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‘She is a he’: Was An Old Woman, the painting that inspired Alice’s Duchess, actually a man?

Curator of Renaissance art exhibition claims grotesque sitter for portrait didn’t have a disfiguring disease, as was previously thought

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2023

Da Vinci’s dark side, our need for nature and a big pinch of salt – the week in art

Renaissance grotesquerie with the Ugly Duchess, our fragile relationship with nature, and prize-winning Finnish video art about sea salt

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

Everything that should be on your radar this weekend (March 11th)

From Miley Cyrus to the history of Pornhub... here’s some inspiration for your weekend

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2023

First Sackler, now Bet365. The art world can’t keep taking money from companies that do us harm

Gambling firms shouldn’t be patronising the arts any more than fossil fuel companies, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

'World treasure' Turner painting to go on show at Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle

City gallery announces it has been picked to exhibit the masterpiece The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W Turner for four months

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2023

Why do we still define female artists as wives, friends and muses?

Even in shows devoted to female artists, they are often associated with the men they knew – but as a look in any gallery will reveal, it never happens the other way round

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023

Cressida reaches a crescendo as exhibition closes soon

The National Gallery of Australia says the Cressida Campbell exhibition has contributed to its "busiest summer in three years".

The Canberra Times · Feb 9, 2023

National Gallery told to think again over ‘destructive’ new entrance plans

Conservationists say: ‘go back to the drawing board’

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2023

National galleries and museums hopeful for May budget cash lifeline after Anthony Albanese labels them 'starved of funds'

Organisations such as the National Library of Australia and the National Gallery of Australia have sounded warnings about their ongoing viability, following budget cuts and surging operating costs.

ABC News · Jan 18, 2023

The best exhibitions in London this winter, from Chanel to Marina Abramović

It’s a fabulous season for art lovers...

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2023