How a French artist inspired queens of Aussie fashion A show at the National Gallery of Australia explores how 1980s fashion darlings Linda Jackson and Jenny Kee were inspired by French artist Sonia Delaunay. AAP · Mar 21, 2025
Medieval Venice shows us the good art can do in times of crisis In an increasingly polarised world, the arts and humanities play a key role in sustaining democracy. They foster critical thinking, open dialogue, emotional intelligence and understanding across different perspectives, all of which are essential for a healthy democratic society. Also, people who participate in cultural activities are much more likely… The Conversation · Mar 21, 2025
An ancient bronze griffin head is returned to Greece from New York in a major repatriation move An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Inside "Secret Mall Apartment" Director Jeremy Workman explores the social commentary behind their stunt and how they ultimately got caught Salon · Mar 21, 2025
London’s oldest art fair marks 40th year with new works by celebrated British artists Art fans spilled out of Somerset House as they tried to get their hands on a new work by renowned British print artist David Shrigley at the London Original Print Fair on Thursday (20 March). The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself – a pioneering artist who influenced the civil service Barbara Steveni (1928-2020) was a pioneering artist who broke boundaries with new concepts such as “the artist as a living archive” and “art as social strategy”. The legacy of her 70-year career is explored in a new exhibition, Barbara Steveni: I Find Myself, at Modern Art Oxford. The Conversation · Mar 21, 2025
Gale warnings, gothic fantasies and a masterpiece of a garden – the week in art Victor Hugo seduces, big names tackles a world in permacrisis and Hélène Binet challenges the Englishness of the country house The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025
Exhibition of ‘eternal and magical’ street art of 10Foot and Tox opens in London The display launched in the city’s Piccadilly area on Thursday. Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
‘I spent six years just repeating dots and lines’: the great painter Arpita Singh on a lifetime in art She has been painting for 60 years – yet it’s taken until now for her to have an exhibition outside her native India. The artist reluctantly takes time out from her studio in order to grant a rare interview The Guardian - UK · Mar 21, 2025
Visitor numbers plunge at London art museums as Tate galleries lose 2.7 million in five years Visitor numbers at Tate galleries have plunged by over 30 per cent since 2019 Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
Speedy tips to create beautifully photoreal archviz using 3ds Max and Corona Visualisation veteran Alireza Khoshpayam shares his top tips for crafting an accomplished composition in your next project. Creative Bloq · Mar 21, 2025
I moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. Did I make the right decision? It’s impossible to know if a choice is ‘right’, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. But you can have some certainty about how it makes you feel The Guardian - AU · Mar 20, 2025
‘The drill scene was dead. They’d locked everyone up’: RIP Germain on his shocking coffin installation In a room stinking of industrial bleach and cooled to the temperature of a morgue, the artist explores pop culture’s voracious appetite for violence – by trapping the viewer in front of 101 hours of drill videos The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025
MF Husain painting surfaces after 70 years and sells for historic $13.8m The 1954 mural-sized painting nearly quadrupled its estimated value The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Mar 20, 2025 ‘Every stone tells a story’: Cornish hedge labyrinth opens on Bodmin Moor Artist behind giant piece of land art made using ancient Cornish hedging technique says work is a message to future generations
Creative Bloq · Mar 20, 2025 Create a bizarre baby sculpture in ZBrush Character artist Oliver Schümann brings a creepy bust to life in ZBrush, plus Substance 3D Painter, RizomUV, KeyShot and Photoshop
The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025 Original body model of ET expected to fetch up to $1m at Sotheby’s Daughter of Oscar-winning special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi hopes item will ‘continue to inspire’
The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025 Onetime art adviser to actor Leonardo DiCaprio gets 2.5 years in prison for $6.5 million fraud A New York art adviser who once counted actor Leonardo DiCaprio among her wealthy patrons has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to cheating clients out of $6.5 million in connection with the sale of 55 works of art
The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025 Arpita Singh: Remembering review – beautiful chaos reigns in India’s tumultuous past Hugely complex and infinitely layered figurative paintings dominate in a show that feels part-comic book, part Chagall dreamscape, part folk-art
Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025 Arts and crafts charity boosted by sale of Rembrandt etching for £225,200 The sale raised money for the Hugo Burge Foundation.
The Conversation · Mar 19, 2025 Can animals make art? In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.”
The Guardian - UK · Mar 19, 2025 ‘He threw body piercing parties and lay on a bed of nails’: the wild life of body modification guru Fakir Musafar A new documentary explores how the pioneer of the ‘modern primitive’ subculture used painful BDSM practices to access new spiritual planes – outraging conventional society
The Independent UK · Mar 18, 2025 Court convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palace A thief who swiped a golden toilet from an English palace has been convicted along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art valued at more than $6 million
Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025 Two men guilty over theft of £4.75m golden toilet from Blenheim Palace It is believed the distinctive toilet has now been split up and disposed of, Oxford Crown Court was told previously.
Marie Claire · Mar 18, 2025 Where Creatives Travel to Get Inspired From New Mexico landscapes to a remote Norwegian island, these retreats offer the perfect place to focus on your artistic side.