Edward Enninful hopeful Government will ‘push the arts more’ He was speaking at a launch event for The 90s: Art And Fashion exhibition at the Tate Britain, which he curated. Evening Standard · Oct 6
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
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
My advice to new Tate director – show us more art Brief letters: Empty galleries | Cooking real food | Enigma of Alan Turing | DIY desperation | Futility rooms The Guardian - UK · Jul 24
Jessica Morgan named as new director of the Tate The 57-year-old will succeed Maria Balshaw in the role. Evening Standard · Jul 22
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
Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut’ to take job Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical juncture The Guardian - UK · Jul 22
Ana Mendieta at Tate Modern: A triumphant tribute to a neglected visionary 5/5 This retrospective of the Cuban-American artist is a revelation Evening Standard · Jul 20
Yvonne Rainer, Trio A review: watching this thrilling performance for free feels like an enormous privilege With this work, the choreographer changed the course of dance – and on its 60th anniversary, viewed by babies, tourists and passers-by, it’s as beguiling and hypnotic as ever The Guardian - UK · Jul 11
We’re always trying to save Frida Kahlo from commodification – just ask Salma Hayek ART: Battles have long raged over how the Mexican artist should be represented in the public sphere. As Tate Modern unveils a new exhibition showcasing (some of) her work and the many products that have made her ‘a global brand’, Adam White looks back at the disturbing making of the… The Independent UK · Jun 27
Frida: The Making of an Icon review: Where is Kahlo among all this Fridamania? 3/5 With so few of Frida Kahlo’s paintings on show at the blockbuster Tate Modern exhibition, visitors might feel short-changed, writes Anny Shaw Evening Standard · Jun 25
‘Rude, heavy-drinking and a committed communist’: the Frida Kahlo you can’t buy in the gift shop The artist’s likeness has become a symbol of resistance and heroism – but the truth is more complicated. As a major exhibition opens in London, has brand Frida obscured the real Kahlo? The Guardian - UK · Jun 25
Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern: how a radical artist became a global icon Frida: The Making of an Icon at Tate Modern is the first major interrogation of the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s legacy in London for 25 years. It already has more advance sales than any exhibition in Tate history. The Conversation · Jun 24
The reason why Tate’s blockbuster Frida Kahlo show has so few works by the Mexican artist ART: The major summer show looks at how Kahlo has become an icon, writes Annabel Nugent, and it’s something that a leading feminist art historian says the painter actually initiated herself The Independent UK · Jun 23
Euronews · Jun 23 The Making of an Icon: How did Frida Kahlo’s face - and monobrow - suddenly end up everywhere? Stylised and simplified, Kahlo’s likeness can now be found on t-shirts, tote bags, eye masks, phone cases, oven mitts and plant pots.
Evening Standard · Jun 22 New Tate Modern exhibition examines ‘extreme commodification’ of Frida Kahlo Frida: The Making of an Icon will feature more than 200 commercial objects that encompass Kahlo’s art, image, style and persona
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22 Frida: The Making of an Icon review – forget her iconic status, just show us more of her art Frida Kahlo took self-portraiture to new levels of interior revelation and her work takes you deep into her mystery. So why is this show padded out with responses by lesser artists?
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19 Reports of the blockbuster exhibition’s death are premature as Tate’s Kahlo show breaks ticket record Recent Van Gogh show was National Gallery’s most popular ever and British Museum gears up for arrival of Bayeux tapestry
The Guardian - UK · Jun 19 Fabulous Frida, classic Constable and a Cornish welcome for Kasuba – the week in art Tate Modern celebrates everything Kahlo, the British Museum marks John Constable’s 250th birthday, while Claydon prepares for an invasion
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15 ‘Is it true she bombed her school?’ My thrilling week in the footsteps of Frida Kahlo The bar she drank at, the bed she recuperated in, the canals she daytripped to, the studio she stormed out of, the easel she painted her final masterpiece at … ahead of a major Tate show, our writer finds Kahlo’s spirit alive in Mexico City
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.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9 Win a Tate membership, Tracey Emin merch and more Enter our competition to snag lunch for two, an arty blanket and a year of free Tate entry as part of our partnership with Tate for Emin’s A Second Life exhibition
Evening Standard · Jun 8 Tate & Lyle: Why are so many UK firms being taken over? The board of Tate & Lyle have backed the move by a US competitor to take it into private hands.
Evening Standard · Jun 8 Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn US takeover in latest blow to London market The deal comes after a recent spate of swoops for UK companies by foreign firms.
Evening Standard · Jun 8 Tate & Lyle agrees £2.7bn takeover by US rival Illinois-based Ingredion Incorporated will pay up to 615p per share for London-listed Tate & Lyle.