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  Mary Heilmann, whose intensely coloured, deliberately precarious abstractions made her one of the most quietly influential painters in...

  Towner Eastbourne has appointed Martin Clark as its new Chief Executive and Director, the gallery announced today. Clark joins from Camden...

  Ronald S. Lauder, the billionaire cosmetics heir, art collector and philanthropist whose political gifts supported New York Republican...

    English Heritage has appointed Tim Reeve CBE as its next Chief Executive, marking the return of one of the sector's most experienced...

Abu Dhabi has appointed Dr Valerie Hillings as the first director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, marking a significant step towards the opening of the...

  Ruth Mackenzie has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Arts in the House of Lords, taking on the role with a newly...

    The Photographer Annie Leibovitz has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit in Manhattan federal court against Observer Media, owner...

  Edward Lucie-Smith, the Jamaican-born British art critic, poet and author whose output across more than six decades shaped how several...

Jemma Appleby has won the Charles Wollaston Award at the 2026 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, receiving the £35,000 prize for her charcoal drawing...

    Es Devlin has been appointed Artistic Director of the 2026 British Museum Ball, taking place on Saturday 17 October. Her practice has...

  The National Portrait Gallery has unveiled a new portrait of its former Director, Nicholas Cullinan, painted by Elizabeth Peyton. It now...

Marc Dalessio has won the Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award 2026 for Jean-Denis, a portrait of his neighbour painted in the artist's...