SHOCKING: 34 - What They Never Told You

Peter Ahrends obituary

Architect with Ahrends, Burton and Koralek whose scheme for a National Gallery extension was criticised as a ‘carbuncle’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo the icon: a thin line between canonisation and commercialisation

Editorial: The Mexican artist’s legacy is far greater than the kitsch. She is a much loved symbol of rebellion and resilience

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

Jonathan Baldock: Held review – lick me, trap me, pull me in

Arnolfini, Bristol The English artist has created a tense world of folkloric psychedelia and pagan aesthetics that is weird, threatening – and utterly compelling

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26

The Box Plymouth wins £120,000 Museum of the Year prize

It tells the story of Plymouth through art and other pieces

Evening Standard · Jun 25

Plymouth’s the Box wins 2026 Art Fund museum of the year award

‘Ambitious and welcoming’ venue that opened in 2020 praised for ‘reimagining what being a museum can mean’

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25

From St Petersburg's Bohemian Art Scene to Tikimondo: How Wesley Wing Turned Creativity Into a Lifelong Craft

According to Wing, St. Petersburg in the late 1990s was experiencing a surge of creative energy. Long before the city gained its current reputation as an arts destination, filmmakers, musicians, performers, and visual artists were building a vibrant community around downtown neighborhoods and independent venues.

International Business Times · Jun 25

Rembrandt painting was altered to erase turban from man’s head, restorers find

Exclusive: Unknown hand covered up artist’s depiction of diverse crowd during influx of refugees to Leiden in 1620s

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25

Scotland to host Gaza genocide exhibition after Israel lobby group stops London show

ART focused on Israel’s genocide in Palestine is set to be shown in Scotland after its exhibition south of the Border was cancelled following…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 25

Books of condolence for David Hockney open in home city of Bradford

The artist died aged 88 earlier this month.

Evening Standard · Jun 25

One of the world’s most famous artists' painting just reappeared in a surprising police operation near Paris

Stolen Picasso painting discovered near Paris: A drug trafficking investigation outside Paris led to a surprising discovery: a stolen Picasso painting. French police found the artwork, believed to depict Marie-Thérèse Walter, along with cash and cannabis during a raid.

The Economic Times · Jun 25