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While the majority of the women working in oil companies held secretarial positions and a few worked as geologists, there are rare examples of women who were executives. One such

The Waterfronts commissions, by artists such as Michael Rakowitz and Katrina Palmer, have been created in collaboration with organisations like Turner Contemporary and the Folkestone Triennial

THE WAIT for the highly-anticipated Estuary 2021 festival is now over, with more than 90 artworks and events scattered along a 107-mile trail of the…

TODAY marks the opening day of the much-awaited Estuary Festival. The three-week festival will take place across multiple sites along the Essex and Kent shorelines (including many events in Southend, Pitsea, Chalkwell and Shoebury) and will feature an array of artistic and literary lectures and workshops, visual art installations, films, talks and community activities all themed on the Thames estuary’s past, present and future. The opening weekend programme will kick off with ‘Unknown...

MoMA Appoints Marie-Josée Kravis Chairperson To Replace Tarnished Leon Black The Museum of Modern Art has replaced their Chairman Leon Black, a private equity investor and owner of Phaidon Press, with Marie-Josée Kravis, a highly regarded Canadian philanthropist and collector. The museum felt the long-running saga was too much of a distraction for the institution, which hopes to get back to business after the COVID hiatus. Black is best known as the co-founder and former CEO of private equity...

Estuary Festival set to return to Thurrock ESTUARY 2021 will take place over 23 days from 22 May, following its success in 2016. Produced by Metal Southend and Cement Fields in Kent, the multi-disciplinary festival will celebrate the history and landscape of the Thames Estuary. It will see a series of events take place along the Thurrock, Essex and Kent coastline and will showcase large scale installations as well as more intimate artworks. Visitors will be invited to walk along ...

An imposing concrete sculpture is set to be built on Shoebury’s East Beach as part of a month-long arts festival. The 10ft structure - set to be a “sound mirror” - is being created from scratch by experts and will be showcased at the Estuary 2021 festival later in the year. Katrina Palmer, an artist from London, will be adapting the concrete design with a message on its surface as part of her “Hello” and “Retreat” contribution. The festival is inviting visitors to take par...

An imposing concrete sculpture is set to be built on Shoebury’s East Beach as part of a month-long arts festival. The 10ft structure - set to be a “sound mirror” - is being created from scratch by experts and will be showcased at the Estuary 2021 festival later in the year. Katrina Palmer, an artist from London, will be adapting the concrete design with a message on its surface as part of her “Hello” and “Retreat” contribution. The festival is inviting visitors to take par...

Englands Creative Coast announces new dates for 2021 Bexhill-On-Sea. Englands Creative Coast, May – November 2021. Photo © Thierry Bal. LONDON .-England’s Creative Coast announces new dates for 2021. The landmark partnership project spans 1400km of stunning coastline stretching from the East Sussex Downs through to the Thames Estuary, launching at Turner Contemporary on 1 May and running until November. Combining seven Waterfronts art commissions by internationally acclaimed artists with the...

/ Just in from Tate. From tomorrow, Tate Modern and Tate Britain will close temporarily in line with government guidance. Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives will remain open – discover what’s on. Just when we thought it was safe to go back into galleries Tate, soon to be followed by The Royal Academy, National Gallery, and British Museum look set to shut because of Government tier 3 restrictions.   Hastings Contemporary Photo: © Artlyst 2020 England’s Creative Coast announces new dates f...