4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (117+ words) The Fourth Plinth is funded by the Mayor of London with support from Arts Council England and Bloomberg Philanthropies. The production of Self’s work was also backed by her London-based gallery, Pilar Corrias. The Fourth Plinth Commissioning Group, chaired by…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (77+ words) © Art Gallery of South Australia Our pick of the latest gifts and purchases to enter institutional collections worldwide It is the first US-museum acquisition of a work by the talented pupil of Jacques-Louis David The 17th-century painting The Finding of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (132+ words) Frida: The Making of an Icon is organised into seven thematic sections, with the first two rooms devoted to Construction/Self-Construction. In what may be the most coherent and persuasive (if expected, conventional) part of the show, there are some…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (642+ words) Winston Churchill completed La Dragonnière, Cap Martin in 1937 at the villa of the same name on the French Riviera The Churchill picture was once admired by no less than Pablo Picasso. After seeing La Dragonnière, Cap Martin in Paris, he…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (306+ words) Among the many publications about the Bayeux Tapestry are (clockwise from top left): a fold-out book, a collector’s edition, a graphic novel, two books on the tapestry’s origins and history, a reissued classic, and a book for the under-twos The…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (375+ words) It is 30 years since Anish Kapoor had his first institutional show George Darell Anish Kapoor (1998) catalogue, with contributions from Homi K. Bhabha and Pier Luigi Tazzi “This book accompanied Anish Kapoor’s previous Hayward exhibition, his first major show in a UK…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (150+ words) The museum first opened in 1936 in the former Universidad de San Carlos, featuring colonial paintings and sculptures including works by the artists Tomás de Merlo (1694-1739) and Cristóbal de Villalpando (1649-1714). Concern grew over six large-scale paintings, five by Merlo, which remained…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (393+ words) A special report on art in far-flung places and outdoor spaces Emin’s 2025 piece has been installed as part of White Cube at Claydon, a ground-breaking partnership between the contemporary art gallery and the National Trust. Given full rein over the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (151+ words) Somebody to Love at the V&A as Freddie Mercury's costumes to go on view The Art Newspaper Somebody to Love at the V&A as Freddie Mercury's costumes to go on view Eight of the Queen frontman's costumes will…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (336+ words) Dan Flavin's Untitled (to Don Judd, colourist) 1-5 (1987), part of the exhibition Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light Image: © The Light The space's new name is in part a nod to the county's light-related history, from the creation of the…...