The Latest Breaking News on Art

Former V&A boss Sir Mark Jones confirmed as British Museum interim director

Sir Mark was previously the director of National Museums Scotland.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Artists tackle antisemitism with ambitious new billboard project

New digital billboard project by For Freedoms to launch in response to the rise of hate toward the Jewish community

The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2023

Burning Man attendees reveal how they’re dealing with festival amid the mud and rain

Despite the festival grounds turning into a massive mud pit, ‘Burners’ did not let that stop them from creating art and partying

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

Tower Bridge sculpture made from 25kg of sugar to go on display

The exhibition opens at The Oxo Tower in London this Friday

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Notorious French gangster stands trial for helicopter jailbreak

Infamous French criminal Rédoine Faïd, who escaped prison in 2018 aboard a hijacked helicopter in a jailbreak that astonished France, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday. Faïd, dubbed the “getaway king”, faces life in prison on charges of escaping jail in an organised gang and hijacking an aircraft.

France 24 · Sep 5, 2023

Tower Bridge sculpture made entirely from 25kg of sugar

Michelle Wibowo, an award-winning artist known for her intricate sugar and cake sculptures, spent more than 150 hours on the creation.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

Burning Man attendees reveal how they’re dealing with festival amid the mud and rain

Despite the festival grounds turning into a massive mud pit, ‘Burners’ did not let that stop them from creating art and partying

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

Wallace Chan exhibition featuring one of world’s largest black diamonds opens

The Wheel Of Time exhibition premiered at Christie’s King Street headquarters in London.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

Rare handscrolls of artist Benode Behari Mukherjee on show in Kochi

Benode Behari Mukherjee's Handscrolls is an exhibition that showcases his connection to his surroundings in West Bengal. His paintings in sepia, burnt red, black and cream reflect his life at Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan. The show includes rare handscrolls, an early mural, self-portraits and a documentary. It is a window…

The Hindu · Sep 4, 2023

‘It’s not possible!’ The crazy tightropes and dangling pianos of art daredevil Catherine Yass

She slid down a skyscraper and once tried to throw a piano off a tower block roof. The former Turner nominee tells us about Flood Barrier, a new work inspired by a guillotine-like water defence

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023