A picture is worth a thousand words.

Adobe is empowering artists of all kinds with the launch of its latest tool, Generative Fill.

Powered by Firefly, the Photoshop feature ...

Artists from the 19th century to the present day feature in the 2023 selection

What could be better. Springtime in Paris is again enlivened this year with a feast of Irish art ...

Lance Weiler is preparing his students at Columbia University for the unknown. “What I’m going to show you might disturb you,” he warned the class in January, at the beginning of his graduate ...

Sometimes art just puts a smile on your face. That’s the case with the work from Uzo Njoku.

The visual artist, who was born in Nigeria, creates portraits and tableaus of Black ...

In a post-pandemic world, with war in Europe and the cost of living crisis appearing unending, is it possible to have a sense of wholeness?

These are just some of the themes at the heart of a ...

Have you ever wondered what it would look like if Charles Darwin rode Napoleon’s horse into battle against a dragon and its army of video game characters?

Well, you could spend ...

Midjurney v5 has arrived this week with the latest model of the acclaimed AI image generator boasting stunning photorealistic images and humans that have five fingers per hand.

Enthusiasts ...

AN Inverness social enterprise is partnering up with an online platform to host an art materials swap in the Highland capital.

Velocity Café & Bicycle Workshop and the Circular ...

She’s colour blind but artist Mary Stuart-Miller creates vibrant paintings in her favourite hues of yellow, orange and purple from her homes in Europe and Brighton.

Mary Stuart-Miller ...

Two veterans organisations have teamed up to create an art exhibition centred around themes including mental health.

The Veterans Hub, based in Weymouth, is collaborating with ...

In praise of creativity and looking beyond ourselves

Consider the painting shown here, titled Hotel Bedroom, made by the British artist Lucian Freud in 1954.

A woman lies ...

NFTs are undoubtedly an opportunity for the present and the future of art, but they come with serious consequences

From the deep nuclei of our brain, dopamine- and noradrenaline-rich ...

The refrigerator in my kitchen is a coffin of memories. It juts out from where it is lodged between the bit of granite countertop at the end of the sink and the vacant negative space of the ...

A new sculpture designed to raise global awareness of salmon conservation has been unveiled in Speyside.

The 300 mirrored glass fish went on display at The Macallan Estate on ...

As a child in 1963, I first became aware that all was not well with our beautiful planet. I know this sounds like rather a young age (I was six years old) to be concerned with wildlife but my ...

AN ARTIST is being commissioned to work with the community to embrace and express the excitement surrounding the future of Dumfries’ Midsteeple Quarter.

The community-owned organisation ...

SHE'S the Bitterne-based mum of three who has turned her artistic sideline into a thriving business in the top one per cent of Etsy sellers internationally in just over two years.

Sara ...

Between 1841 and 1901 Belfast was the fastest growing of the ten largest cities in the United Kingdom and it also became the largest in Ireland, with city status granted in 1888.

This ...

The unveiling of the first of a series of hand-painted murals that will form a city art trail is a "big moment for the community", a councillor has said.

Artist Richard ...

The final two pieces of artwork set to feature in a £1m sculpture trail in Wakefield city centre have been revealed.

Wakefield Council has been awarded over a million pounds ...

A new heritage and arts community center has opened its doors in style by hosting its first public exhibition in the former steel town of Consett, north west County Durham.

The ...

Anthony Tartaglia uses art to dive into his own identity. Born and raised in Melbourne, his passion for Greek culture, history and mythology led him to discover his love for painting, in 2021.

Working ...

PARIS.- It all began down a narrow cobblestone road near Place de la Bastille.

An artist affixed a mosaic of a Martian from the pioneering 1978 video game Space Invaders to a ...

Tom Coomber sees things differently from most people. Autism heightens his senses. Colours are more vivid. Smells and sounds more intense.

At times it can make the world a troubling ...

Kirkstall Art Trail is a celebration of art in the community, taking place on Saturday 15 to Sunday, 16 July 2023.

KAT2023 will feature a weekend-long series of free exhibitions, ...

The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour (RSW) will open the show in Edinburgh, presenting the work of over 150 artists.

A total of 315 paintings in a variety of ...

The key role of the Amazon rainforest both in sequestering carbon and supporting a rich diversity of ecosystems is well known. But equally crucial to the wellbeing of the planet—if less high ...

This week, resident art business editor and fortune teller Tim Schneider makes highly specific predictions for the art world this year.

Welcome to the Art Angle, a podcast from ...

In a culture so fixated on image, Sean Burns explores why what’s beyond ‘the look’ is more important than ever

In David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Meryl Streep’s ...

Henna has long been used as a form of adornment in the Eastern world. It is a plant-based dye which temporarily colours skin, hair and nails.

The intricate art of henna design ...

In his efforts to create a new vision for his country, Putin is destroying its vibrant arts scene

Editor’s note: This article was produced in Moscow under reporting restrictions ...

