René Magritte: The Pleasure Principle – exhibition
René Magritte presented himself as the 'ordinary man in the bowler hat, suit and tie' who happened to paint extraordinary pictures. James Hall considers how his work influenced later generationsRené...
View ArticleRené Magritte: enigmatic master of the impossible dream
On the eve of a major Magritte exhibition, artists with an eye for the peculiar reveal why they love the witty Belgian surrealistTERRY GILLIAM Film director and former member of Monty PythonIt wasn't...
View ArticleRené Magritte at Tate Liverpool - in pictures
A selection of exhibits from René Magritte: the Pleasure Principle at Tate Liverpool
View ArticleMagritte exhibition at Tate Liverpool gets fans of Marc Bolan raving
Major show of Belgian surrealist's work gives rock fans a chance to see painting that shares its name with the date the singer diedMuch to their surprise, the curators of the biggest Magritte...
View ArticleRené Magritte: beyond surreal
Bowler hats, pipes, umbrellas: René Magritte's work has become dulled through familiarity. As a new retrospective opens, Adrian Searle uncovers the painter's dark sideIn pictures: Magritte at Tate...
View ArticleMagritte at Tate Liverpool: Secrets and surrealism - video
As Tate Liverpool's new retrospective opens, Adrian Searle investigates the strange world of The Secret PlayerAdrian SearleShehani Fernando
View ArticlePeter Duggan's Artoons – René Magritte
Peter Duggan reimagines the composition of the Belgian painter's most iconic painting, as a new Magritte retrospective opens at Tate Liverpool
View ArticleJob losses at Tate Liverpool as director moves on
But it is hoped the jobs will go through voluntary redundancies and redeploymentsThere will be job losses at Tate Liverpool, its management has confirmed as it was announced that the gallery's...
View ArticleTate Liverpool director to leave post after 10 years
Christoph Grunenberg departs as gallery forced to make redundanciesThe director of Tate Liverpool, Christoph Grunenberg, is leaving the gallery after a decade in which he has staged exhibitions by...
View ArticleThe Tate of the nation
As Tate Liverpool reviews practices and sheds staff, is it being dumped in favour of the more southerly parts of the Tate empire?What is the trouble at Tate Liverpool? The Merseyside branch of the Tate...
View ArticleTate Modern's Oil Tanks to follow Turbine Hall in time for Olympics
'World's most exciting new art space' to open in 2012 with Nicholas Serota confident of raising £215m neededTwo enormous concrete oil tanks behind the Tate Modern, unused for 30 years, will become...
View ArticleTate buys sculpture, drawings and video installation at Frieze art fair
£150,000 fund enables gallery director Nicholas Serota to acquire three contemporary works at open-air art marketThe Tate has gone shopping at the Frieze art fair and acquired three contemporary works,...
View ArticleGateshead is ready to be the centre of the arts universe
Six weeks of Turner Prize fun and games start tomorrow at the Baltic gallery, and reach a climax with the award ceremony on 5 DecemberThere's just a day to go until the start of Gateshead's Big Six...
View ArticleQueen of arts: Alice in Wonderland at Tate Liverpool – in pictures
A new exhibition will explore how Lewis Carroll's stories about Alice, the 'Harry Potter of her day', have inspired generations of artists, from Salvador Dalí to Kiki Smith
View ArticleMad about the girl: Tate Liverpool's Alice in Wonderland show
Alice Liddell inspired Lewis Carroll, whose books inspired a thousand art works. But are they any good? Adrian Searle heads down the rabbit hole at Tate Liverpool's new showLewis Carroll, or rather the...
View ArticleMonet water lily paintings to make UK debut at Tate Liverpool
An exhibition of Monet, Turner and Twombly at Tate Liverpool will include two water lilies paintings never seen in the UKSome of the most beautiful and beloved paintings of the early 20th century,...
View ArticleThe best shows, the biggest news – the year in art
From Ai Weiwei to Urs Fischer, Jonathan Jones looks back at 2011's biggest art stories – and sets out essential dates for your 2012 diary in our Art Weekly annual roundupTop exhibitions of 2011Leonardo...
View ArticleLiverpool's DaDaFest wins prestigious prize
The international disability and deaf arts festival has scooped the Lever PrizeThe DaDaFest in Liverpool has won this year's prestigious £10,000 Lever Prize, just over a year after I wrote about fears...
View ArticleThe abstract explorer: Charline von Heyl at Tate Liverpool – video
Charline von Heyl: Now or Else is the first major exhibition of the abstract artist's work in the UK. Here, Gavin Delahunty, head of exhibitions and displays at Tate Liverpool, discusses Von Heyl's use...
View ArticleInnocence and Experience – in pictures
Artworks selected by Marianne Faithfull for an exhibition at Tate Liverpool that have either given her inspiration or were inspired by her
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