Art Turning Left: revolution in the head
Can a single floor of Tate Liverpool sum up more than 200 years of political art? Adrian Searle heads for the barricades but gets lost in a jumble of Bauhaus ashtrays and William Morris fabricWhat is...
View ArticleAgainst the grain: art's greatest guerrillas - in pictures
From molotov cocktail Coke bottles to the Guerrilla Girls's feminist fights for gender equality, here's a selection of the most highly charged political art in history. Art Turning Left: How Values...
View ArticleArt Turning Left: How Values Changed Making 1789-2013 review
Tate LiverpoolIdeas take priority over images even great ones in this chaotic if undeniably interesting exploration of the influence of leftwing values on the production and reception of artMarat has...
View ArticleCulture chic: how to dress when visiting the latest must-see art exhibitions
From a plaid shirt and brogues to view William Burroughs' photographs to leather trousers and ballet flats for Bailey's Stardust, we show you how to look the part on the cultural trail
View ArticleBattles over language
Raymond Williams's pithy political compendium Keywords has been reissued, and is the inspiration behind a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool. Andy Beckett on an addictive book that captures a Britain in...
View ArticleThe great $1m Ai Weiwei protest the week in art
A man in Miami smashed an Ai Weiwei vase thinking it was a fake. Plus mafia murders, spot the sniper and Henri Cartier-Bresson the communist all in your favourite weekly art dispatchThe Great War in...
View ArticleKeywords at Tate Liverpool explores 1980s Britain
New exhibition inspired by Raymond Williams book offers an interesting, if ill-served, glimpse into the language of British artThe words slide by around the gallery walls, in a large, looping...
View ArticleCurators may be sceptical but branding is vital for museums
The Tate and British Museum are among institutions that have adopted brand thinking taken seriously, it can help our scholarship reach more peopleThe people who run museums have, over the past 20...
View ArticleBlock party: Piet Mondrian's angular art in pictures
Two shows at Tate Liverpool (Mondrian and his Studios, 6 June-5 October) and Turner Contemporary in Margate (Mondrian and Colour, 24 May-21 September) chart the life and work of this most meticulous...
View ArticleMondrian and His Studios; Mondrian and Colour review
Tate Liverpool explores Mondrian's grids, but the real revelation is in Margate, with the joyous high-chrome images of the Dutch artist's youthSome years after he had renounced figurative painting for...
View ArticleLiverpool Biennial 2014: A lot of misery and bleakness
Adrian Searle hunts for a glimmer of hope in a bewildering journey across the cityThere are always good things in the Liverpool Biennial but often not enough, and the themes have often seemed trite and...
View ArticleMaster of motion Alexander Calder to lead Tate's 2015 programme
The American artist's 'performing' sculptures will join the first major Barbara Hepworth exhibition in a half-century and a worldwide pop-art retrospective on the Tate's lineup for next yearThe first...
View ArticleEduardo Paolozzis huge personal archive donated to Tate gallery
Treasure trove of scrapbooks, photos, diaries and collected items give insight into life and works of leading British sculptorHundreds of boxes filled with drawings, collages and eccentric ephemera...
View ArticleTate and oil: does the art world need to come clean about sponsorship?
If campaigners get their way, the Tate may soon have to disclose how much money BP gives it. Why the secrecy? And is sponsorship harming the arts?In a cramped second-floor room in an office block...
View ArticleSky Arts announces £3m TV projects fund to extend culture partnerships
Amplify initiative will make up to £1m a year available for joint pitches between arts organisations and production companiesSky Arts will look to extend its partnerships with cultural organisations...
View ArticleTransmitting Andy Warhol review white light and black angels in an immersive...
Tate LiverpoolThe first major Andy Warhol exhibition in the north of England recreates the world of the Factory and the Exploding Plastic Inevitable and Warhol is revealed in all his compassion and...
View ArticleTransmitting Andy Warhol review a show of real pep, pace and force
Tate LiverpoolTate Liverpool does Warhol proud by focusing on the fine distinctions between the multiple versions of his art for allAndy Warhol would have been 86 in August. His soup cans and dollar...
View ArticleEnglish museum and gallery visitors - which place was most popular in 2012?
How popular are England's museums and galleries? Which attract the most visitors? The latest monthly figures out today show how many people visit each place and how it's changed over the yearsGet the...
View Article2013 preview: the cultural year ahead for women
From an Austen anniversary to a Sundance full of female talent, the new year is already packed with highlights. What are you looking forward to this year?No one expects 2013 to be easy, but we'll take...
View ArticleNoel Fielding recreates classic glam images - in pictures
Gold lipstick, bell bottoms, glitter As an exhibition of classic glam rock images opens at the Tate Liverpool, The Mighty Boosh's Noel Fielding goes glam to relive the golden years of Bowie, Brian Eno...
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