Nuno Viegas' Queen of Hearts and Slim safont's The Punishment were among the most striking pieces painted during the flagship event and were recognised among the world's best work in the month ...

2023 promises to be another fantastic year of events and showcases for the Art Gallery, with a large focus being placed on north-east artists and local craftsmen.

Aberdeen Art ...

Art student Zoe Cooper looks all set to become another of Suffolk’s young art ‘stars’, following in the footsteps of Jelly Green and Ania Hobson.

Zoe has just picked up the ...

The amount of Indigenous art collected and properly contextualized by cultural institutions remains slim.

Meanwhile, that art is undervalued and overlooked by inequitable market ...

Drawn from our comprehensive coverage of the creative ecosystem this year, we present 50 uplifting quotes from the artistic community.

Artists, curators, gallerists and organisers ...

AN INTERNATIONAL exhibition showcased metals and jewellery when it appeared in Winchester.

Winchester Gallery held an exhibition called What Colour is Metal? - curated by Sara ...

From Cork to Kyiv, artists have been inspired to create pieces to show their support for Ukraine. These are the stories behind some of them

Love it or hate it, AI art is now a thing, and it's not going away.

There is some pretty great AI art out there. Does it actually matter that it is machine-generated? After all, ...

STUDENTS from the Glasgow School of Art helped make a local ceilidh a resounding success.

More than 75 people attended the St Andrews Day event at Rafford Village Hall (RVH) ...

A Worcester art gallery is celebrating a year since moving to a city shopping mall.

To mark the anniversary, art is ar’t the gallery in the Crowngate Shopping Centre is hosting ...

The annual postcard show from the KAVA arts group is currently taking place in Kinvara Courthouse and will be open from Friday to Sunday this weekend.

The artwork is anonymously ...

'Art Unwrapped' - the annual ‘gift to the city’ for a fifth consecutive year - is now on display at Ulster University’s new Belfast campus.

Belfast City Council, Ulster University ...

RESIDENTS at a Chester care home showcased their creative sides with a special art exhibition.

The team at Care UK’s Deewater Grange, on Chester Road, opened its doors and invited ...

Paris: From "Terminator" to "Titanic" to "Avatar", director James Cameron has pushed Hollywood´s technical wizardry to new limits, but human emotion must always ...

Glasgow art teacher Karin Hepburn found herself in the throes of an unlikely success story after the pandemic threatened the closure of her hairdressing business.

A local artist ...

Egypt is using the ancient grandeur of its pyramids as a backdrop for modern pop concerts and fashion shows, hoping to boost its image, tourism and the luxury brand sector beloved by its moneyed ...

TWENTY-SEVEN artists are exhibiting their work in the Christmas exhibition at the Apothecary Gallery in Bradford.

This is the gallery's first Christmas exhibition as it only ...

A YEAR-long project that has seen five artists develop their skills to produce striking portraits, stained glass still-lifes and Alberto Giacometti-inspired sculptures is culminating in an exhibition ...

A MURAL celebrating inclusion has been created by an employee at the Amazon fulfilment centre in Tilbury.

Mirela Niculescu has created a mural inspired by diversity, the local ...

A painting of some ageing boats at Bideford harbour in Devon was voted best in show by visitors to the Alton Art Society’s annual exhibition at the Alton Assembly Rooms last month.

First ...

A PROVOCATIVE exhibition to raise awareness of domestic abuse is coming to St. Mary’s Church, Carrigaline later this month as part of a national tour.

Entitled Souls Of Our Shoes ...

A Preston artist has been recognised in an international smartphone photography competition.

Lauren Melling secured a top ten spot at The Mobiography Awards.

Lauren placed ...

Cork-based artist and upcycler Jessica Baron will be showcasing her work at Art Source this week - alongside 200 Irish and international artists and galleries.

RESOURCEFUL is ...

There are some fine places to walk in Yorkshire and some great exhibitions to view art, but few combine the two quite as well as the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

There are some ...

As part of the European Union Culture Week, the Delegation of the European Union and the European Union member states invited several artists from the countries of the European Union to conduct ...

Seven arts and cultural organisations are set to share a major boost of almost £14m in funding.

Arts Council England (ACE) has revealed that the Norfolk Museums service, Creative ...

A Barrow arts charity has been awarded £230,000 to continue its work over the next three years.

Art Gene, based in the Nan Tait Centre on Abbey Road, has been given £239,957 ...

A new public art ‘bandstand’ is being built in Weston-super-Mare town centre as part of a cultural project in the town. The new ‘art shrine’ is part of the 21st Century Super Shrines project ...

Both Glasgow and Edinburgh have been listed as having some of the most striking street art features and murals across the country.

Street art has changed course over the years, ...

“I think they fear that they’re training for something they won’t ever be able to live off because they’re going to be replaced by AI.”

On October 3, renowned South Korean illustrator ...

