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Anish Kapoor: "zinging" exhibition is a "divine bloodbath"
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (368+ words) The artist takes visitors to the Hayward Gallery on a "metaphysical rollercoaster ride" Anish Kapoor"s first major exhibition was at the Hayward Gallery nearly 30 years ago. But his latest, delivered in an age of "minuscule attention spans, is filled…...
Marjane Satrapi: The dissident artist who created "Persepolis
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (354+ words) Her graphic novel was beloved around the world Marjane Satrapi made revolutionary Iran come alive in stark black-and-white images The Iranian-born writer, artist, and director was best known worldwide as the creator of Persepolis, the groundbreaking graphic novel describing her…...
British Landscapes: a Sense of Place " show finds "strangeness in the familiar
5+ day, 30+ min ago (289+ words) Pallant House exhibition features landscapes by Graham Sutherland, Eric Ravilious and Paul Nash Britain's landscape has long been "a source of inspiration for artists, whether the countryside, the coastline or the sprawl of "growing towns and cities, said Tara Joshi…...
The "highly secretive" mission to bring the Bayeux Tapestry to London
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (348+ words) British potholes just one obstacle in epic journey that has become "symbol of Anglo-French co-operation" The world-renowned Bayeux Tapestry will embark on a "highly secretive journey" to cross the Channel on loan to the British Museum, said ITV News. The…...
Winston Churchill: The Painter " a "dazzling" show
1+ week, 5+ day ago (140+ words) More than 50 paintings by the wartime PM tell us more about the man behind them Beware the politician who claims to be "100% committed" to their constituency, or their country, said Laura Freeman in The Times. "There is much to be…...
Venice Biennale 2026: controversy in contemporary art
3+ week, 5+ day ago (648+ words) The Venice Biennale is the world's most prestigious international art exhibition," said Katrin Bennhold in The New York Times. Every other year, a colossal central show aspires to distil the current. .. A free daily email with the biggest news stories…...
Beguiling" Whistler retrospective at Tate Britain
3+ week, 5+ day ago (446+ words) Europe's biggest exhibition of James Mc Neill Whistler's artworks has opened at London's Tate Britain and it's a "luscious, seductive blockbuster, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. The boundary-pushing American artist "delighted and scandalised late Victorian Britain in his day....
Political cartoons for May 18
4+ week, 1+ day ago (111+ words) This cartoon depicts a farm underneath a bright sun. The artist has noted its "With thanks to Arthur Rothstein" the noted photographer who often captured American farmers during the depression. In this image, a sign notes that farm bankruptcies have…...
Zurbar'n: a "magnificently choreographed" showing of the Spanish "genius"
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (165+ words) The "stupendous" exhibition "significantly enlarges our understanding" of the fascinating artist and the "mesmerising paradox" of his works Francisco de Zurbar'n was a "genius" of the Spanish baroque, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. Zurbar'n (1598-1664) "comes between El Greco and…...
In Bloom: How Plants Changed our World " a "consistently illuminating" exhibition
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) The Ashmolean's show presents a "mix of the wonderful, the weird and the downright wacky' of the plant world Spring is in full swing and the new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, "In Bloom: How Plants Changed our…...