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A rollicking statue, Beryl’s buddies and a swimming pool in a roundabout – the week in art

A blue lady strides across the fourth plinth, Beryl Cook and friends gather in Bicester, and Spain repurposes a traffic junction

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

Huge open-air installation to honour the late Beryl Cook

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The Independent UK · Sep 9

Beryl Cook celebrated with mile-long installation to mark what would have been her 100th birthday

Fans will be able to pose alongside some of Cook’s most famous characters at Bicester Village

The Independent UK · Sep 9

Taylor Swift soap, saucy socks and Pet Shop Boys tea sets: it’s the culture Christmas gift guide 2024

From a Snoop Dogg firepit to a sweater celebrating the brutalist genius of Preston bus station, here are 40 fabulous festive suggestions for the culture vulture in your life

The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2024

Art, culture, watches & jewellery editor Hannah Silver’s gift guide

From a Beryl Cook cushion to an offbeat diamond ring, there's something for everyone on this Wallpaper* editor's gift guide, embracing art, culture and style

Wallpaper · Dec 1, 2024

The body, pleasure and play: Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland united in London

Tom of Finland’s homoeroticism meets Beryl Cook’s female-oriented camp as Studio Voltaire unites work by the two artists in a London exhibition

Wallpaper · Jun 16, 2024

Five of the biggest summer exhibitions around the UK – what you should see this week

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The Conversation · May 31, 2024

Beryl Cook and Tom of Finland exhibition: how an odd pairing bring out the best in each other

They are hung alternately, cheek to cheek, in a modest but thorough show at Studio Voltaire in London, two bodies of work that represent two seemingly disparate slices of 20th-century life.

The Conversation · May 22, 2024

If we can respect fat bodies in Beryl Cook’s paintings, why can’t we do so in the street?

Cook’s curvy characters are glamorous, comfortable in their skins and uncompromising. In real life, I am constantly bombarded with fatphobia

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Beryl Cook/Tom of Finland review – ‘One’s trying to make you laugh, the other’s trying to make you horny’

From Tom’s pert-bottomed hunks to Cook’s curvacious ladies, both artists wanted to give pleasure

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2024