The owners of a contemporary art gallery and book store have said closing after just over a year is "heart-wrenching".

DNA Norwich in Bank Plain was opened in August ...

In the borderlands between art and technology, no single development has sucked up more oxygen this year than the rise of image generators powered by artificial intelligence.

Not ...

A FINE art gallery will open its doors in the heart of Ringwood this week in a move operators hope will diversify the town’s offerings.

As part of several new outlets nationwide, ...

It may be autumn but it is hoped that visitors will take advantage of the crisp weather and flock to Northumberland.

More than 40 individual sculptures, which were part of the ...

Orkney’s St Magnus Cathedral will play host to an artwork portraying the sun in the form of a 6m-diameter inflatable balloon.

The famous cathedral has won backing from the local ...

A new not-for-profit art organisation has opened a new gallery in Exmouth.

Sea Dog Art is run by Anne Fitzgerald and Ellie and officially opened with a launch party on Friday, ...

The Anti-Stigma Arts Fund – operated by See Me – provides funds for individuals, groups, and organisations to create artwork to address mental health discrimination.

Glaswegians ...

King Charles has become the first British monarch whose artwork has sold at auction, fetching nearly £5,800 at Bonhams.

The print is from an original painting that the king created ...

A shop on Perth High Street is set to be transformed into an abandoned toy store as part of a new art exhibition launching at the end of October.

Perth is the first city in Scotland ...

Most have focused their attention this week on Art Basel’s new Paris+ fair, which has more than 150 exhibitors and is taking place near the Eiffel Tower. But a smaller, more tightly curated ...

An art teacher has said she aims to paint all 310 of the churches in her local diocese to raise awareness of their beauty.

Hayley Fern began capturing the churches across Leicestershire ...

YORK Minster has tonight unveiled a 'stunning' new sound and light installation which takes inspiration from the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Platinum and Light ...

Swansea’s 10 globes from its city centre public art trail are being displayed in one place for the first time to create a unique, educational experience.

The free spectacle of ...

Bold, experimental, influential and internationally successful, Edinburgh Weavers has been a ground-breaking force in textiles for almost a century – yet its name may not be familiar.

The ...

Once ubiquitous in Hong Kong's cityscape, the structures are rapidly being taken down and fading into the past.

A group of young enthusiasts are fighting to give Hong Kong’s ...

AN annual 'community art group' aimed at reducing isolation has returned with a new exhibition.

On October 22 and 23 between 11-4.30, The Irton Group Art Show will be returning ...

Morton Roberts, has opened up about the challenges of living with Parkinson's, which impacts his most precious tool as an artist - his hands

A pensioner has shared how he is ...

A free art trail across Flintshire and Denbighshire has returned this month hosting 66 artisans in 25 studios.

The Clwydian Creatives Art Trail runs every weekend in September ...

A NEW art event has popped up in the city.

The Northern Paint Fest, by art collective Blank Wall Assassins, has kicked off at Tribe Carlisle in Bitts Park.

The festival ...

27th June marks International PTSD Awareness Day and to honour this, PTSD UK are launching their first art book to help people understand more about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – a condition ...

Artist Gail Turpin isn’t an expert on birds, but she loved hearing their song more clearly when walking her dog around Edinburgh as traffic stopped during lockdown. “I started gathering feathers ...

A new public art project to brighten up Peterhead town centre has been launched.

Rediscover Peterhead hope to create a colourful walking trail through the heart of the town in ...

Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) and artist J.F. Jacques would love to hear from local refugees to contribute to an art installation for Refugee Week 2022, whether they have been in Bedford for a long time ...

Dublin City Council intends to drop its prosecution of art group Subset for three prominent street murals – including one celebrating the life of David Attenborough.

However, ...

There’s an air of excitement around Gray’s School of Art as final-year students make the finishing touches to their exhibits ahead of today’s opening of the long-awaited “live” degree show to ...

The gallery has launched a digital guide on Bloomberg Connects - the free arts and cultural app created by Bloomberg Philanthropies, in a bid to make Aberdeen Art Gallery accessible for both ...

American landscape painter John MacDonald (coming soon to Realism Live!) shares five things that have become normal throughout his life as a professional artist.

From Somewhat ...

TEST Valley Borough Council has announced the winner of its platinum jubilee public art commission - and it’s set to go to a familiar face.

Amy Goodman, who created the spectacular ...

NEWPORT has seen an explosion of brilliant street art in recent months.

Murals have been popping up in various locations across the city almost weekly and it’s clear that the ...

As several galleries celebrate birthdays, Hettie Judah speaks to Barbican Stories and directors of BALTIC, ICA, Midlands Art Centre and Yorkshire Sculpture Park about founding principles and ...

Across the world, Wembley has long been synonymous with the, often very male-dominated, beautiful game.

What probably springs to mind for most of us is something along the lines ...

