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Soup protest at Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 'work of art', say artists

Judge told the two Just Stop Oil activists they should prepare for a prison sentence

Evening Standard

Artists plead for activists who threw soup on a Van Gogh to be spared jail

More than 100 artists, curators and academics said Just Stop Oil action was in keeping with ethos of the arts

The Guardian - UK

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived – as our study shows

There is little doubt that historic racism has influenced the content and composition of several famous figurative paintings. In March 2024, this could be seen in the debate around the exhibition of the Rex Whistler mural, The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats (1927), at the Tate Britain. Critics asked…

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Things to do in London this weekend (August 30 – September 1)

From new openings in Canary Wharf to one of the UK’s finest rappers curating a big night in at Tate Modern, Mike Daw has everything to do this weekend

Evening Standard

History-making Australian art gifted to top galleries

Months after winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale, Archie Moore's kith and kin has been gifted to the Tate and the Queensland Art Gallery.

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‘The marginal artist par excellence’: the pain, politics and playfulness of David Medalla

LA’s Hammer Museum spotlights the Filipino artist and London art scene fixture whose recognition is overdue

The Guardian - US

Turner Prize-winner Oscar Murillo on taking over Tate Modern's Turbine Hall: 'For an artist it doesn't get better than this'

The Colombian artist on his new display which will turn Tate visitors into artists, the unusual inspiration he took from Monet and why he went undercover as a cleaner in the name of art

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Artists should exploit AI’s capabilities, say creators of new Tate Modern show

Exhibition traces long relationship between artists and technology, a symbiosis that is sure to continue

The Guardian - UK

Two leading ladies of the arts to be made Dames

Artist Tracey Emin and philanthropist and author Hannah Rothschild are set to be awarded damehoods in the King’s Honours List

The Independent UK

Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

The Guardian - UK

Looking at people looking at art: inside the mind of a gallery attendant

Visitor experience workers at London’s Tate Modern, Serpentine, Barbican and V&A share what it’s like to watch people looking at art during a time of changing attention spans and rising vandalism

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‘Biggie, Tupac, Ghostface – those guys saved my life’: Alvaro Barrington on hip-hop, carnival and his Tate show

Ahead of his major Tate commission, one of the stars of modern art discusses his diverse cultural influences and why his new work will explore his Caribbean and American roots

The Guardian - UK

Tate Britain's Now You See Us: 10 firsts of extraordinary women artists in Britain, abandoned by art history

This groundbreaking exhibition re-introduces 110 forgotten female professional artists. Here are 10 of the trailblazing women who paved the way for future generations of artists

Evening Standard

Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920 at Tate Britain review: strikingly powerful

This comprehensive show might be wide-ranging, but there are some real gems here

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OPINION - Gucci showing in London is great — I wish British fashion brands Beckham, Westwood and McCartney would too

The South Bank is set for a serious glow-up this evening as the fashion world descends on SE1 for Gucci’s latest show at Tate Modern. Fashion editors are used to being whisked off to glamorous, far-flung locations for May’s round of cruise shows. These have become a spin-off marketing industry…

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Expressionists at Tate Modern: a wonderful exhibition about an extraordinary art movement

This is about The Blue Rider art movement set up by a comsmopolitan group of friends including Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc and Gabriele Münter

The Guardian - UK

John Singer Sargent: Fashion & Swagger review – exploring the artist’s work in style

Academics, artists and curators delve into the background behind Sargent’s glossy society portraits in this polished documentary

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Swatch and Tate have watches down to a fine art

Swatch x Tate watches are a joyful tribute to seven artists, including Matisse, Miró, and Louise Bourgeois

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Best food and drink art prints that will look fab in the kitchen

Artwork that looks good enough to eat

The Guardian - UK

Artist defends Tate Britain’s display of ‘undeniably racist’ Whistler mural

Keith Piper says engaging with offensive and traumatic imagery can be important in keeping a clear sense of history

The Guardian - UK

‘Inclusivity shouldn’t be controversial’: will a radical art rehang give Cambridge an unwanted ‘woke’ row?

Fitzwilliam Museum keen to avoid kind of criticism that has hit Tate and National Portrait Gallery with shake-up of displays

Evening Standard

International Women's Day: 20 of London's change-makers on progress for women in 2024

Are there enough female leaders? How do we solve the childcare crisis? Will we ever close the gender confidence gap? From Angela Rayner to Emma Barnett, our capital’s most influential women weigh in

Evening Standard

New guide will encourage art lovers to find women artists at Tate Britain

Visitors will able to concentrate on female artists in the gallery

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Jones was right about the John Singer Sargent show at Tate Britain

Brief letters: Art criticism | Council funding | Cuckoo confusion | A cracking teacher | Dominic Raab’s career

The Guardian - UK

My parents are much cooler than me – as I discovered this week

I spent much of my 20s working for a feminist magazine, but as a show at the Tate reminded me, my mum and auntie got there first, writes Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff

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