Man captures Liverpool life using betting shop pens For a dash of colour Sidney Casey uses highlighter Liverpool Echo · Jun 25, 2023
Mansfield Museum awarded £76,700 for restorations to natural history collection The collection hosts around 3,000 rare bird species in many shapes and sizes Nottingham Post · Jun 25, 2023
‘It’s every woman, it’s us’: Rotterdam falls for British statue of ordinary black woman With Moments Contained, sculptor Thomas J Price challenges convention and makes us question who gets to be seen The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023
English Heritage said no to Dutch loan request for ‘fragile’ Vermeer painting Exclusive: Decision to not lend work for major exhibition taken despite assurances risk of damage was ‘negligible’, FoI reveals The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023
National Portrait Gallery reopening review – a magnificent reinvention After three years, the gallery opens its (new) doors to reveal a brilliant transformation that includes a luminous show on a British pioneer of colour photography The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023
National Portrait Gallery £41.3m makeover review – a breath of fresh air Architect Jamie Fobert’s new entrance is the crowning achievement of this bold refurbishment, which opens forgotten windows and embraces the NPG’s mixed identity as temple of art-cum-tourist attraction The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023
Italy might stop hiring foreign museum directors. The head of Milan's Brera hopes to leave his mark The British-Canadian director of Milan’s Brera Gallery was hired in 2015 after the Italian government launched reforms that for the first time brought in foreign museum directors The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2023
Blossoms and Rick Astley at Glastonbury review – Smiths hits are the very opposite of miserable now Covering the Smiths’ back catalogue in a secret Glasto set, Blossoms are admirably tight, while Astley banishes any sense of moral queasiness at listening to these beloved songs The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023
"I think a lot of Mancunians feel like Manchester is not for them anymore": A 'warning' from the future We Cut Through Dust, part of Manchester International Festival, envisages a post-apocalyptic world Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2023
Lifesize sculpture of Julian Assange appears outside UK parliament Bronze of jailed Wikileaks founder fighting extradition to the US flanked by figures of whistleblowers Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023
Liverpool starlet was forced to quit at 24 - now Premier League stars covet his paintings Former striker David Moli lived with and shared Raheem Sterling's football dream, but now he's the Premier League artist of choice with eyes on Sotheby's and Christie's Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2023
Beyond Munch: Norwegian art shares spotlight with Bubbles the chimp in Oslo As a major exhibition celebrates founder Hans Rasmus Astrup, the museum has been promoting fresher Norwegian talent The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2023
A beginner's guide to shading theory Learn the theory for shading simple shapes and more complex references. Creative Bloq · Jun 23, 2023
West suburban Navy veteran finds ‘peace’ in her post-duty tattoos Sabrina Waller says she has found comfort in her time in a tattoo artist’s chair, working through the experiences she faced during active duty through art. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 23, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 23, 2023 Picture Chicago: This week’s 13 can’t miss Sun-Times photos The city celebrates Juneteenth, a free camp teaches kids with autism how to sail, and vintage business signs across Chicago could see protection under a proposed ordinance.
Nottingham Post · Jun 23, 2023 Christmas at Wollaton to return with a brand new look The popular Christmas at Wollaton spectacular is set to return with a brand new look. The trail of lights, designed around the gardens of Wollaton Hall, first launched in 2020. The organisers have hired a new design team dedicated to elevating Chr
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023 Artist paints every day for nine years to show children ‘power of not giving up’ ‘I wanted to educate them as much as anything about the power of believing and just not giving up,’ Margo McDaid said.
The Conversation · Jun 23, 2023 Why a Banksy exhibition in Glasgow makes perfect sense A new solo exhibition by Banksy, the UK’s most famous anonymous artist, has opened at the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow – his first in 14 years.
The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2023 Pope Francis invites artists to the Sistine Chapel as the Vatican seeks a new cultural dialogue Pope Francis has praised artists as true visionaries who can see, dream and invent
The Week · Jun 23, 2023 The printing press explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023 Peter Brötzmann, legend of free jazz, dies at 82 Saxophonist heralded for his ferocious yet beautifully expressive playing died peacefully in his sleep at home in Germany
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023 Windrush heroes, knotted ropes and Macca’s Beatles snaps – the week in art Leonor Antunes gets knotted, Carrie Mae Weems questions Black representation and Paul McCartney shares his early adventures with the Fab Four
The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2023 Experience: I ate a $120,000 banana There was no alarm protecting the artwork – a banana taped to the wall – and nobody tried to stop me when I peeled it
The Week · Jun 23, 2023 Capturing The Moment review: a painting and photography journey There is “a lot going on” in Tate Modern’s new exhibition, said Laura Freeman in The Times. Subtitled “A journey through painting and photography”, the show is a huge and ambitious attempt to explore the relationship between painting and photography from the early 20th century to the present day, examining…