Science meets art in Stobswell. The University of Dundee and Dundee Print Collective have teamed up in an illuminating exhibition that makes an art of science, and brings it to the likes of ...

When Nikolaus Pevsner dedicated his 1955 Reith Lectures to ‘The Englishness of English Art’, he left out the Scots.

The English art establishment has never bothered with what ...

A Perthshire boarding school is putting pupils at the heart of its new café in an attempt to encourage more youngsters into the hospitality sector.

The Art Cafe at Strathallan ...

A new art exhibition will feature specially commissioned works alongside the Japanese prints which inspired them.

The Travelling Stories display will run from May 27 until December ...

Walter Sickert introduced Victorian Britain to Modern art, yet is best known for his drab-toned nudes on iron bedsteads. Mary Miers considers the career of an individualist who was both radical ...

Cat-inspired artwork by an unknown Second World War soldier could stun at auction after languishing in a loft for more than 70 years – and being dismissed as worthless.

Antiques ...

Charlotte Mullins in Conversation with Andrew Keen

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, ...

The former no-go zone is now safer and brighter to walk through to Cromwell Road shops

It was often used by moped maniacs and frightened pedestrians using the subway to get to ...

A NEW display of pictures has gone on show in Lockerbie, a gift to the town from the family of the late solicitor, Ian Henderson.

The artwork has been erected in Lockerbie Town ...

Art is the illumination of the human desire to connect and create, irrespective of the period or genre

It’s not all bad news.

Yes, the situation in Ukraine is dangerous ...

The warty pig painting was found in a cave in Indonesia and is thought to be at least 45,500 years old

Deep within a cave in central Indonesia, archaeologists have discovered ...

Hosted in Beauly’s Phipps Hall, there was a wide range of paintings up for grabs from Highland cows to stunning Scottish scenery.

On the opening night, 24 paintings were sold ...

The urban artist has set up his own portable studio to get the results he wants – art on the move, so he can sketch and paint while he’s watching street-based events whether they be protesters, ...

New details of our past are coming to light, hiding in the nooks and crannies of the world, as we refine our techniques to go looking for them.

Most lauded is the reconstruction ...

The cultural motif has inspired works from Renaissance paintings of the Virgin Mary to studies of sex workers. A new show at Dulwich Picture Gallery explores what unites them

It’s ...

AI progress comes in fits and starts. You hear nothing for months and then, suddenly, the limits of what seems possible are burst asunder. April was one of those months, with two major new releases ...

Art made by young people from Cumnock is being showcased at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.

Vibrant posters, prints and banners created by 20 pupils from ...

A Suffolk woman who found herself able to overcome challenges in her life through her creative passion has shared her story.

Susie Hammond's journey to an exhibiting artist began ...

A Sarasota artist, originally from Poland, has organized an exhibit of artwork by Ukrainian children at Chasen Galleries II.

SARASOTA, FL — Polish artist Wojtek Sawa was 11 years ...

Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your ...

Hanna Zvyagintseva was born in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and had lived there her whole life.

That is until the Russian invasion began.

She stayed put in the city with ...

Art viewing and art making can lead to greater well-being across ages, nationalities, and income levels.

It may surprise students of art history—who know legion examples of ...

A short video produced in Larnaca links a tiny corner of Athens with a massive organisation in Boston. And with luck will see similar projects linked to the new Cyprus Museum

How ...

From March through the end of April, Gallery Duomo at UB City in Bengaluru is host to the exhibition titled Femme, featuring the works of nine women artists. It was launched to commemorate Women's ...

A new study published in the peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal PLOS One found that prehistoric people used fire to carve artwork into stone.

Researchers at the Universities ...

He is the most famous Black person from the Tudor era, a court trumpeter who performed at important regal celebrations and was highly rewarded for his skill by Henry VIII.

Now ...

Taking a photographer's favourite hour of the day, when a golden light bathes everything in a flattering warmth, Holly Stapleton's illustrations are pleasingly soft, charming and tender. The ...

Women are seizing their place in China's burgeoning contemporary art scene, sharing unique perspectives on the world around us.

One of them is Dai Wenhua, a collector, multi-disciplinary ...

Retired engineer Vladimir Ovchinnikov has spent decades painting murals in his small town south of Moscow but finds some of his art is not welcome after Russia’s conflict with Ukraine.

“They’ve ...

Almost 300 hundred works by 178 different artists are being shown at the Aberdeen Art Gallery after a new exhibition opened this weekend.

The works are part of the Aberdeen Art ...

Poppin’ & lockin’ as performers from around the world head for Sadler’s Wells.

“OLD attitudes” stop hip-hop dance getting the respect it deserves, the artistic director of ...

Dornoch has a new, temporary visitor attraction – a colourful "Heilan Coo".

The sculpture, which has been placed on Castle Street, is part of the Highland Hospice's ...

An art festival, that was recently launched, is growing an international following, organisers say.

The new Appleby Tree Art Festival grew this international following after ...

