At the close of the nineteenth century and the dawn of the twentieth, Glasgow emerged as a vibrant hub of creativity and artistic innovation. Among the key figures of this cultural revolution were ...

Scottish conceptual artist Scott Myles is interested in social structures of exchange, creating artistic interventions that subtly subvert the transactional logic of capitalist commerce. Working in a ...

In the Ben Uri Collection is a remarkable double-sided piece, originally catalogued for the colourful pastel (recto) of a Welsh chapel (since identified as Tenby in Pembrokeshire, South Wales), signed ...

Many artists working during 1900–1945 were drawn to the rural parishes surrounding Stroud and Painswick, in South Gloucestershire. These parishes offered a distinct 'sense of place', epitomised by ...

It is a truth universally acknowledged that everyone is in possession of a bottom. It's something that unites us, be we human, deity or even merperson! But being behind us, bums often miss out on the ...

From the 1910s to the 1930s, Schwitters built an extensive portfolio, spanning several disciplines – painting, sculpture, performance poetry and graphic design, to name a few. His most famous ...

In the Tate collection, there is a grey and unassuming abstract canvas, titled Objective Abstraction (1935–1936). Its surface crumbles with chalky white and earth-tone paint, applied in gestural ...

Write on Art is an annual national writing competition sponsored by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre to encourage an interest in art history and art writing among young people. Find out more about ...

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(Born London, 7 March 1802 or 1803; died London, 1 October 1873). English painter, sculptor, and engraver, mainly of animal subjects. He was the son of an engraver and writer, John Landseer (1769–1852 ...

A term used to describe sculpture made of non-rigid materials such as cloth, rubber, canvas, leather, or paper, it gained particular currency in the 1960s and 1970s. The best-known exponent was Claes ...