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At Frieze London 2021 (14-17 October), David Shrigley will take over the Ruinart Art Bar with his ‘Unconventional Bubbles’ exhibition. We revisit our 2020 interview with the artist.
The National Gallery brings art outdoors with a pop-up of over 20 life-sized replicas Visitor using mobile Art of London AR gallery app (c) The National Gallery, London. LONDON .-The National Gallery is bringing art into the open-air with an outdoor exhibition of over 20 life-sized replicas of some of the most famous and treasured paintings in the collection including Van Goghs Sunflowers (1888), Turners The Fighting Temeraire (1839) Botticellis Venus and Mars (1485), and John Constables The Hay Wain (1821). This large scale installation in Trafalgar Square in the heart of London...
Public art must involve the people – not be thrust upon them The spontaneous love for a mural of Marcus Rashford shows that the public have art in their hearts – it just needs to be on their wavelength 15 July 2021 • 5:00am The restored mural in Withington, says Ben Lawrence, was 'the most powerful anti-racist message of the week' Credit: Reuters Something unexpected happened to me earlier this week. I found myself profoundly moved by the not-very-enticing mural of footballer Marcus Rashford in Withington, Greater Manchester. Of all the negatives in our national psyche that emerged afte...
Fans already calling for a Gareth Southgate statue ahead of Euros final England manager Gareth Southgate CALLS have been made for a Gareth Southgate statue to be erected at a prominent location in the capital if England win the Euros on Sunday. Fans are demanding the England manager is given a worthy memorial after guiding the Three Lions to Wembley clash against Italy. Murad Qureshi, a former London Assembly member, said: “If we win the Euro cup on Sunday, we definitely want a statue of Gareth Southgate,” adding that it would be a perfect replacement for the Sir Robert Clive bronze in ...
Share In a ceremony in London, where the winners were announced, Malawian-born Professor Kambalu said, ’Antelope on the Fourth Plinth was ever going to be a litmus test for how much I belong to British society as an African and a cosmopolitan. This commission fills me with excitement and joy.’ The sculpture is a recreation of a 1914 photograph depicting the Malawian Baptist preacher outside his new church with John Chorley, a European missionary. Professor Kambalu, a fellow of Magdalen college, won the commission following a public vote organised by the Mayor of London’s office. More th...