A new interactive art trail has been revealed on the Fallowfield Loop. The artwork runs between Chorlton and Levenshulme and is both visual and interactive through an app.

The ...

An art collection at a Cambridge University college for women students will revert back to its original name, The Women's Art Collection.

Murray Edwards College said changing ...

A NEW exhibition has been unveiled at Oswestry Library this week, to showcase artworks exploring the link between creativity, wellbeing and nature after the pandemic.

With contributing ...

The National Gallery has altered the title of Edgar Degas’ drawing Russian Dancers to Ukrainian Dancers”, prompting calls for other cultural institutions to rethink “lazy” interpretations or ...

THE popular image of Cumbrian history is one of violence and lawlessness, of Border Reivers and the Debatable Lands; an area which many monarchs tried and failed to control.

So ...

In Wreck, visual artist Tom de Freston interrogates the role of art in healing from repressed personal trauma, and how this is linked into wider communal and historical traumas. Drawing on his ...

ABC Council is delivering a wide range of town centre improvements as part of its Arrivals Project in a bid to enhance the town’s physical environment, improve its linkages and capitalise on ...

Tanith has pulled together a huge variety of art and crafts for this online auction aimed at raising money for a Ukrainian animal welfare organisation

Isle of Wight artist, Tanith ...

Sand art on a Pembrokeshire beach has shared a striking message of support for the Ukraine.

The 'Tenby Supports Ukraine' picture was created on the resort’s North Beach by local ...

With a set of creative skills and a personal computer, you can convert your digital art into NFTs.

NFTs are nonfungible tokens. The adjective “nonfungible” is often used in economics ...

Legendary artist John Harris is best-known for his almost ethereal paintings of science fiction landscapes — and soon, there will be a new collection of his work for fans to dig into.

Titan ...

AMSTERDAM. Following on from the great success of the previous online Tribal Art Fairs (TAF) held during lockdown in autumn 2020 and spring 2021, Tribal Art Fair online is scheduled to take ...

Students in Gateshead and Newcastle have collaborated to turn an unappealing but necessary school storage unit into a work of art.

Ryton Infant and Junior School in Gateshead ...

A painting created by a robotic dog sold for $40,000 at a charity auction to raise money for Ukrainian refugees. The piece, Sunrise March, was painted in the New York studio of Polish-American ...

Stage curtains are closing, art exhibitions are being halted and performers are being replaced.

Over the past month, major cultural players worldwide -- including some within ...

Artist Mark Hearld’s four-storey home in York is choc full of objects and displays

There is a dresser or display cabinet in almost every room in artist Mark Hearld’s house. In ...

Artists in Guernsey are auctioning off their work to raise money for a charity helping those affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

Olympia McEwan put one of her paintings, which ...

A major new exhibition is set to open at York Art Gallery – featuring key figures from British art and literature.

Beyond Bloomsbury: Life, Love & Legacy will explore the ...

The people of Odesa in Ukraine have placed hundreds of sandbags around the city’s bronze statue of Duke de Richelieu as they prepare for a Russian attack.

The monument, unveiled ...

See Monster will tower above the seafront in Weston-super-Mare this summer and could leave tourists and residents divided

It is fair to say that the fate of disused oil rigs ...

A PUPIL from a Carlisle secondary school has been shortlisted for an international art competition.

Year 13 student Jakub Sitkiewicz is in the running to take home the top prize at United Learning’s ...

Stage curtains are closing, art exhibitions are being halted and performers are being replaced.

Over the past week, major cultural players worldwide -- including some within ...

A cafe in Aberdeen is hosting a fundraising event to benefit Ukrainian refugees this weekend.

Second Home Studio and Cafe will be hosting an art event between 12pm and 3pm on ...

There has been an explosion of interest in ‘creative AI’, but does this mean that artists will be replaced by machines?

No, definitely not, says Anne Ploin, Oxford Internet Institute ...

Walls around the world are being transformed into tributes to Ukraine amid Russia's invasion.

Street artists around the world are spraying in solidarity with Ukraine.

Many ...

The artist and human rights activist discusses the power of writing, the poetry of his father, and the artworld’s self-serving ideologies

Contemporary artist and human-rights ...

Cracks on the pavement are a common sight in cities. And while most people choose to step around them, one artist is using these gaps as an opportunity for urban beautification.

French ...

Create your own manga and comic book characters. You don't have to monetise all of your hobbies, but if you can, it's even better.

If you've always dreamed about a career in ...

How a mystery artist is transforming Australian beaches with his stunningly intricate sand drawings.

A sand artist is making waves with his ethereal beach art.

Edward ...

2021 was the year for NFTs. Top sales included CryptoPunk #7523 for $11,754,000, Beeple’s “Human One” for $28,985,000, and Pak’s NFT drop “Merge,” which set the record for largest sale by a ...

