1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (543+ words) Richard Rogers’s Wimbledon home that inspired the Centre Pompidou and Lloyd’s of London has been given to the National Trust. Described by the trust as a “landmark example of 20th-century design” and “one of the most significant homes in British…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (258+ words) The full set of winning images will be showcased in an exhibition at the South Kensington museum from October 16 to July 11, 2027. Jens Cullman’s snap shows an African bullfrog lunging for an African babul butterfly, and Allegra Hutton captures a young…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (346+ words) A rare early work by a major British artist is expected to fetch up to £50,000 at auction. The 36.5cm by 51cm black-and-white chalk drawing depicts a Suffolk coastal scene with donkeys and pigs and dates from 1748, when Gainsborough was just 20 years old....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (737+ words) Sir Paul McCartney has paid a heartfelt tribute to “clever and witty” painter and friend, David Hockney. Hockney, known for paintings including: The Splash; and Mr And Mrs Clark And Percy; died peacefully at home on June 11 aged 88. Tributes poured…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (684+ words) David Hockney, one of the most celebrated and influential British artists of modern times, has died aged 88. He died peacefully at home on June 11, his publicist Erica Bolton said. A statement to the Press Association said: “The celebrated British artist…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (666+ words) David Hockney, one of the most influential artists of the modern era, has died at the age of 88. Mr Hockney, who was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, in 1937, passed away peacefully at his home on June 11, just weeks before what…...

3+ mon, 20+ hour ago   (307+ words) An Andy Warhol portrait of the late Queen is expected to sell for up to £115,900 at auction. Two pieces from Warhol’s Reigning Queens series will go under the hammer at Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen Arts Auctioneers later this month....

4+ mon, 2+ day ago   (376+ words) The artwork of one of Suffolk's most prominent artworks has returned home marking the 250th anniversary of his birth. The new exhibition at Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, showcases John Constable's greatest painting and opened at the weekend and contains one of the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (753+ words) We are saying goodbye to one of our region’s great artists, a man who wholeheartedly believed that all aspects of life had beauty, painting into his 90s with his left hand. As an artist, Charles Debenham would be out in all…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (315+ words) The work of one of Suffolk's most recognised painters is heading overseas for a special exhibition in the United States. The portrait of Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol, painted by Thomas Gainsborough and usually housed at Ickworth Estate in Suffolk,…...