Patrick Heron is a British painter and art critic. He was born in Yorkshire but moved to Cornwall when he was five. Cornwall was a very important place to him. He spent most of his life there. Heron’s ...

Instead of making art that looked like people or things, Hepworth began to make sculptures and drawings using abstract shapes. She was inspired by nature and the world around her. She remembered ...

Suspended, collapsed, stacked, wrapped or folded, the works of Phyllida Barlow spring from an interrogation of some of the most fundamental aspects of sculpture: its physical attributes and its ...

This spring, Tate Modern will present a major survey exhibition of the work of Do Ho Suh, marking the first major solo ...

Contemporary artists have extended the vocabulary of the sublime by looking back to earlier traditions and by engaging with aspects of modern society. They have located the sublime in not only the ...

From ‘The Tenth Plague of Egypt’ exhibited 1802, JMW Turner, N00470, Tate Collection ...

Join us for a book reading and draw along event to celebrate new Tate children's publication, Grandma’s Locs by Karen Arthur, illustrated by Camilla Ru. Grandma has beautiful locs. Whenever she comes ...

This project will examine art produced in relation to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Britain from 1987 to 1996. The art historian Simon Watney argued that British governmental policies and their ...

Society for aching bodies (26.10, 2023, Berlin, Soli Dinner) 2024 Pastel on paper 300 x 420 mm Society for aching bodies (26.10, 2023, Berlin, Soli Dinner) 2024 Pastel on paper 300 x 420 mm Society ...

This year, the UK’s most prestigious art prize celebrates its 40th birthday. Since its inception in 1984, the Turner Prize has acted as a barometer of British contemporary art, shining a light on some ...

Developed as part of the Documentation and Conservation of Performance project, the Performance Specification is a document designed to capture written information ...

New research has solved the mystery about J.M.W. Turner’s watercolour sketches, which were previously thought to show the notorious fire of 1834 at the Houses of Parliament. As cataloguer Matthew Imms ...