For decades he was spurned by a snobby art establishment and struggled to pay the rent — even worse, it took the French to spot Constable’s genius!

Is this not beautiful?’ remarked ...

They were separated by more than 200 years and catered to entirely different audiences. But French decorative artists of the 18th century and Walt Disney animators in America shared a unique ...

A 5,000-year-old chalk sculpture found in the grave of three children has been hailed as "the most important piece of prehistoric art" uncovered in Britain in a century.

The ...

We're used to NFTs selling for big money, but this bird-themed collection owned by FlamingoDAO is worth a staggering $1B. Yes, you read that right: One. Billion. Dollars. This NFT art collection ...

The polychromatic clay vessels of Japanese artist Kazuhito Kawai are quite spectacular, the cascade of small, amorphous, textured forms like lava erupting from a volcano.

Kawai’s ...

For decades, artists have worked across physical and digital canvases, especially in public installations, where a virtual component can lend a futuristic frisson to traditional works.

The ...

Fingal County Council has unveiled a new and completed public artwork for Balbriggan, called “The Banks”.

The work, entitled ‘The Banks’, is by Fingal artist Sean Molloy and ...

Good or bad, in-between or neither, we respond to art for the way it makes us feel

Is the question “Friends or How I Met Your Mother?” the modern-day version of “ ‘Mona Lisa’ ...

If someone asked whether you like the arts, you’d probably say you do—at least in theory. According to the advocacy group Americans for the Arts, more than two-thirds of U.S. adults say the ...

SIX decades of artistic inspiration and a variety of photos are being showcased as part of three new Scottish exhibitions.

The Lillie at 60 exhibition marks 60 years of the Lillie ...

A new 'grotesque' adult art class will be launching at a venue in Penryn next week.

The Gargoyle Making Workshop will be located at the Fish Factory venue in Penryn and will ...

Artistic projects in parts of Cumbria are being encouraged to apply for funding to help rejuvenate culture after lockdown.

The Westmorland Arts Trust, managed by Cumbria Community ...

Kurma, an art showcase, is raising funds for the upkeep of six pairs of tortoises at the Nehru Zoological Park, Hyderabad.

Thanks to an art show titled Kurma, six pairs of tortoises ...

There’s no more damning indictment of society’s addiction to stuff than the mounds of rubbish that litter the world, and the Design Museum’s eco exhibition makes that clear.

Divided ...

A piece of street art that had some Oldham residents questioning if the famed artist Banksy was behind it has been completed and the artist has been identified.

The artwork, ...

Mae Mitchell’s amazing artwork made from plastic bottle tops saw her crowned a recycling hero.

Mae, who wanted to raise awareness of the amount of plastic we throw away, created ...

A new heavenly wonder is about to land in Exeter Cathedral as part of a touring art installation.

The seven-metre replica of the moon is the brainchild of artist Luke Jerram.

'Museum ...

According to reports, a group of editors at Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, do not believe nonfungible tokens (NFT) are a form of art.

Questioning if NFTs can be considered ...

A happy new year to everyone from the Sidmouth Society of Artists (SSA) and Exmouth Art Group (EAG), who are once again combining to start the year with a bang.

On January 1, ...

Turner Prize–nominated artist Tracey Emin will establish an art school and museum in her seaside hometown of Margate, England.

She plans to house the school, titled TKE Studios, ...

Happy New Year. As we start again, here’s a list of some of the topics that seemed to shape art in 2021—and how they are likely to evolve in 2022.

Immersive Van Gogh ruled the year, with multiple ...

The pandemic may have made shooting more difficult, but four photographers and directors have managed to juggle both their artistic pursuits as well as commercial projects.

Whether ...

Henshaws Arts and Crafts Centre in Knaresborough has launched its Christmas fundraising campaign, designed to highlight some of the challenges disabled people face during the festive season.

Christmas ...

Algarve resident artist, Liz Allen, explains her unique art and how Monchique’s awe-inspiring landscape has served as great inspiration for her paintings and has been a place that has helped ...

Brian Eno is many things: composer, writer, record producer, visual artist, musician and self-described ‘non-musician’.

One of experimental pop’s most innovative figures, he’s ...

A new visual art area, showcasing a range of contemporary art, has opened at the Ardhowen theatre, Enniskillen.

Working in collaboration with Fermanagh-based art gallery, Hambly ...

A GROUP of young women from St Helens will open a brand new art exhibition on Friday, December 10 in the former Tyrers Building exploring young people’s experiences.

Produced ...

A graduate and a staff member from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David have been successful at the Swansea Open 2021 art exhibition at the Glynn Vivian Gallery in Swansea.

Swansea ...

Postcard-sized artworks have been created following a call-out to Outside In artists, guest artists and friends of the charity to design pieces on the theme of A Brighter Tomorrow.

The ...

It’s a well-known fact that the dreams of artists are often unfulfilled as they rarely get the support they need.

The lack of profit makes it almost impossible for artists to ...

