Pink hair and powerful plaids: Tate Britain celebrates the chaotic creativity of 90s culture Tate Britain's nostalgic new showcase highlights a lost era of optimism, rebellion and culture-defining creativity. Euronews · Oct 8
Why are we so obsessed with the 1990s? Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Tracey Emin and Alexander McQueen: our fascination with the 1990s shows no sign of fading. But a new exhibition at Tate Britain, The 90s: Art and Fashion, challenges the nostalgia surrounding the decade. The Independent UK · Oct 8
The 90s: Art and Fashion review – this isn’t an exhibition, it’s a magazine spread The Young British Art of the 1990s was brash and macabre but also intelligent and emotional. This breathlessly superficial show reduces it to a stylish pose The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Social reckonings and 90s nostalgia: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week Jeremy Strong plays Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning', Stephen King's 'Carrie' is adapted for the small screen, and Tate Britain revives the rebellious creativity of the 90s. Here's what to look out for this week. Euronews · Oct 5
Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a generation of skint dreamers to bring the decade into vivid colour The Guardian - UK · Sep 17
OPINION - Harvey Nicks needs saving, but Frasers? I’m absolutely flabbergasted Throughout the 1990s, you couldn’t hear the words ‘fashion’ and ‘London’ without thinking of Harvey Nichols. Its future after being bought by Frasers feels distinctly uninspiring, writes Victoria Moss Evening Standard · Jul 30
The Guardian view on a new director at Tate: an old institution must tackle fresh issues Editorial: A decline in visitor numbers, staff strikes and budget cuts – Jessica Morgan faces many challenges as she takes on the biggest job in the British arts scene The Guardian - UK · Jul 26
Tate desperately needs a radical overhaul – but will its new director really be an agent of change? From over-hyped shows to the woeful Turner prize, this huge institution has been beset by problems – yet new boss Jessica Morgan seems too much like a safe pair of hands to shake things up The Guardian - UK · Jul 22
Paul McCartney pays heartfelt tribute to ‘clever and witty’ artist David Hockney The former Beatle praised his ‘incredible painter’ friend in an Instagram post. Evening Standard · Jun 13
King and Queen ‘greatly saddened’ by death of artist David Hockney Charles called him a ‘giant of the world of art and painting’ and remembered his yellow Crocs worn to a Buckingham Palace reception. Evening Standard · Jun 12
David Hockney hailed for ‘reshaping the course of modern art’ after death at 88 He was one of the most significant British artists of modern times. Evening Standard · Jun 12
The Guardian view on gallery and museum gardens: a blooming triumph Editorial: The award-winning Tate design at the Chelsea flower show reveals how urban spaces can be transformed by bringing art and nature together The Guardian - UK · May 22
James McNeill Whistler review – a luscious, seductive blockbuster for the painter who scandalised Britain This big, insightful show celebrates the pioneering American who was torn between painting beauty for beauty’s sake – and cutting through the glitz The Guardian - UK · May 19
Stars show off their gnomes at Chelsea Flower Show as Chelsea in Bloom gets underway Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, comedian Bill Bailey and presenter Dame Floella Benjamin were among those showing off their cheery garden ornaments. Evening Standard · May 18
The Independent UK · May 18 Stars show off their gnomes as Chelsea Flower Show gets underway Queen guitarist Sir Brian May, comedian Bill Bailey and presenter Dame Floella Benjamin were among those showing off their cheery garden ornaments.
The Guardian - UK · May 15 Queer eyes in focus, sculpture hits pay dirt and Whistler’s world – the week in art Hockney and more explore gender in Liverpool, Delcy Morelos makes mud spectacular and Whistler’s Mother goes on tour – all in your weekly dispatch
The Guardian - UK · May 14 Most famous image of JMW Turner not a self-portrait, says expert Painting that inspired depiction on £20 note more likely the work of John Opie, says Romantic artist’s biographer
The Guardian - UK · May 13 Zineb Sedira review: A chic ode to revolutionary cinema, brainy boozers – and exceptional berets Tate Britain, LondonThe Franco-Algerian artist’s exploration of radical film-making in the 1960s and 70s is so seductive it makes you wish the crowd was livelier and the wine was flowing
The Guardian - UK · Apr 25 Tate at a turning point: new director must confront unwieldy ‘beast’ of an art institution As Maria Balshaw steps down after nine years, her successor at the gallery needs to forge a fresh financial and cultural path
Evening Standard · Apr 4 Hurvin Anderson at Tate Britain: The beautiful is political 4/5 A retrospective of the artist’s life’s work invites you to look below the surface
The Guardian - UK · Mar 29 The UK’s free-to-access museums are the envy of the world. Charging for entry would be a big mistake There are better ways to raise money than jeopardising a model that draws visitors to Britain and has huge benefits for the wider economy, asks Tate interim director Karin Hindsbo
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24 Hurvin Anderson review – this haunted, hazy, beautiful show is like stumbling through someone’s memories Anderson creates figurative paintings with a dreamlike intangibility, exploring his black British and Jamaican heritage with a startlingly fragile and unresolved intensity
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16 Tate Modern Turbine Hall to showcase David Hockney opera sets Immersive exhibition will form the centrepiece of the celebration of the artist’s 90th birthday next year
Evening Standard · Mar 13 Keren Bartov's My London: The Tate Britain, Panzer's and the best Thai massage in town The A-list facialist shops at Victoria Beckham, buys bagels at Panzers and heads to Earl’s Court for a massage
Evening Standard · Mar 10 King asked what British artwork might be ‘lurking in Australia’ in gallery tour Soon after Tate Britain shut its doors on Tuesday, as the public flocked to the exit, staff hurriedly prepared for a visit from the King.