Every Artist Has a Favorite Subject. For Some, That’s Math.
At the annual Bridges conference, mathematical creativity was on dazzling display.
Sculpture
Why the Graffiti Artist Fonki Finds Inspiration in Angkorian Sculpture
The artist Fonki developed a graffiti style that blends ancient motifs with scenes of modern Cambodia.
Bank of England show to remember lost splendours of Sir John Soane building
Exhibition explores Bank’s former grandeur and its rebuilding under Sir Herbert Baker that began 100 years agoA century ago the wrecking ball demolished the halls, courtyards, arches and domes of one of London’s best-loved buildings in what the archite…
Relics From an Ancient Egyptian ‘Party Town’ Are Pulled Out of the Sea
Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought.
Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour saved for nation
Created in 1943, abstract wooden carving marked a breakthrough in ‘genius’ British artist’s careerA rare wooden carving by the renowned abstract sculptor Barbara Hepworth, regarded as one of the most important artists of the 20th century, has been save…
Denmark to reportedly remove ‘ugly and pornographic’ mermaid statue
Danish agency for palaces and culture requests removal of 14-ton sculpture from Dragør Fort in CopenhagenA debate has erupted in Denmark over the fate of a mermaid statue that is to be removed from public view after being decried as “ugly and pornograp…
Liz Truss and hard-right group accused of scaremongering over Parthenon marbles
Ex-PM among those saying they will take legal action over ‘covert’ plans to return sculptures to GreeceThe former British prime minister Liz Truss and a hard-right lobby group have been accused of stoking culture wars after putting their names to a let…
Kew Gardens to host largest outdoor exhibition of Henry Moore’s sculptures
Show will include 30 monumental pieces displayed across gardens and 90 works filling Shirley Sherwood GalleryHenry Moore believed “sculpture is an art of the open air” and that his works should be seen in “almost any landscape, rather than in or on the…
Derry spools sculpture disappoints some former ‘factory girls’
Long-planned, £187,000 tribute to women who worked in shirt factories is criticised as too abstract and inaccurateAfter decades of debate over how to honour the women who used to work in the city’s shirt factories, Derry has produced a sculpture of thr…
Charity hopes to raise nearly £3m to keep Barbara Hepworth sculpture in UK
New owner wants to take Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, created in Cornwall in second world war, overseasA fundraising drive with a target of almost £3m is under way to prevent a Barbara Hepworth masterpiece from being sold to a pr…