Banksy has emerged as a possible white knight in a long-unrealised plan to transform the vacant prison where Oscar Wilde was once held into an art center.

Reading Gaol has been ...

A Carlisle arts and crafts exhibition starts this weekend. StArt’s Wintertide Festive Arts & Crafts Exhibition will run from Saturday until Saturday December 11 in Intro’s pop-up shop space ...

According to Vogue, the spring/summer 2022 runways and street style encouraged the idea that style is about to become more "creative" and "authentic" than ever before, and ...

Artists intent on rekindling ancient tribal art forms in the face of an increasingly cyber society will be a particular feature of the 10th edition of Brisbane’s Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary ...

Work by five Highland artists has been unveiled in the Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness.

The artworks, ranging from landscapes to abstracts, will be displayed in the centre’s ...

Aberdeen Art Gallery has been named Scotland's building of the year.

Designed by architect Alexander Marshall McKenzie, the building in the city's Schoolhill area first opened ...

Maisie Matilda is an expert of ForeEdge painting. What’s that? It’s using the page edges of a closed book as a mini-canvas and painting onto it, transforming the printed work into a unique piece ...

If you ever thought a section of high street shop shutter would never become a piece of art, then think again.

Much of the frowned upon graffiti that decorates many a corner ...

Eight-year-old Chloe Daykin is celebrating her second place win in the Junior Artist of the Year competition for a painting of Mansfield Town Hall.

The Abbey Primary School pupil ...

Growing up with a religious background in a country like Egypt, it can be hard to question religion.

For Egyptian illustrator Yousef Sabry, an artistic voice was found from having ...

Each year, a third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, amounting to about 1.3 billion tonnes of waste per year.

This contributes a massive amount of greenhouse ...

Moray Art Centre has launched its largest art exhibition since reopening after pandemic lockdowns.

The exhibition ‘Covenant’ is showing work by artists, focussing on an armed ...

Every year the United Kingdom alone generates more than two million metric tons of plastic packaging waste.

Since plastic manufacturing took off in the 1950s, global production ...

Primary school students are displaying their art in a pop-up gallery after studying a variety of famous artist’ works and creating their own art based on what they have learned.

Comic art conventions are already massive events in the US. Well, it seems they are gaining ground here in the UK as well.

Harrogate has been host to the latest ‘Thought Bubble’ ...

Art Against Knives, a London-based charity that aims to end youth violence through creativity, is marking its 10th birthday by launching an urgent crowdfunder to keep its creative youth space ...

Two Kandahari sisters have turned their home into a painting and drawing centre as girls’ educational centres remain closed in Kandahar city.

The sisters have learned the art ...

The 'Now We’re Talking' campaign, run by the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, was nominated for its free public art trails that took place across Herefordshire and ...

Many NFT projects have popped up over the past year, blessing people across the world with accessible and beautiful art.

Major art dealers and auctions like Sotheby’s have recognized ...

Sam March creates fluid art and although she has been an artist all her life, has only found the courage to sell her own creations this past couple of years.

Sam, who’s the Founder ...

The Scottish Ornithologist Club is hosting a new solo art exhibition from tomorrow, November 11, 2021 through to January 9, 2022 at the Waterston House headquarters in Aberlady, featuring the ...

Three Cumbrian artists have been given free public studio space in what were empty units at the Devonshire Arcade in Penrith, thanks to the arts charity Hypha Studios.

Hypha ...

A young woman has turned her love of art and the sea into a career by launching a stall in Plymouth Market.

Self-taught Jessy Veale, aged 22, is now selling ocean-inspired creations ...

A new art installation has been erected in the National Theatre and people who donate to the post-pandemic recovery of the venue will have their name, or the name of a loved one, carved onto ...

An exhibition is opening shortly in Highgate full of art inspired by the Northern line.

Created by the group, East Finchley Open Artists, each artist was tasked with creating ...

Green campaigners have set up an art stall in Parliament Street to coincide with the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.

Passers-by are being provided with paper and arts materials ...

War and art have always been inextricably linked and an exhibition in Bishop Auckland Town Hall, County Durham, has been opened to shine a light on art creations by military veterans.

Many ...

Aberdeen-based artist and printmaker Charlie Hynes has enjoyed a long and illustrious career since he started out in the 1970s.

In this interview Charlie notes one of the highlights ...

The ultimate home art studio should combine equal parts organisation, functionality, and inspiration.

Depending on your artistic medium (and how much room you have to spare!) ...

Muslim artist Jasna Salim lives in a society divided by religious bigotry, but hopes that her artwork will be held as a symbol of communal harmony at a time when tensions between religions are ...

Created by artists Gardner & Gardner, I Will Learn To Sit With You And I Will Learn To Listen is a piece made up of 122 redundant church chairs which have been repurposed for the installation.

Organisers ...

Train conductor Paul Mirfin picked up his first paintbrush during the Covid-19 pandemic and is now showing his first public exhibition at Harrogate station’s waiting room.

