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Science says your kid is better at expressionist art than you are

Children can replicate Pollock paintings more accurately.

Creative Bloq · Nov 29, 2025

The Guardian view on Turner and Constable: radical in different ways

Editorial: Capturing the changing landscapes of the 18th century, the rivals transformed British art. The climate emergency gives new urgency to their work

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

Turner v Constable: Tate Britain exhibition invokes long history of artistic rivalries

From Michelangelo and Leonardo to Picasso and Matisse, bitter feuds have defined art. But are contemporary artists more collaborative than their renaissance predecessors?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2025

Man who threw boy from Tate Modern convicted of Broadmoor Hospital attack

Jonty Bravery assaulted two nurses at high-security Broadmoor Hospital

The Independent UK · Nov 27, 2025

Tate gallery attacker guilty of assaulting Broadmoor staff again

Jonty Bravery threw a six-year-old boy from the viewing platform of the Tate Modern.

Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025

Courtauld to embark on £82m campus project at Somerset House in London

‘Once-in-a-generation transformation’ of Grade-I building will bring teaching spaces under same roof as gallery

The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025

Secrets of the cow-skulled scarecrow: did one man’s cruel tales inspire Paula Rego’s best paintings?

When the great artist saw a shocking play by Martin McDonagh about the torture of children, she asked him for more dark stories. As the vivid, extraordinary works they triggered go on show, the playwright looks back

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025

Auctioneer accused of selling $20 million worth of fake art said to be made by Banksy and Dali

The art appraiser claims to have appraised artwork displayed in the White House and even sold the most expensive movie poster ever

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

Town rallies behind ‘Manhole Michelangelo’ after Iowa officials target him for public art

Locals made T-shirts for ‘Manhole Michelangelo’ and started a petition to drop the charges

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

‘I can frustrate you, hypnotise you, bore you’: the Jarman prize winners making archives fly

Onyeka Igwe and Morgan Quaintance have jointly scooped the £10,000 prize for artists working with moving images. They talk about manipulating their audience – and correcting history

The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2025