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 Procession is a major new installation by artist Hew Locke, the latest in the gallery’s ongoing series of annual commissions. Locke has taken over Tate Britain’s monumental Duveen Galleries with almost 150 life-sized figures
Monday to Sunday 10.00–18.00
A new permanent artwork by British artist Hew Locke to mark the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta at Runnymede, Surrey… Read More
15 June 2015
A proposal to officially move the statue of transatlantic slave trader Edward Colston into the M Shed museum in Bristol as a permanent display
14 February 2024
Entangled Pasts, 1768–now. Art, Colonialism and Change’ takes over the main galleries of the Royal Academy of Arts from 3rd February to 28th April 2024.
1 February 2024
Novelists Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Fashion Editor Anna Wintour were honoured in the King’s birthday list, but where were the Visual Artists?
17 June 2023
In his 2020 Aperture article on ‘The Black Fantastic’, Ekow Eshun used a definition of the fantastic now a new exhibition at the Hayward…
13 August 2022
The Hayward Gallery’s new exhibition titled ‘In the Black Fantastic’ is the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists
29 June 2022
Life Between Islands is a landmark exhibition exploring the extraordinary breadth of Caribbean-British art over four generations.
17 November 2021
Government University Arts Cuts A Soft Target – Helen Cammock Art On The Underground Commission – Tate Announces 2022 Programme
27 July 2021
Seventy-Five artists selected for New Contemporaries 2021 demonstrating the resilience of the creative process in a challenging year have been revealed by Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2021.
8 July 2021
As a sculptor who has used Victorian and other found sculptures in my work for some time, the increasingly heated debate on the future of public Victorian statues, buildings and street names across the country has resonated with me.
11 June 2020
Artist Hedley Roberts Picks Twelve of the best from the`57th Venice Biennale
15 May 2017
Ten artists have been chosen to display artworks on sites across the London Tube network, as part of Art on the Underground’s latest campaign… Read More
30 July 2016
Plymouth’s £4.2 million Ocean Studios, artistic development within 60,000 ft Grade I listed, former naval building, was officially launched yesterday (Thursday 30th July)… Read More
31 July 2015
Ocean Studios has announced their inaugural show at their new Plymouth gallery. The programme highlights key ideas and themes; identity, communication, feminism, diversity, radical craft… Read More
13 July 2015
So the other night, I went to the opening of the swanky Marian Goodman Gallery in Lower John St. Soho…. Read More
16 October 2014
Art Basel Miami Beach 2013 has closed with a resounding thumbs up from both the public and gallerists exhibiting. The… Read More
9 December 2013
Work from the Glasstress collateral event at the 55th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia – travels to… Read More
21 November 2013
The House of St Barnabas, Soho London, has launched their permanent art collection `The Collective’ at their new, not-for-profit members’… Read More
19 November 2013
Art Basel Miami Beach features 258 leading international galleries, drawn from 31 countries across North and South America, Europe, Asia,… Read More
5 September 2013
The iconic British ‘Pop’ artist Sir Peter Blake, creator of the Beatles’ famous Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album… Read More
8 August 2013
The Mayor’s Thames Festival undergoes an exciting transformation this year, staging a 10-day celebration of the river through inspiring events… Read More
5 July 2013
The ICA have compiled an exhibition of scaled Maquettes celebrating the Fourth Plinth commission. Since 1999, the ‘empty’ Northwest plinth… Read More
29 November 2012
The Saatchi Gallery and ABSOLUT have announced a new initiative as part of this year’s New Sensations Prize. ABSOLUT has… Read More
8 October 2012
Warhol, Richter and ‘God Save’ Jamie Reid depict Queen Elizabeth II Opening today, to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee, is… Read More
17 May 2012
And that’s only Part of INTERCOURSE, a fund-raising event which includes Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger and Anj Smith. On Saturday… Read More
23 November 2011
A giant blue rooster by Katharina Fritsch and a curly haired boy on a rocking horse by Elmgreen & Dragset are the next two sculptures chosen for the Fourth Plinth platform in London’s Trafalgar Square.
14 January 2011
Campaign Highlighting Funding Cuts Glasgow-based artist David Shrigley is leading a campaign to protest against cuts to the Arts by… Read More
11 September 2010
As promised ArtLyst, is nearly first to reveal the latest designs for the Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square by… Read More
19 August 2010
London – The Artists shortlist (2010/2011) for the next commission to go on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square has… Read More
19 August 2010
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
