Two Scottish museums shortlisted for prestigious UK award GLASGOW’S Burrell Collection and Orkney’s Scapa Flow Museum have been shortlisted for a prestigious Museum of the Year award. The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2023
The super rich are getting pickier at art auctions It’s been prophesied for years, and now it’s finally come to pass: Auction prices for fine art are falling. Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023
New Madrid museum set to unveil five centuries of Spain's royal collections Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the opening in Madrid of The Royal Collections Gallery next month The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
2023 British Pavilion offers diverse and dynamic installation at the 2023 Venice Biennale The 2023 British Pavilion, 'Dancing Before the Moon,' contributes a triumphant blend of ritual, music, and cross-cultural pollination to the biennale’s ‘laboratory of the future’ Wallpaper · May 22, 2023
Glasgow's Burrell Collection shortlisted for major UK art prize The Pollok Park venue is one of two Scottish museums to make the shortlist this year and the winner will be announced on July 12 with prize money being offered. Glasgow Live · May 22, 2023
Shortlist announced for Art Fund Museum Of The Year The winning museum will be announced at a ceremony held in the British Museum in London on July 12. The Independent UK · May 22, 2023
Scapa Flow Museum showing Orkney island’s wartime role up for top prize UK museum of the year award has shortlist of five showing ‘astonishing ambition and boundless creativity’ The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023
'Unusual' Lewis Capaldi statue unveiled by pupils of former high school ahead of star's intimate gig at SWG3 Pupils at St Kentigern’s Academy in Blackburn surprised the worldwide phenomenen with the sculpture, which Daily Record · May 22, 2023
The V&A’s Photography Centre: Finally does justice to the museum’s 170 years of photographic riches Photography has never been more universal and diverse, and these handsome new galleries reflect that Evening Standard · May 21, 2023
Antiques Roadshow guest speechless as royal items valued at eye-watering price A guest on Antiques Roadshow couldn't believe her luck after discovering that items belonging to the late Princess Margaret were worth over £50,000 Daily Mirror · May 21, 2023
Brazil scoops 2023 Golden Lion award for national participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale The Brazil Pavilion won the prestigious 2023 Golden Lion award for best national participation, as announced at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy this weekend - along with more honours for individual and country-led installations Wallpaper · May 21, 2023
Talented Seaham artist captures the colour of the North East in stunning paintings Tynemouth Market regular Trudy Kepke is 'living the dream' after finally being able to pursue her passion for art full-time Chronicle Live · May 21, 2023
Venice Biennale 2023 review – an important challenge to western architectural tradition Under the title The Laboratory of the Future, curator Lesley Lokko succeeds in her aim to show off under-represented talent from Africa and elsewhere – even if it doesn’t all quite come off The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
Artful lodges: 10 beautiful art hotels From classic to cutting edge, from London to Sicily, these lavish hotels put creativity in the frame The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023
Manchester Evening News · May 21, 2023 'I was deeply impacted by grief - now I'm turning my experience into something positive' What's On editor Jenna Campbell interviews artist Anthony Marn
Wales Online · May 20, 2023 The couple who started a business in their garden shed nine years ago now run a shop with a team of ten 'It’s come a long way from a garden shed - our goal was always to create local jobs in North Wales'
The Independent UK · May 20, 2023 Man arrested after attack on statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel The Metropolitan Police said a man was arrested on Saturday at just after 6pm on suspicion of criminal damage and going equipped.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 20, 2023 New Little Village sculpture celebrates arriving immigrants: ‘We underestimate how courageous people are’ The work by Chicago-based artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores was made after Flores won the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit’s Richard Hunt Award. It’s one of 42 the exhibit is installing this month.
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023 An exhibition about milk’s complicated history has me rethinking my morning cuppa The Wellcome Collection’s show has art and history, biology and ecology, public health, politics – and the dangers of ice-cream
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023 Fears looted Nazi art still hanging in European galleries Leading art museums are reassessing their works after a Belgian journalist traced how a fascist sympathiser acquired a Jewish dealer’s collection
Wallpaper · May 20, 2023 V&A's Tropical Modernism: a vivid look at architecture culture in newly independent Ghana Subtitled ‘Architecture and Power in West Africa’, V&A's 'Tropical Modernism' is a richly historical show at the 2023 Venice Biennale, perfectly aligned with the overarching theme of inclusion and exploration of modernism’s overlooked cultural impact
Chronicle Live · May 20, 2023 Blyth artist creates stunning glass art by hand where every piece is unique Carol Nicholson paints her artwork onto vases, candle holders, windows and other glassware to create one-of-a-kind keepsakes
The National (Scotland) · May 20, 2023 'Spiderman' attacks statue at BBC HQ with hammer and chisel A masked man has attacked a statue on the front of the BBC’s Broadcasting House in central London with a hammer and chisel.
The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2023 Man arrested after hammer attack on Eric Gill statue at BBC’s Broadcasting House Man in Spider-Man mask scaled London headquarters in apparent protest against paedophile sculptor
The Independent UK · May 20, 2023 Masked man attacks controversial statue at BBC HQ with hammer Metropolitan Police says specialist officers have been called to the scene