1+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) The portrait has an unusual journey. According to Firoza Punthakey Mistree, honorary advisor and curator at the FD Alpaiwalla Museum dedicated to the Zoroastrian community in Mumbai, it was painted in Bombay around 1946, a year before Indian independence. “It was…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (266+ words) The Bluecoat hosts a touring exhibition of work by award-winning visual artist Becky Beasley this autumn. A Gentle Man (Part II) (1975-2029) opens on September 26 and runs at the School Lane arts centre until January 3, 2027. It joins a special archive display which…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (637+ words) The south west is well known for its artistic culture - Bristol is the home of street art and Glastonbury hosts one of the biggest music festivals. This might be one of the reasons why you can find so many interesting…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1079+ words) Aberdeenshire Council’s museums service has been found to be at “major risk” due to poor record keeping and numerous missing documents. A new report stated it had “limited” assurance over museums operations, particularly around managing historical assets. Aberdeenshire Council runs…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1120+ words) Museums and galleries are calling for a dedicated central fund for cultural institutions, as some resort to fund-raising to protect their growing collection of taonga. They are among the countries most visited attractions, but are struggling to balance the books…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1120+ words) Museums and galleries are calling for a dedicated central fund for cultural institutions, as some resort to fund-raising to protect their growing collection of taonga. They are among the countries most visited attractions, but are struggling to balance the books…...

3+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (413+ words) By Mark Westall • 12 June 2026 Share — Tate Modern’s next Late on Friday 26 June will see artist, choreographer and performer nora chipaumire bring her acclaimed Infinities Commission gadzi to life with a large-scale live activation in the museum’s East Tank. Joined by ten…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago   (322+ words) By Mark Westall • 8 June 2026 Share — A newly commissioned Continual Light Mobile (2026) has been installed in the entrance hall of Tate Modern’s Blavatnik Building, extending Le Parc’s fascination with light beyond the exhibition galleries and into the public space of the…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1030+ words) Leena Nair after being made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle on June 11, 2025 in Windsor, England. The British Museum’s engagement with the Asian community in the UK – and also with…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1497+ words) One of the most extraordinary things about art is its subjectivity – the limitless contrast in what might move me over what might move someone else. Throughout my lifetime, my tastes have chopped and changed, grown and developed, and I’ve gained…...