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HISTORICAL FACTS: Helen chadwick - The Untold Story

Gallery draws in visitors with 3ft spider and new artist rooms

VISITORS to Modern One in Edinburgh will be presented with a 3ft spider and works by pioneering artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Helen Chadwick…

The National (Scotland)

‘We thought we were being naughty!’ The thrilling show by Black and Asian women that rocked the art world

In 1985, a groundbreaking show curated by Lubaina Himid tore down barriers – and appalled critics. As a new exhibition revisits that pivotal moment, the artists remember the prejudice they faced – and what they have achieved since

The Guardian - UK

Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures – a rich and witty retrospective that smells like chocolate

A bubbling Jacuzzi-sized fountain of molten chocolate greets visitors at the entrance to Life Pleasures, a major retrospective of British artist Helen Chadwick at the Hepworth gallery in Wakefield. The piece, named Cacao, was made in 1994, two years before the artist’s sudden death of a heart attack aged just…

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Delightful and disgusting – Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures and Caroline Walker: Mothering review

Chadwick’s work ranges across media, from molten chocolate to tonsils and intestines, while Walker’s attentive paintings depict maternal pleasure and pain. Both offer startling insight into women’s lives

The Guardian - UK

Gods arrive from India, myths grow Tinguely and meat gets sensual – the week in art

A blockbuster show of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist art, a revolutionary marriage and Helen Chadwick inside a washing machine – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Nude latex suits, wearable beds and farting swamps: the transgressive art of Helen Chadwick

A rare retrospective of the late British artist reveals her lifelong dedication to disrupting the boundaries of gender, sex and death via bawdy, provocative sculptures and collages

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights

The electropop star on her favourite quirky bookshop, Marmite and cheese pastries and the second series of Severance

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Sensual surrealism, Kiefer’s delights and Gehry’s Guggenheim: the best art and architecture shows to visit in 2025

Anselm Kiefer’s homage to Van Gogh, Ithell Colquhoun’s seaside of surrealism and Gilbert & George fill the galleries, while the V&A opens its archives at the illustrious new East Storehouse

The Guardian - UK

Exploring two decades of British feminist art: Women in Revolt! opens at Tate Britain

Exploring artistic responses to a changing era, the exhibition showcases the works of UK female artists between 1970 and 1990

The Independent UK

On Sexuality: Helen Chadwick & Penny Slinger review – radical bodies

In an inspired pairing, the taboo-breaking 1960s and 70s work of these two British artists remains visceral and urgent today

The Guardian - UK

The Horror Show! at Somerset House - charting the evolution of modern British horror

From the 1970s to today, horror has a long history of disrupting the status quo

Evening Standard

Destination masterpiece: 75 great artworks to see across the UK

From a Nubian god in Edinburgh to a Banksy in Bristol, our critics choose the most intriguing and important paintings, sculptures, installations for you to take in this summer

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