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/ The former BBC director-general Lord Hall has resigned as Chairman of the National Gallery following an inquiry into Martin Bashir’s manipulated 1996 Panorama interview with Princess Diana. Lord Hall was the director of BBC news when Bashir used false records knocked up by a graphic designer to convince Earl Spencer to introduce Diana to the journalist. The Princess at the time was highly vulnerable due to the collapse of her marriage to The Prince of Wales. The bogus photocopies of reco...

Share She shares her passion for art with husband Timothy Vesterberg, who is an avid collector, particularly interested in Japanese ceramics.  Described by the magazine as a truly elegant couple, Flora, 25, and Timothy, 27, tied the knot in September, exchanging vows in a private ceremony at St Jamess Palace. The low-key couple live and work in London, where Flora balances a handful of royal appearances - including joining the royal family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace at Trooping The C...

Posted 20 May 2021, by Imelda Barnard This painting seems to depict a tropical idyll, made up of lush foliage and blue skies. Yet a closer look reveals a more violent scene overlaid on top of the verdant green background: disembodied feet are suspended in the sky and hands pull forcefully at ankles. The serpentine coils rising up one of the ghostly figures echo the writhing tree branches nearby and suggest this is very much a fallen Eden. The Paradise Edict 2019, oil on lubugo...

Berlin Gallery Weekend was among the first events of its kind There was a time when art lovers complained of “fairtigue”, with so many events to attend, spread around the world. No more. Many fairs have been bumped into 2022, and some, such as Tefaf New York Fall, have been purely and simply cancelled. And when—or if—fairs do return, they seem likely to be pale imitations of the pre-pandemic blockbuster events, smaller, more local and lower key. At the same time, gallery wee...

After releasing the sensational film Enjoy Poverty in 2008, and sparking much debate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Europe on the topic of the “industry against poverty”, the Dutch artist Renzo Martens has just released a new documentary, the The film features the Congolese Plantation Workers Art Circle (CATPC, Cercle dart des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise), a cooperative located in a former plantation owned by the multinational Unilever at Lusanga. It tells the sto...

Until 12 June, Goodman Gallery, 26 Cork St, W1S 3ND Kapwani Kiwanga, the winner of last years Marcel Duchamp Prize, expands her long-standing investigation into colonial histories and the experience of diasporas with a new, materially innovative body of work. Most striking is a hefty installation made from unrefined sisal, a fibre used in rope, which hangs from the ceiling and lightly sheds onto the floor. Further heaps of sisal strands are draped over metal structures affixed to the walls. Ind...

The Incredible Examination of Time in Julie Curtiss "Monads and Dyads" @ White Cube, London White Cube Gallery // May 14, 2021 - June 26, 2021 May 14, 2021 | in Painting Backscratch 2020 Airbrushed acrylic and gouache on paper Lobby 2020 Vinyl, acrylic and oil paint on canvas 60 × 96 in. Installation views Interstice 2020 Vinyl, acrylic and oil paint on canvas 102 × 88 in. Le Futur 2021 Acrylic, vinyl and oil paint on canvas Diameter: 60 in. Coldroom 1 2020 Vinyl, acrylic and oil paint on can...

New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz on Frieze New York 2021, the first big art fair to reopen since the beginning of the pandemic. The fair took place at The Shed and featured work by Dana Schutz, Precious Okoyomon, and more.

Hospital diary … Tracey Emin, We All Bleed, 2020 Photograph: Image courtesy Tracey Emin (2020) Hospital diary … Tracey Emin, We All Bleed, 2020 Photograph: Image courtesy Tracey Emin (2020) Thu 13 May 2021 01.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 10.40 EDT ‘I’m smiling and talking to you,” says Tracey Emin, sitting at her kitchen table. “But it’s not always like this.” We’ve been delaying this conversation until she finally felt well enough. She ha...

Share Contemporary Mythologies: The Monteverdi Project Share Exhibition: Contemporary Mythologies: The Monteverdi Project in , Via Twitter or Facebook People who have saved this event: PrevNextclose A panel discussion led by Kovet.Art on Giovanna Petrocchi’s forthcoming solo show Contemporary Mythologies: The Monteverdi Project About Please join us for an exciting panel discussion led by K...