In Brief
Tate Will No Longer Accept Donations from the Sackler Family, Setting New Precedent
The major decision comes just days after London's National Portrait Gallery decided to not accept a $1.3 million donation from the Sackler Trust.
London
Art
Dazzlingly Morbid, Hand-Painted Film Posters from 1980s Ghana
The often surreal or disturbing posters were commissioned by mobile video clubs to advertise roving screenings.
Art
Using AI to Produce "Impossible" Tulips
Anna Ridler uses AI to bring "tulipmania" into the future.
News
Former National Gallery Art Educators Win Workers Rights Tribunal
The judge ruled that the group should be classified as “workers,” a role which entitles people to more rights than freelance contractors but fewer than full-time “employees.”
News
Tate Will Give Five Women Major Solo Exhibitions in the Next Two Years
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Paula Rego, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Maria Bartuszová, and Haegue Yang will take center stage at the museum in 2020 and 2021.
Art
In Response to the British Museum, an Exhibition Demonstrates the High Cost of Iraqi Oil
An exhibition at P21 gallery highlights the human consequences of the exploitation of Iraq’s oil reserves, among them, environmental crises, state corruption, and youth unemployment.
News
Protesters Demand London's Goldsmiths University Stops Outsourcing Workforce
Over 100 protesters showed up to campaign for the rights of outsourced security staff.
Art
In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola
While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.
News
An Art Historian Says Leonardo da Vinci’s Only Known Sculpture Is in London’s V&A Museum
The new attribution reignites a century-long debate over the authorship of "The Virgin with the Laughing Child," a Renaissance-era statuette currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino.
In Brief
Tate Modern’s Neighbors Take the Museum to Court Over Privacy Concerns
The London museum's 10-floor viewing terrace has a 360-degree view of the city, which includes direct sight lines into a nearby luxury apartment's intimate interiors.
News
Why the Victoria & Albert Museum Is Expanding to East London and Beyond
The financial logic behind the British institution's massive expansion project from east London to Scotland is certainly ambitious, but is it sound?
In Brief
Why Are Attendance Rates Decreasing at London's Museums?
Statistics show a 6% drop in attendance at London's seven biggest art institutions over the last three years.