A former printing works in the centre of Bristol has just unveiled its newly restored façade, taking shoppers back in time when the property’s frontage was first created by artist William James ...

“I have never been to the DRC. I speak Sesotho fluently and a bit of Afrikaans but I am treated very differently by my peers.”

Human rights organisation Africa Unite hosted an ...

David Starley never expected to become an artist, in fact, he was encouraged to drop art altogether as it wasn’t deemed to be useful. Now, where have you heard that before artists?

Thankfully, ...

Art for the Animals is the inaugural art fundraising event to support For the Animals’ work to protect wildlife and habitat in one of the last remaining intact forests in Asia, the Southern ...

Make striking vintage art digitally using 3D scanned He-Man toys.

Creating vintage art can be achieved in many ways. But have you tried scanning old toys and painting over them ...

Dublin City Council's prosecution over two prominent street art murals – including one celebrating the life of David Attenborough – will go to a full hearing next March.

The ...

The Museum of Nepali Art’s live painting festival sets a precedent for art that supports a social cause.

Art and artists from all genres are never slow to step into the breach ...

Proteins, the building blocks of life have become the focus for art students in a project to combine art and science to create multimedia artworks that promote learning and understanding of ...

Arts Centre Washington and Sunderland Culture are launching the free “arts and wellbeing” sessions, called Creative Me, for young people aged 13 to 18.

The sessions will take ...

It is telling, though perhaps unsurprising, that in a time of expanding digital exhibition spaces, curators, artists, and collectors still value face-to-face contact provided by art fairs. 

Frieze ...

A few years ago a fortunate accident in a Lagos coffee shop opened up a completely new art form for Nigerian artist Ekene Ngige.

A brand new School of Art and Design for Nottingham’s Trent University has been given permission to go ahead, with construction planned to start early next year.

The £35m construction ...

An art historian and former dealer in antique art, Thomas González was always passionate about art. He considers himself as a translator between the finance and the art world.

Both ...

Three art workshops will celebrate and highlight the plight of the natural world.

INSPIRED by COP26 in November, Transition Northwich is inviting residents to take a fresh look ...

Visual artists, designers, book binders, jewellers, textile artists and photographers in Ayrshire have returned to exhibit their work at the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine after 18 months of ...

I was looking forward to LUX the new show at 180 The Strand.

Hettie Judah: Starting with The Infinite Mix in 2016 this has been the site of some ambitious and beautifully installed ...

@LoveScottishArt is compiling a list of Scottish based artists, crafters etc.

If you want to be included check out this Tweet:

A major public art project commissioned to brighten up the streets of Cardiff has been mistakenly removed in a city centre cleansing cock-up.

The pilot street art project titled ...

There has been K-pop, K-cinema, K-tech and K-philosophy.

Now there is K-art and it is much in evidence in London this week, notably at Frieze, which today announces Patrick Lee ...

A TOURING bell, which is making its way around UK schools to raise awareness of a national art project, has found a temporary home in town.

The Mayflower Primary School in Harwich ...

The headwrap has been used in Nigeria since the early 1700s by women of all ages and status.

The headwrap is now making a comeback as a popular fashion accessory with younger ...

Archaeologists working in the famous Romanelli Cave in Apulia, Italy have uncovered Palaeolithic artwork including a very rare depiction of a bird dating back more than 14,000 years.

Pic: ...

The creative and cultural sector is a huge contributor to the wider economy.

In the midst of ongoing global economic challenge we have an opportunity – and a duty – to reset ...

A new art gallery, the first in the UK dedicated to Spanish art, culture and history is due to open its doors on Friday 15th October in the County Durham town of Bishop Auckland.

Pic: ...

An abandoned factory in northern Paris has become the canvas for a spectacular piece of street art that is hoped to shine the spotlight on the living conditions and jobs opportunities for refugees ...

Controversial artist and art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has thrown his hat in the NFT ring and joined the growing swell of artists hoping to make big bucks on the blockchain.

Pic: ...

An art exhibition highlighting the plight of those who have been effected so far by the climate crisis, will open today at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and three paintings by a Glasgow-based ...

Latvian multimedia design students use leaves and hay to construct earth art as part of their Land Art project for the GreenFest 21 Art Festival in Gauja National Park, Latvia.

Earth ...

The number seven comes with a lot of biblical baggage.

Bold artistic vision leads artist to create more than 250 custom illustrations for the best-selling book in ...

Begun in 2012, the new extended five-year agreement from 2021-2026 will bring more ambitious contemporary artworks from emerging and established artists to forests across England, with a strong ...

During our childhood we have our own blueprint of memories. These memories are stored and some of them just vanish into oblivion.

Some memories are kept alive through a poem; ...

Ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), Tate Modern will stage Power to Change, a weekend of free events, installations, and workshops, to energise and empower the public to take ...