Leaders of national collections and major regional museums in the United Kingdom issued an open letter saying that protests involving notable artworks “have to stop.” “They are hugely damaging to the reputation of UK museums and cause enormous stress for colleagues at every level of an organisation, along with visitors who now no longer feel
A constellation of stars from the worlds of art, culture and fashion celebrated the start of Frieze week in London last night, coming together for an intimate party at Mark’s Club, held in celebration of this year’s Bazaar Art, in partnership with Tiffany & Co. The special occasion marked the first event held at the
Wednesday’s Frieze preview peaked at Ruinart champagne’s fizzy opening bash, but you can expect to find roaming celebrities, overly dressed for their arty sojourn, all week long. Nineties It-girl Tamara Beckwith, in sunflower yellow tweed, was a vision in 2023, alongside fashion royalty Pierpaolo Picardi and Raf Simons. This year, it was Benedict Cumberbatch, Emma
A year ago, art gallery owner Tabby Booth was scrolling through eBay when a painting of a whale caught her eye. “I wasn’t even browsing for work,” said Booth, who set up the Sailors Jail gallery in Falmouth, Cornwall, with her husband, James Heslip, in 2023. “It was just for my own interest. But there
Acomb Explore Library has launched a free ‘Creative Cafés’ project for adults, led by Izzy Williamson and Gracie Richmond, from the end of this month (October) at the facility in Front Street. Volunteers from within the York suburb are invited to take part in the six-week programme which is designed to help them ‘explore their
Climate change could hardly be described as beautiful but as Britain rapidly became industrialised in the 19th century JMW Turner painted stunning multicoloured smoggy skies and landscapes rapidly transformed by the pollution from industry and burgeoning cities. And whether he made a deliberate effort to show it, much of this art became a record of
Within the oak-panelled walls and glass display cases of the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum – a long, impossibly high-ceilinged room that is a temple to the gods of reason and imperialism – there is a little unmarked secret door, leading backstage or who knows where. You would never spot it unless you were
A FURIOUS son says his late mum’s ‘artivist’ neighbour is a nightmare after leaving a mound of ‘rubbish’ to build up in his garden for years. John Kirby has been forced to take mum Doreen Moore’s house off the market after struggling to sell it due to the “eyesore” pile. 13 John Kirby is trying
Two years ago, his installation The Procession, a carnivalesque parade of almost 150 life-sized figures in glittering masquerade, filled Tate Britain’s neoclassical Duveen Galleries to jubilant effect. Simultaneously attractive and, as he once put it, “scarily surreal”, it was, Locke says now, “a complex piece”, touching on various topics including the slave trade and rising
Ian Irvine started his creative journey in Warrington 50 year ago, when he fell in love with art. When he was 16, Ian started a two-year course at the former Warrington College of Art and Design. Ian found himself pulled in another direction though, and pursued a career in music in Liverpool before moving to