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Friend, Enabler and Comrade: Remembering Donna Lynas (1967–2021) Tributes to the late director of Wysing Art Centre, who supported a generation of artists in the UK As the Director of Wysing Art Centre since 2005, Donna Lynas built one of the UK’s most dynamic residency programmes. She transformed the site, in rural Cambridgeshire, into a place where artists across disciplines and at all stages of their careers can research, experiment, collaborate and learn. As Chair of t...

Firstsites The Great Big Art Exhibition invites the UK public to get creative Running until the end of April, the UK is encouraged to draw, sculpt and paint to themes set fortnightly by artists such as Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jeremy Deller, David Shrigley and Ai Weiwei. Words With more time on our hands now is a perfect time to get creative, something that The Great Big Art Exhibition – launched on 28 January – aims to inspire. People across the UK are invited to take part in a collab...

/ The iconic Trump baby balloon has been acquired by the Museum of London ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration tomorrow. (20th January). The Museum has recognised its significance in the protests that took place in London in July 2018 and June 2019 when protesters took to the streets on President Trump’s visits to the UK. Trump’s reaction was; “They Love Me In England.” The Trump Baby can now be consigned to history along with the man himself The over-sized balloon toured the world and ...

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Sir Nicholas Serota has been reappointed by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as Chair of Arts Council England for four years from 01 February 2021 to 31 January 2025.

Sir Nicholas Serota has been Chair of Arts Council England since 2017. During this period he has led the Durham Commission on Creativity and Education...