1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (487+ words) With bus fares capped at £3 and free for kids in August, it’s the ideal time for wildlife watching, woodland walks, world-class art and more In stylish Ouseburn, a short bus ride away, the Biscuit Factory gallery hosts three further fluffles,…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (418+ words) Bishop Auckland is abuzz with culture and family fun, thanks to the vision of Auckland Palace’s owners – and the new Kynren show featuring birds of prey, Viking raids and mythical beasts, which opens next week I grew up near Bishop…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (216+ words) Nicholas Serota says the north has received over £40m from the Arts Everywhere Fund. Plus a letter from John Edmondson In response to recent letters (26 April) about the Arts Everywhere Fund, it is important to note that this programme was heavily…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1036+ words) As Maria Balshaw steps down after nine years, her successor at the gallery needs to forge a fresh financial and cultural path Roland Rudd, the chair of Tate, is in a bullish mood when we meet at his offices in…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (251+ words) Dazzling new additions like V&A East are a source of national pride, but so are much-loved regional institutions It is this creaking infrastructure that culture secretary, Lisa Nandy, hopes to shore up with her Arts Everywhere Fund, a £1.5bn package…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (659+ words) Sending painting to artist’s namesake school in Salford is a first for gallery, and has brought huge benefits “Art feels different when it is close enough to breathe the same air,” said school principal Claire Coy, describing the thrill of…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (788+ words) The Guardian ‘The art director wanted it to read “1999”. But Prince wasn’t having that. So the next thing I knew, I was writing “Free” on him with my fingers in cold paint’ This shot was for Notorious magazine, one of…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (176+ words) A new exhibition brings together new dye-transfer prints of the classically American photographer’s work “It’s all normal to you, because you don’t know anything different,” Winston recently recalled. “Looking back, I was lucky.” As he spoke, he flipped through the…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago   (792+ words) Artist and beekeeper who highlights eco crisis plans to spend £40,000 award on building cultural centre in Peru An artist and beekeeper from a remote corner of the Andes has won one of the UK’s most prestigious contemporary arts awards and…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (334+ words) Tooth was delighted to capture one of Antony Gormley’s statues on Crosby beach – the dog was an unexpected bonus ‘When I saw what I captured I felt a Muybridge-like joy’: Roger Tooth’s best phone picture Tooth was delighted to capture…...