News
Tate Museums Cut Staff by 7%, Citing Post-Pandemic Deficit
Dozens of roles have reportedly been impacted by the cutbacks, made through voluntary exits and hiring freezes.
England
Art
Diedrick Brackens Unravels and Re-Weaves Histories
In his first exhibition in the United Kingdom, the artist creates large-scale tapestries that draw upon the brutal racialized history of cotton.
News
Newly Released Footage Shows Theft of 18-Karat Golden Toilet
The $6.1 million artwork by Maurizio Cattelan was stolen from the Blenheim Palace in England in September 2019.
Art
Phyllida Barlow’s Irreverent Objects
The late British artist certainly had no sympathy for the idea — or perhaps the misplaced ideal — of the perfectly crafted sculptural object.
Art
Anya Gallaccio’s Organic Mementos Mori
The artist reminds us that decay is full of energy — not just an ending, but part of an endless circle of life.
Art
Dürer Engraving Found by 11-Year-Old in Dumpster Sells for $44,000
Mat Winter scavenged for rarities in his early youth. It finally paid off.
Art
The Artistic Allure of Olympic Athletes
Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body sets its focus on issues that emerge from athletes being displayed as heroic on the world’s stage.
Art
Jonathan Baldock Taps Into the Spirit of Trees
Combining queerness, the natural world, and paganism, Baldock’s expressive, quirky works expand on the very nature of earth-based spirituality.
Art
You Can't Corgi-Wash Queen Elizabeth's Colonial Legacy
The peoples crushed under British imperialism might not find Hywel Pratley's tribute to the late monarch and her dogs so endearing.
Art
The Sartorial Rivals of Waterloo
The 1st Duke of Wellington was always very particular about the way he turned himself out — as was his nemesis Napoleon, of course.
Art
A Thoroughly Modern Baroque Master
A suite of paintings by Italian Baroque master Guercino at England’s Waddesdon Manor seems to herald the coming of Christ and a modern future.
Art
The Forgotten History of Bourne and Allen’s Mid-Century Textiles
A new show seeks to restore a pair of modernist weavers to a place of prominence in British design history.