinery partnership with the King’s Foundation and Chanel, cementing the future of the UK’s hatmaking industry.  Anyone who has been to Royal Ascot knows it’s as much about the fashion as it is the horse racing, having long been the

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Exhibition of prehistoric Giants to make UK debut

An exhibition of giant prehistoric animals will make its UK debut this year. Giants, developed by the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and toured by Nomad Exhibitions, will open at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on August 2. It will then move to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh in January 2026. The

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Rachel Whiteread in a West Sussex woodland: UK’s Goodwood Art Foundation opens

Charles Richmond, 11th Duke of Richmond, has done something decidedly ambitious in launching the Goodwood Art Foundation, a new non-profit contemporary art centre for the southeast of England, with a strong educational mission. The foundation is set high on the South Downs, in West Sussex, at the heart of the Goodwood Estate that Richmond and

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