A key engine within the Surrealist movement was the collaborative nature between artists. During the late 1930s, Paris became an epicenter for contemporary artists and writers, many of whom co-created and lived together. Two couples exemplify this spirit of collaboration: Max Ernst and Leonora Carrington…
Read MoreFrom surreal figures and textile landscapes to shipping containers, performance art and compelling photography, these are the artists we will be looking for at this year’s Enter Art Fair.
Read MoreIn Provence, there are wine estates, hotels and places you visit simply for the landscape. Château La Coste manages to be all three, and considerably more. Set among vineyards and woodland just outside Aix-en-Provence…
Read MoreFrom Louise Bourgeois’ iconic spider to Sophie Calle’s mysterious woodland tomb, these are six works worth seeking out at Château La Coste…
Read MoreChâteau La Coste is a place where architecture is woven into every part of the experience. Across the estate, some of the most celebrated architects of the past century have designed buildings that work in close relationship with the art, vineyards and surrounding landscape…
Read MoreSeptember is an especially good time to take in the breadth of Seoul’s art scene, with a programme that extends well beyond the fair itself. Here is our guide to the exhibitions to see during Seoul Art Week 2026…
Read MoreWhen you meander through the glittering coastlines and rolling hills of the south of France in the summer, it’s all too easy to understand why so many great artists of the C20th chose to live, work and play there…
Read MoreFollowing a quieter August, London’s autumn art season gets underway in September with an exciting and inventive mix of exhibitions, from major surveys and new commissions to ambitious presentations by some of the most influential artists working today…
Read MoreHere are the literary festivals in London worth putting in your diary for autumn 2026, including dates, locations, ticket prices and where to book…
Read MoreFrom Monet and Munch to David Hockney, Sonia Boyce and Algerian artist Baya, the exhibitions will range across centuries, continents and disciplines, including painting, sculpture, ceramics, installation, film and design. Here are the major London art exhibitions to have on your radar in 2027…
Read MoreDenmark does museums rather well. A museum visit can mean a walk by the water, a building worth seeing in its own right, or an hour spent looking at the sky through a hole in the ceiling. Below is our pick of four museums in Denmark worth making time for…
Read MoreEnter Art Fair has established itself as an important meeting point between the Scandinavian art scene and the wider international market. Founded in Copenhagen in 2019 by Julie Leopold, the fair was created to give the Danish and Nordic art scene a stronger international platform…
Read MoreThe annual photography festival held in Arles from July to October spans over 50 official exhibitions, dozens of off site shows, and a range of institutional collaborations. One of the pleasures of visiting the festival is the mix of established and emerging artists presented, from some of the biggest names in photography to artists at the start of their careers…
Read MoreLondon is having a particularly good year for photography. Across the city, exhibitions are bringing together intimate portraits, vivid street photography, documentary images and bold new approaches to the medium…
Read MoreLondon’s art scene comes back to life in September, with galleries and museums reopening their doors to a packed programme of exhibitions. The months ahead bring major shows exploring everything from the cultural energy of the 1990s to questions of identity, memory, politics and justice, alongside ambitious new commissions…
Read MoreGalleries, museums, sculpture parks and historic houses across the UK are showing exhibitions worth making time for this summer. From Lynn Chadwick’s sculptures at Houghton Hall to contemporary Indigenous North American art at Yorkshire Sculpture Park…
Read MoreThe Free Books Campaign marked five years of its festivals with another free book event at Brixton House over the first weekend of August. It represents something more than half a decade of commitment, hard work and defying the odds required to make it happen…
Read MoreTo this reviewer, the American-born James McNeill Whistler will always be a printmaker first, a painter second. Alongside his brother-in-law Francis Seymour Haden, who compiled one of the first catalogues raisonnés of Rembrandt's prints, the pair contributed heavily to the Etching Revival in 19th-century Britain. To everyone else, however, Whistler is the painter of…
Read MoreThe Design Museum in London is set to open The Nue Black Aesthetic this autumn, a major exhibition exploring the work of some of the most innovative contemporary Black designers working today. Guest curated by author and journalist Charlene Prempeh…
Read MoreEvery summer, the charming city of Arles in south-west France becomes a mecca for photographers and photography-lovers. Lucien Clergue, Michel Tournier and Jean‑Maurice Rouquette founded the annual photography festival Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles in 1970 and it remains…
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