The title of this show of British women artists from 1520-1920 at Tate Britain is highly apt. ‘Now You See Us’ contains just the right amount of ironic sang-froid
16 May 2024
Tate Britain has made an exceptional acquisition, bringing to light the often-overlooked brilliance of Louise Jopling, a pioneering English artist… Read More
13 May 2024
Spanning 400 years, this exhibition follows women on their journeys to becoming professional artists.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Rex Whistler’s mural, titled “The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats,” is his most significant artwork, created when the artist was just 21….
11 March 2024
In 1881, the artist John Singer Sargent was commissioned to paint his first large portrait of a male subject, the charismatic Parisian surgeon Dr Samuel-Jean Pozzi.
7 March 2024
Celebrated for his striking portrait paintings, this exhibition sheds new light on John Singer Sargent’s acclaimed works.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
In February, most major galleries are launching their new season’s exhibitions. From solo shows featuring contemporary artists Barbara Kruger and Yoko Ono to group shows on the subjects of colonialism, contemporary artists…
2 January 2024
Brilliantly curated and one of the largest shows mounted by Tate Britain, Women in Revolt is a complete archive of the period.
16 November 2023
In a groundbreaking exhibition opening this week (8 November), Tate Britain will spotlight the trailblazing work of over 100 women… Read More
6 November 2023
Art, Activism and the Women’s movement in the UK 1970–1990
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
To get into Happy Gas, Sarah Lucas’ new solo show at Tate Britain, you have to walk through a gift shop; floating on the sugary peach wallpaper
3 October 2023
Sarah Lucas’s solo show has just opened at Tate Britain. So, I thought it would be interesting to revisit one of her earlier works from 1992, Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab.
26 September 2023
Tate Britain is mounting a major survey of the work of Sarah Lucas. One of the leading figures of her generation.
21 September 2023
Several exciting art exhibitions will open in London’s major museums and galleries this Autumn.
22 August 2023
This exhibition presents Sarah Lucas’ practice in all its diversity across sculpture, installation and photography.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Chris Ofili shows a series of etchings entitled Pink Daydreams of a Faun alongside his paintings about The Seven Deadly Sins.
13 June 2023
Tate Britain opens a complete rehang of the world’s greatest collection of British art, the first time in ten years that the gallery’s free displays have been presented anew.
23 May 2023
I first came across the work of Isaac Julien when I was doing my MA in Creative Writing at UEA and did a module on black British film.
30 April 2023
The first major UK exhibition by one of today’s most compelling artists and filmmakers
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Critics have a problem with the Pre-Raphaelites. Reviews to date, of The Rossettis exhibition at Tate Britain, until 24 September
16 April 2023
Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and video art installations, Isaac Julien….
13 April 2023
This exhibition follows the romance and radicalism of the Rossetti generation, through and beyond the Pre-Raphaelite years: Dante Gabriel, Christina and Elizabeth (née Siddal).
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Tate Britain opens a free new exhibition dedicated to celebrated British photographer Bill Brandt (1904-83).
24 October 2022
Cornelia Parker’s inaugural survey show in London spans a 35-year period, from the 1980s through to 2022…
5 June 2022
The word carnival derives from Latin expressions meaning either to remove meat or say farewell to meat. These indicate the Christian roots of carnival which are to be found in the period leading up the fasts of Lent.
2 June 2022
The first major exhibition of Glyn Philpot R.A. (1884-1937) in almost 40 years is currently at Pallant House Gallery, while Tate Britain has the first major retrospective of Walter Sickert at Tate in over 60 years. The differences and similarities between these two artists whose careers overlapped are instructive.
18 May 2022
This May, Tate Britain will present the first significant survey of work by Cornelia Parker in London. Parker is one of Britain’s leading contemporary artists.
14 April 2022
Tate Britain will present London’s biggest retrospective of Walter Sickert (1860-1942) in almost 30 years.
5 April 2022
Using transformation, playfulness and storytelling, Cornelia Parker engages with important issues of our time, be it violence, ecology or human rights.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
The first major retrospective of Walter Sickert at Tate in over 60 years, this exhibition explores how he had an often radical, distinctive approach to setting and subject matter.
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
Stirring it up or creolisation is taken by this exhibition as a defining characteristic of British Caribbean artists.
5 December 2021
Life Between Islands is a landmark exhibition exploring the extraordinary breadth of Caribbean-British art over four generations.
17 November 2021
