There is no doubt the temporary loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum is the once-in-a-lifetime experience to rule them all. Meticulously stitched by hand by talented women, the embroidery has never returned to English soil in over 900 years since its creation around the 1070s. Although many worried for its fragile condition, visitors lucky enough to bag the £33 ticket…
Read MoreLondon Sculpture Week returns for its fifth edition from 19 to 27 September 2026, bringing together some of the capital’s leading public art programmes across a series of free and ticketed events…
Read MoreA 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 MoreLondon Design Festival 2026 returns from 12–20 September for its 24th edition. The festival takes place across London through a mix of Landmark Installations, Special Projects, exhibitions, talks and design fairs. These events are spread across 11 Design Districts, including Bankside, Chelsea, Mayfair, Shoreditch and the newly introduced Soho district…
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 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 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 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 MoreSome exhibitions are admired. Others are experienced. Beyond Bedlam belongs firmly to the latter. Richard Dadd’s story is one of the most tragic and compelling in British art. A gifted young painter, he travelled through Greece, Turkey, Syria and Egypt…
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