An exhibition that takes a questioning, surprising and playful look at the ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already shaping so many areas of our lives - from our healthcare and justice systems to how we look after our pets. Who holds the power, who distributes the benefits, and who bears the burden of existing AI […]
Tate Britain presents a new free exhibition of sculptural works by Rhea Dillon. Titled An Alterable Terrain, the exhibition brings together a group of new and existing sculptures to explore Black women’s labour across histories and geographies. This will be the latest in Tate Britain’s ongoing Art Now series of free exhibitions showcasing emerging talent […]
Following on from their blockbuster fashion exhibitions about Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga and Dior, the Victoria & Albert Museum is turning its attention to the life and legacy of the French couturier Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. This will be the very first UK exhibition dedicated to Chanel and will be split into ten different parts, starting with […]
Four hundred years since they were painted, Frans Hals’s portraits still breathe with life. There’s the hint of a smile, a hand resting nonchalantly on a hip, and just occasionally, a burst of laughter. Hals was one of the most sought-after painters of his generation. A gifted artist whose deft brushwork was unparalleled, he built […]
Tate Modern and Hyundai Motor announce that El Anatsui will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. One of the most distinctive artists working today, El Anatsui is best-known for his cascading metallic sculptures constructed of thousands of recycled bottle-tops articulated with copper wire. Repurposing found materials into dazzling works of abstract art, Anatsui’s work explores […]
The Gallery’s autumn programme will see the return of the five-star exhibition, ‘David Hockney: Drawing from Life’, which was staged for just 20 days before the Gallery’s closure due to Covid in March 2020. The exhibition explores the artist’s work over the last six decades through his intimate portraits of five sitters: his mother, Celia […]
Angelica Kauffman RA was one of the most celebrated artists of the 18th century. In this major exhibition, we trace her trajectory from child prodigy to one of Europe's most sought-after painters. Known for her celebrity portraits and pioneering history paintings, Angelica Kauffman helped to shape the direction of European art. She painted some of […]
At the turn of the 16th century, three titans of the Italian Renaissance – Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael – briefly crossed paths, competing for the attention of the most powerful patrons in Republican Florence. On 25 January 1504, Florence’s most prominent artists met to advise on an appropriate location for Michelangelo’s nearly finished David. Among them […]
