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The dotty genius of Seurat and a song and dance about Picasso – the week in art

Tate Modern reframes its Picassos in a theatrical light, there’s a hands-on utopia in Gateshead, and the Cerne chalk giant gets a colourful new neighbour

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art

Sources say decision to collect ‘modern’ art could have two galleries ‘at each others’ throats’ – but others welcome move

The Guardian - UK

National Gallery to build £375m new wing and lift ban on post-1900 art

Institution to launch architectural competition after securing huge investment for revamp

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UK's National Gallery will use $500 million in donations for a new wing and expanded collection

Britain’s National Gallery has announced it will use almost half a billion dollars in donations to open a new wing that will allow it to expand its collection into modern art

The Independent UK

'We're here to take it back': Campaign urges museums to correct mislabelling of Ukrainian artists

The Stolen Art Campaign by NGO Shadows Project aims to correct misattributions of Ukrainian artists in Western museums, highlighting Russia's cultural erasure.

Euronews

Bullfights, ballet and hot jazz: inside Picasso’s scandalous theatre of sex and death

Famed for his cubist portraits, the Spanish genius also created costumes for the Ballet Russes and loved the intensity of bullfights. A new exhibition explores the dramatic side of an uncompromising artist

The Guardian - UK

Galleries warn they will be ‘crippled’ by new policy which allows people to visit for free

A new law allows consumers a two-week cooling off period to cancel subscriptions

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Tommy Hilfiger's guide to London: Savile Row, Scott’s and Portobello Road

The designer loves the Tate, suit shopping and trawling for vintage treasure in the capital...

Evening Standard

Reframing the debate over Tate attendances and exhibitions

Letters: Tate director, Maria Balshaw, responds to reports of a decline in visitor numbers. Catherine Bliss is unimpressed by recent offerings at the galleries

The Guardian - UK

Tate director blames Brexit and Covid for slump in visitors

Maria Balshaw says upheaval has kept young Europeans away from London sites, contributing to a 27% attendance drop since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Renowned artist's work should be moved from London to Scotland, campaigners say

Calls have been made for a renowned artist's work to be moved from the Tate Modern to Scotland ahead of a new gallery opening ...

The National (Scotland)

Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern: 'helps broaden understanding of Indigenous cultures'

4/5 Kngwarray’s first major solo museum exhibition in Europe is a revelatory joy with an important role to play

Evening Standard

Tate raises £43m from donations as it launches ‘ambitious’ endowment fund

Campaign aims to raise £150m by 2030 to help support Tate’s exhibition programme and research in perpetuity

The Guardian - UK

Tate Modern stages star-studded gala as it launches £150m endowment fund to ensure galleries can 'thrive'

Princess Eugenie, Daniel Craig and Reese Witherspoon joined hundreds of leading artists and philanthropists at the launch of the Tate Future Fund

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Tate launches endowment fund to ensure galleries can ‘thrive’ in future

There are four Tate galleries in the UK and they are funded through different revenue streams, including a foundation of Government funding.

The Guardian - UK

‘We thought we were being naughty!’ The thrilling show by Black and Asian women that rocked the art world

In 1985, a groundbreaking show curated by Lubaina Himid tore down barriers – and appalled critics. As a new exhibition revisits that pivotal moment, the artists remember the prejudice they faced – and what they have achieved since

The Guardian - UK

From Tate Modern to Grimsby docks: the team saving Britain’s cherished buildings from the wrecking ball

Can you imagine Liverpool without its Welsh Streets or London without Battersea Power Station? For 50 years, one small band of activists have been finding creative alternative uses for great buildings their owners couldn’t see

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‘Ordinary people enjoying themselves’: Beryl Cook exhibition to open in Plymouth

Exclusive: Show at The Box in artist’s home town spans entire career and includes previously unseen works

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‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art

It began as a simple act of remembrance, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Aids. Now this ever-growing patchwork of grave-plot-sized panels has taken on new meaning as one of the most significant artworks of the past 40 years

Evening Standard

Edward Burra – Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain: an immersive and intelligent double bill

4/5 Two queer British artist’s have their life’s work on display at the Tate Britain — here’s why you should visit

The Guardian - UK

‘I paint extreme emotions’: Rachel Jones on her riotously colourful paintings – and her obsession with mouths

Known for her colourful abstracts, the artist is getting a retrospective at the age of just 34. She talks about her love of karaoke, working on a full-length opera and how to deal with fame at a young age

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Jazz, Paris and war’s brutality: the radical watercolours of Edward Burra, British art’s great unknown

He called art ‘fart’ and hated talking about his work, but a rare retrospective offers the chance to celebrate the radical visions of the 20th-century British painter

Evening Standard

This art could kill you: the shocking genius of a 'forgotten' YBA

A new exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery is about to put Hamad Butt back into the art history books as a daring, challenging artist who was just as important as Damien Hirst and co

The Guardian - UK

UK’s largest Lee Miller retrospective to be held at Tate Britain

Exhibition will showcase her entire career, from French surrealism to fashion and war photography

Evening Standard

Giant spiders, suns and sunflower seeds: seven of Tate Modern's most groundbreaking moments

Chief Curator Catherine Wood shares seven of her stand-out moments ahead of Tate Modern’s 25th Birthday Weekender

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