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Cecilia Giménez Zueco: Sunday Painter To Global Art Phenomenon Dies Aged 94
Cecilia Giménez Zueco did not set out to become an art celebrity. She lived quietly in Borja, a small town in Aragón, Spain, painting for...
Honours Without Artists: The King’s New Year List Forgot Something
The King’s New Year Honours list for 2026 has been revealed, and for anyone looking for a pulse from the living end of British culture, it makes for...
Bayeux Tapestry Secures £800m Government Insurance Policy Ahead Of UK Exhibit
There are very few cultural objects that carry the weight of an established myth. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of them…
Two Identical Banksy Murals Have Appeared In London For Christmas
Two identical Banksy murals have appeared in London: one in Bayswater, the other at Centre Point, but the city seems slow to notice. The work in...
Pussy Riot Ruled An Outlaw Extremist Organisation By Russian Courts
The Russian state has deemed Pussy Riot an extremist organisation and banned them, outlawing their activities inside Russia. The decision is no...
Barbican: Brutalist Landmark To Close For £240m Transformation
After years of studies, consultations, revisions, and the familiar handwringing that follows any attempt to touch a listed giant, the City of London...
Maria Balshaw To Leave Tate After Transformative Nine-Year Tenure
After nearly a decade at the helm, Maria Balshaw will leave her post as Director of Tate next spring, closing out a tenure that has steered the...
Nnena Kalu Wins The Coveted Turner Prize 2025 In Bradford
Nnena Kalu has won the coveted Turner Prize 2025 in Bradford, the current UK city of culture. She is the first artist with a learning disability to...
Martin Parr British Photographer Of Everyday Life Dies Aged 73
Martin Parr, the photographer who spent more than four decades pointing his lens at Britain's sunburn, bad sandwiches, bravado, boredom and brittle...
Pantone Names Cloud Dancer As Colour of the Year 2026
Pantone has announced its Colour of the Year for 2026, and for the first time, the honour goes not to an intense pigment or a market-tested...
Frank Gehry Architect of the Impossible Dies Aged 96
Frank Gehry, the Canadian-American architect who spent more than half a century bullying gravity into improbable shapes and coaxing cities into...
Fabergé Winter Egg: New £23m Record For Tsar’s Gift To His Mother
London loves a spectacle, especially when it comes packaged in rock crystal and 4,500 diamonds. On Tuesday evening, Christie's delivered exactly...