Tate Britain

James McNeill Whistler was more than just a combative ‘coxcomb’

Tate Britain show will bring to light the “incredible skill and magic and variety” in the painter’s work

Tate Britain previews new garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Featuring a Barbara Hepworth sculpture, the display is framed as a "taster" of Tate Britain's public sculpture garden to open next year

A tale of two Annas: Van Gogh’s favourite Whistler painting stars in Tate Britain show

James McNeill Whistler’s celebrated maternal portrait reminded Vincent of his own mother

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Spice up your life: Tate channels 90s glam at The Groucho Club

Vogue alumni Edward Enniful will curate Tate Britain's autumn blockbuster 'The 90s: Art and Fashion'

A Brush With... Hurvin Anderson—podcast

Hurvin Anderson talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

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Spot the difference: Bridget Riley work enjoys new green cleaning treatment

Tate Britain’s conservation team used sustainable hydrogels, developed by international research programme Greenart, eliminating the need for pressure that could have damaged the surface of the Op art painting

Comment | Tate Britain’s Turner and Constable show got me thinking about Marxist art history

On a recent trip to London, Bendor Grosvenor enjoyed the buzz of the Old Masters auctions but bemoaned Tate’s exhibition labels

Frenemies or rivals? Tate Britain show explores Turner and Constable's turbulent relationship

Celebrating the 250th anniversaries of the emblematic British artists, the exhibition will tell the story of their interlinked careers, their work and its reception

Tate Britain’s Lee Miller exhibition seeks to go beyond her mythology

The survey focuses on the photographer’s work rather than her colourful backstory

June's must-see exhibitions: copycats, queer resistance, and the intersection of art and fashion

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

A brush with… Ed Atkins — podcast

Ed Atkins talks to Ben Luke about his influences—from writers to musicians, film-makers and, of course, other artists—and the cultural experiences that have shaped his life and work

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Tate exhibition celebrates a riotous decade in British photography

From tumultuous political events to countercultural visibility, Tate Britain show examines the 1980s through the work of Martin Parr, Chris Killip and many others

Stretchmarks and all: motherhood and its complexities explored in two UK surveys

Both Women in Revolt and Acts of Creation treat maternity as a source of creativity, rather than a patriarchal trap or the enemy of good art

Alvaro Barrington: the artist bringing carnival and the Caribbean to Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries

With his new London commission, the Venezuela-born painter is exploring the UK’s impact around the globe with a sweeping installation partly inspired by his grandmother’s plastic sofa coverings

The Week in Art podcast | Tate’s historic women artists show, Dia at 50, Martin Wong’s record-breaking painting

Exploring Now You See Us, which celebrates the output of Vanessa Bell, Mary Beale and many more, plus conversations about Dia’s legacy and the ’visual linguist‘ Wong

Poetic pose: Lord Byron the image-conscious Romantic in five portraits

The face of the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet—who died 200 years ago, and had a great influence on 19th-century artists and composers—was better known in his era than that of anyone save Napoloen Bonaparte

Keith Piper on tackling Tate Britain’s racist Whistler mural

Plus, the top takeaways from the new Art Basel/UBS report and a weaving by Anni Albers

Tate Britain unveils Keith Piper's artistic response to racist Rex Whistler mural

"One of the most challenging issues I've faced”, says museum director Alex Farquharson on dealing with the controversial 1927 artwork

Keith Piper's thoughtful response to Tate Britain's racist mural avoids the usual get-out clauses

The artist's research-based video exploring Rex Whistler's The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats benefited from the museum's collaborative approach

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Flash Art—Neo Naturist trio bare all at Tate Britain

Jennifer and Christine Binnie along with Wilma Johnson lectured in the nude then posed beside their 1980s pics in Women in Revolt!

Tate Britain invites you to eat the patriarchy—literally

For the museum's landmark survey of British feminist art, Bobby Baker has reconstructed her 1976 edible work of a life-sized family made from cake and biscuits

Revolting women! Tate shines a light on feminist artists that were right ‘under our noses’

London show will explore the events that defined the women’s movement in Britain beginning in the 1970s, from the Equal Pay Act to Section 28

Chris Ofili’s mural on Grenfell Tower tragedy unveiled at Tate Britain

The work honours the artist and activist Khadija Saye who died in the fire in 2017

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He is now heralded by Tate Britain, but the Windrush artist Aubrey Williams was never recognised in life

The artist, who left Guyana in exile, was an early pioneer of Abstract Expressionism infused with a unique insight into the ancient histories of indigenous art

Keith Haring's first time in Los Angeles: we talk to the curator of the Broad's landmark show

Plus, Tate Britain rehangs its collection and Work of the Week is a Joan Brown painting

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All change at Tate Britain after first rehang in a decade

Alex Farquharson, the director of Tate Britain, opens up on the thinking behind a top-to-bottom reassessment of the largest collection of British art in the world

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Keeping it real—fashion supremo Erdem Moralıoğlu is fascinated by museum conservation

The designer consulted restorers at the National Gallery, Victoria & Albert Museum and Tate Britain for his latest collection

Radicalism and romance of the Rossetti family explored in London survey

Tate Britain’s exhibition will highlight the Pre-Raphaelite group’s preoccupations with gender and class

Women artists gain wall space at Tate Britain as museum rehangs collection

Popular galleries dedicated to Pre-Raphaelite artists and JMW Turner will also be rehung with new rooms dedicated to John Constable and William Blake

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Drag queen event at Tate Britain sparks protests between trans-rights activists and right-wing groups

Aida H Dee’s storytelling event disrupted by fighting outside London museum