Arts
Video – 400 people gathered with mirrors on south coast to flash SOS signal to Europe
400 people gathered with mirrors on south coast to flash SOS signal to Europe
These black and white competition photos show monochrome photography is very much alive
Won by an atmospheric shot of a sailboat going past as fog rolls in to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, other entries include a stunning portrait of a leopard in the wild and horses in France.
“Laugh now, but one day no-one will be in charge” – Banksy marks “Brexit day”
Banksy said his painting of politicians as chimpanzees is back on public display to “mark Brexit day”. It was put back on show at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery in time for March 29 – the original date of Brexit. It was first on display there in 2009 as part of the Banksy vs Bristol Museum exhibition. An unknown collector bought the artwork, but has loaned it to the Bristol gallery. Banksy posted a photo of the chimp piece on his Instagram account on Thursday, along with a...
Incredible pictures of frogspawn show that spring has sprung
Wildlife photographer Andrew Fusek Peters spent hours crouched in a bog pool to capture the shots
Theatre Review: Othello, Union Theatre
Othello returns to the London stage in a new adaption of the Shakespearean tragedy set in the Punjab region of India during the British occupation. With skeletons from Britain’s colonial years rearing their head in modern political discourse the show comes as a timely reminder of the horrors of the past, regaling the events of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre which marked a turning point for many Indians from moderate cooperation to revolutionary non-cooperation with the British Raj. Swapping the Venetian...
Street artist creates incredible 20ft spray painted mural of Prodigy star Keith Flint
Nathan Murdock, 33, took two days to complete the work - measuring 20ft at its highest and 30ft across - using at least 20 different colours
Residents outraged after Tory-run council splashes out £50,000 on “melting lampposts” artwork
The eight tubular steel curved columns have been erected in a car park in Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Tate Britain exhibition depicts decline of British industry, infrastructure and welfare state
A major new exhibition was unveiled today by Tate Britain depicting the decline of British industry, infrastructure and the welfare state. The Asset Strippers by Mike Nelson was created for the annual Tate Britain Commission, supported by Sotheby’s, which invites artists to create a new artwork in response to the grand space of the Duveen Galleries. Mike Nelson has transformed the heart of Tate Britain into somewhere between a sculpture court and an asset strippers’ warehouse, carefully selecting objects from a...
‘Radcliffe’s revenge’ UK’s largest bronze statue shows squatting woman
The statue officially named Bianca will be on display outside Theatre Royal in Plymouth