The post-war arts complex has been Grade II listed but one critic has responded by calling it a “concrete monstrosity”

After discussions, the institution voted to retain the artist as an Academician

The objects’ return was delayed due confusion between the Nigerian state and the oba of Benin

Hepworth insiders Laura Smith and Olivia Colling have been appointed into new roles as the gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary this year

The exhibition showcases 5,000 years of Afghan art and craft

An artist was asked by Vatican officials to paint over the image he had created during a restoration last year

The headline exhibition Unruly Waters will chart Qatar’s “past and present role as a geopolitical hub”

The pavilion—ten years in the making—is part of the upcoming Rubaiya Qatar quadrennial in November

Organised by curator Amin Jaffer, the selected artists all use organic materials traditional to India in their work

Visitors to Rome will now pay to access the famous fountain and five other historic monuments

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Hire of former National Galleries of Scotland curator is part of museum's expansion of its collection into the 20th and 21st centuries

The London university has also commissioned works by three artists-in-residence for its bicentenary

The visit is intended as a relationship-boosting exercise though the government said the prime minister would also “raise the areas where we disagree with China”

Housed in a huge former Citroën garage, the space will be home to modern and contemporary art, including loans from the French museum

The Lebanese artist and composer blends sound, technology and sculpture to reference current social, historical and political realities

The Freelands Foundation will give £100,000 of unrestricted funding to three organisations annually for the next five years—in a drive to re-affirm them “as centres for public education”

Two new shows in the artist’s hometown of Plymouth examine her themes and influences

Many cultural leaders welcome the move, while the UK National Audit Office reports that the culture department is consistently underspending

Tallant will also direct visual art at the Southbank Centre

Mexico's Lanza atelier to design 2026 Serpentine Pavilion inspired by curved English garden walls

For eight years Hill has led the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, which jointly won Art Fund Museum of the Year and hosted the Turner Prize under his tenure

The artist is collaborating with the curator Mirjam Varadinis to create “THE BUS”, a work that allows WEF attendees to focus on the here and now

The exhibition will explore the late Mexican artist’s impact on women artists across Mexico, the Americas and Europe

Discoveries by metal detectorists account for 94% of recorded finds in 2024

The work is being sold from the collection of the Dukes of Bedford to help fund the refurbishment of Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire

Gagosian will bring the Ghanaian artist to Venice's Palazzo Grimani in May

Paucar’s works and those of five other shortlisted artists are on show at venues across Wales

Works by Ben Nicholson, Vanessa Bell and Bill Brandt were also among works given to the nation in 2024-25 to settle £39.3m worth of tax

The artist says he is concerned about the “physical and environmental risks” posed by sending the work to the British Museum