Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display.
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Ken Jacobs, mainstay of New York’s underground film culture, dies aged 92
Experimental film-maker’s works included Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra, and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s SonRenowned experimental film-maker Ken Jacobs, whose works such as Little Stabs at Happiness, Blonde Cobra and Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son made h…
Restored Hogarth murals at London hospital open to public for first time
St Bartholomew’s hopes 18th-century satirist’s two large-scale paintings will become a must-see for art fans They had remained almost unseen for 300 years, but now two of William Hogarth’s masterpiece murals are available to the public for the first ti…
David Hockney iPad drawings of Yorkshire Wolds to be sold at auction
Seventeen prints from The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate are largest group of Hockney’s iPad works to come to marketWhen David Hockney moved from working in the blazing sunshine of Beverly Hills to the more intermittent sunshine of Bridlington he had a …
Police Seize Possible Forgeries From Dalí Show in Italy
The show’s curator stands by the authenticity of lithographs by the Surrealist artist, saying he has the documents to prove it.
Carabinieri seize 21 artworks from Salvador Dalì show in Parma amid authenticity doubts
Members of Italy’s art squad confiscate works after experts were dispatched from Gala-Salvador Dalí FoundationItaly’s art squad on Tuesday seized 21 artworks from a major exhibition in Parma dedicated to works by Salvador Dalì on suspicion they were fa…
New research may rewrite origins of the Book of Kells, says academic
Exclusive: Author challenges assumption monks on Iona created manuscript, instead positing its origins are PictishThe Book of Kells was likely to have been created 1,200 years ago in Pictish eastern Scotland, rather than on the island of Iona, accordin…
‘Prince of the rocks’: JMW Turner’s gorge paintings go on show in Bristol
Exhibition featuring fragile and rarely seen watercolours explores artist’s jaunts in and around Avon GorgeHe was so keen on clambering around the craggy cliffs of the Avon Gorge as a teenager that he was nicknamed “prince of the rocks”.An exhibition f…
A Curator Flees Bangkok After China Deems His Art Show Too Provocative
A museum’s directors said Chinese and Thai officials pressured them to remove the names of artists whose works criticized China. The curator flew to London, fearing arrest.
Simone Leigh’s ‘monumental’ Royal Academy show set for 2027
Exhibition by African American artist to focus on architecture, art under fascism and her own links to the UKThe Royal Academy will in 2027 host the first major UK exhibition by Simone Leigh, four years after she became the first African American woman…