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YouTube Pranksters Sentenced to Jail for Faking Art Heists at Museums

by Claire Voon May 16, 2016May 16, 2016

A group of British pranksters is facing jail time for staging a fake art robbery in the National Portrait Gallery last July, proving the consequences of going to pointless lengths to attain internet virality.

Posted inNews

Internal Documents Show How BP Oiled the Wheels at UK Museums

by Claire Voon May 4, 2016May 7, 2016

After sharing a handful of emails detailing suspicious correspondence between British museums and their sponsor BP, the Art Not Oil Coalition has released the full set of documents it obtained, accompanied by a 40-page report describing the potentially unethical partnerships.

Posted inArt

Imperialism and Its Discontents at Tate Britain

by Janet Tyson February 29, 2016March 5, 2016

LONDON — Artist and Empire contains something for everyone, ranging from fierce pride to loathing, as well as everything in between.

Posted inNews

Hundreds of Cultural Workers and Institutions Pledge to Refuse Fossil Fuel Money

by Laura C. Mallonee October 2, 2015October 6, 2015

If you’re an artist who’s complained about the oil industry and the way fossil fuel extraction is damaging the environment, you now have a chance to put your money where your mouth is.

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A Barbara Hepworth Retrospective Hampered by Her Male Contemporaries

Avatar photo by Olivia McEwan September 16, 2015September 21, 2015

LONDON — Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World marks one of the last exhibitions backed by the outgoing Tate Britain director, Penelope Curtis.

Posted inNews

UK Institutions Relying Less on Corporate Sponsorship

by Laura C. Mallonee March 9, 2015March 8, 2015

In January, many were surprised to find that BP’s controversial sponsorship of Tate Britain represented a relatively small slice of its overall funding.

Posted inArt

Performers Shower Tate Britain with Fake Pounds Over Oil Money Ties

by Cassie Packard February 2, 2015February 4, 2015

LONDON — It’s 10am on the last Saturday of January, and Tate Britain is predictably sleepy. The museum has just opened its doors for the day, and a modest coterie of visitors treads lightly to preserve the morning hush.

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Olafur Eliasson on Turning Light into Color

Avatar photo by Elisa Wouk Almino January 14, 2015January 17, 2015

For the past six years, the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has been working with a color chemist to produce paint pigments that correspond to each nanometer of the visible light spectrum.

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Homeless Man Enjoys Tate Britain After Hours

by Laura C. Mallonee September 29, 2014October 2, 2014

After Tate Britain closed last Wednesday night, a homeless man had the museum all to himself, the London Evening Standard reported. Raj Patel had fallen asleep in a bathroom stall just before closing.

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Take Control of a Robot Programmed to Roam Tate Britain at Night

by Claire Voon August 15, 2014August 18, 2014

Anyone can visit Tate Britain without leaving her home thanks to Google Art Project, but how about doing so while its galleries are dark, and furthermore, with greater authority?

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Scientists Use Artistic Sunsets as Time Capsules of Climate Change

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 25, 2014March 27, 2014

In a study published today, Greek and German researchers have compiled the results of looking at sunsets in 310 works from the Tate and National Gallery in London. The focus is on sunsets because they can potentially show what the climate was like in the past and help improve climate change models for the future.

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An Exhibition Looks at Art that Has Been Physically Attacked

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 26, 2013July 29, 2013

This fall the Tate Britain is opening an exhibition on art that has been physically attacked in the country, whether for political, religious, or personal reasons, or just because the artist was into destruction.

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