The Yorkshire-born maestro had been a cultural star to reckon with, and a pioneer of new figurative formats, since making headlines at the New Contemporaries exhibition in London in 1961
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Syria’s return to the Venice Biennale in 2026 comes with a shift in approach. For the first time, its national pavilion will centre on a single artist, Sara Shamma, one of Syria’s leading contemporary artists, reflecting a renewed cultural direction.
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‘Leonora in the Morning Light’ is a time-jumping look at the feminist Surrealist’s life
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Three sunken pirate ships, one of which may have belonged to Henry Every, were recently found in Nassau Harbour.
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Since the opening of the late German artist's Venice show, events at the Biennale and the result of the UK's council elections have continued to expose art's vulnerability to politics, writes author and art historian John-Paul Stonard.
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Shortly before his departure from the museum, Fábio Szwarcwald had publicly stated that it lacked fire insurance between 2006 and 2022, which the museum claims undermined its credibility.
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Saved from a children’s hospital marked for demolition, the 15 surviving panels of Abram Champanier’s WPA mural are the subject of a new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
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The show "Canicula" is the third in a series presented by Fondazione In Between Art Film
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In this week's episode, Ben Luke learns about Pan-Africanism through a travelling exhibition now open at the Barbican in London, and speaks to researcher Daisy Fancourt on art and health. Digital editor Alexander Morrison discusses a colourful Barbara Hepworth sculpture.
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