Tag: Art and design
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Tate Modern’s Frances Morris: ‘If it rained I went to the museum. That had a huge impact’
In her first interview since being appointed director of the world’s most popular contemporary art gallery, Frances Morris talks about its major new expansion, the morality of sponsorship, and her vision for the institution’s future
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Brief encounters: Undressed at the V&A
From Queen Victoria’s mother’s pantaloons to Kim Kardashian’s ‘butt-lifters’ – an exhibition about the history of underwear explores the beautiful and bizarre inventions beneath our clothes
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I sniffed the end of the world, and it smells like bile and dread
Artists Thomson and Craighead have bottled a fragrance based on the Bible’s descriptions of armageddon – including animal horns, flesh burned with fire and a grievous sore
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A brush with Picasso: rare portraits to be displayed in London
National Portrait Gallery exhibition will feature more than 75 portraits, some of which have never been seen in the UK
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Glasgow International review – irrepressible vitality everywhere
Glasgow itself is the focus of its 2016 festival of contemporary art, with 220 artists from around the world jostling for space – and plywood – and everything from the Panama Papers to velvet lobsters
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Open all hours: Art Night to give Londoners their own nuit blanche
Inspired by the popular Paris events, audiences will be able to explore art in venues from tube stations to luxury flats for one entire night this summer