Salisbury Cathedral to reopen to tourists with art extravaganza
1 HR AGO - Grayson Perry work features in show marking building’s 800th anniversary Coronavirus – latest Expand
1 HR AGO - Grayson Perry work features in show marking building’s 800th anniversary Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVisitors are finally returning to one of the UK’s most glorious buildings, Salisbury Cathedral, where they will be met by sights and sounds ranging from a shimmering Antony Gormley figure perched high above the choir to peregrine falcons on the tower.The cathedral believes that from Wednesday it will be able to welcome 600 visitors a day, well down on the 1,000 or so it would expect to greet on a normal busy summer’s day, but a huge boost for a building that depends on the income tourists bring. Continue reading... Collapse
The great reopening – how Britain's galleries Covid-proofed themselves
3 HRS AGO - From London to Llandudno to Dundee, museums are back in business. So is it now safe to view art – Expand
3 HRS AGO - From London to Llandudno to Dundee, museums are back in business. So is it now safe to view art – and how will they cope with the drastic drop in numbers?‘There was a moment,” says Andrew Nairne, “when I was thinking, of course, we are like Nottingham Contemporary and the Hepworth Wakefield, places like that.” The director of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge is guiding me around a gallery that’s “in rehearsals” for a socially distanced opening in August. “Then I remembered that the others don’t have a little cottage with tiny rooms and narrow corridors.”Today, the National Gallery in London is reopening after Covid-19 abruptly shut the doors of British museums in mid-March. But Kettle’s Yard, like many others, is taking a slower, phased approach. The institution regularly hosts shows in its new, airy galleries – an exhibition from the artist Linder will be extended into the autumn – but at its heart is the home of its founder, curator and collector Jim Ede. This takes the form of a series Collapse
Sony Unveils the FE 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master Lens
17 HRS AGO - After months of rumors and speculation, Sony has officially unveiled the FE 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master Expand
17 HRS AGO - After months of rumors and speculation, Sony has officially unveiled the FE 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master lens, styled as the “world’s widest full-frame zoom with a constant f/2.8 aperture”… with a price tag worthy of the name. With the introduction of the 12-24mm GM, Sony’s G Master lineup of pricey-but-excellent f/2.8 aperture lenses now extends […] Collapse
From the ground up: the women greening the construction industry
21 HRS AGO - Buildings emit more carbon than road, marine and aviation traffic combined. Here, influential Expand
21 HRS AGO - Buildings emit more carbon than road, marine and aviation traffic combined. Here, influential women operating in the sector discuss how to lessen the environmental impact of new homes and commercial properties“Over the next 40 years, the world is expected to build 230bn square metres in new construction – adding the equivalent of Paris to the planet every single week,” wrote Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, in a 2017 report. Buildings emit more energy-related carbon globally than the entire transport sector (30% v 28%), and much of that carbon is burned on site; only the 6% of the UK population that heat their homes with electricity benefit fully from the UK’s increasing reliance on renewable energy sources. Continue reading... Collapse
Moy Mackay Gallery Peebles: BLOSSOM - ARTMAG
22 HRS AGO - Online exhibition, until 31st JulyPeebles-based Moy Mackay Gallery's latest online exhibition Expand
22 HRS AGO - Online exhibition, until 31st JulyPeebles-based Moy Mackay Gallery's latest online exhibition BLOSSOM features work by Margaret Evans, Janet McCrorie, Fiona Millar, Ludmilla Kosmina and Moy Mackay. Collapse
In Plain Sight skywriting project targets US culture of incarceration: 'We have a brief moment of clarity
1 DAY AGO - Eighty artists and activists unite in attempt to ‘pierce through electoral politics’If you look Expand
1 DAY AGO - Eighty artists and activists unite in attempt to ‘pierce through electoral politics’If you look skyward on the fourth of July in the United States, you can usually expect to see fireworks burst forth above towns and cities as people celebrate Independence Day.This year, in the sunny skies above the land of the free, the loaded question of independence – for whom, and on whose terms? – was brought into clear focus by sky-typing planes that wrote messages including “CARE NOT CAGES”, “ABOLISH ICE” and “ESTOY AQUI” (“I’m here”) above detention facilities, immigration courts, borders, and historically significant sites in dozens of cities across the US. Continue reading... Collapse
Moments Leading Up to Yellowstone Bison Attack Caught on Camera
1 DAY AGO - Last week, Yellowstone National Park released a statement explaining that a 72-year-old woman from Expand
1 DAY AGO - Last week, Yellowstone National Park released a statement explaining that a 72-year-old woman from California had been gored by a wild bison after she approached it multiple times to take its picture. Now, footage of the lead-up to the attack, captured by fellow campers, has made its way online. The update came from local Minneapolis […] Collapse
Follow the arrows to swoon at Cézanne: the National Gallery reopens
1 DAY AGO - After years of packed exhibitions, Adrian Searle’s expectation of more space to appreciate great Expand
1 DAY AGO - After years of packed exhibitions, Adrian Searle’s expectation of more space to appreciate great art was undermined by his inability to forget lockdownThe National Gallery in London reopens to the public on Wednesday 8 July. Although access to the main galleries remains free, it is only possible via timed entry, using online-only booking. You can’t just find yourself in the neighbourhood and wander in. Visitors will also have to follow one of three designated routes through the galleries, all of which are signposted, with arrows on the floor pointing up the prescribed flow. Quite how this will work, and how much one can deviate or jump between Route A, which begins in the Sainsbury Wing, and routes B and C in the main galleries, both of which terminate in the Impressionist Galleries, defeated me on my press preview visit on Saturday. I get the feeling the few dozen of us wandering the galleries were guinea pigs for a system that needs to evolve in practice. “There will be two-metre Collapse
Sproson Art Gallery St Andrews: A Collection of Still Lifes & Landscapes - ARTMAG
1 DAY AGO - OnlineSproson contemporary art gallery in St. Andrews is continuing to host art online, where it Expand
1 DAY AGO - OnlineSproson contemporary art gallery in St. Andrews is continuing to host art online, where it can be viewed and purchased. Collapse
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What connects performing pigeons with this painting? The great British art quiz
1 HR AGO - The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture hosts today’s quiz, setting questions to Expand
1 HR AGO - The Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture hosts today’s quiz, setting questions to explore art collections of museums closed due to coronavirusThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home of the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues, by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK sets the questions.Today, our questions are set by the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, in Edinburgh. The RSA is the oldest surviving Scottish artist-run institution and holds a collection recognised as being of national significance to Scotland. It includes the best of the nation’s art and architecture direct from practitioners of the past 200 years and is particularly strong in its representation of practice through sketchbooks, equipment and artistic connections. Continue reading... Collapse
H.266 Codec Unveiled: Same Quality, Half the File Size
13 HRS AGO - Fraunhofer HHI, the company behind the H.264 and H.265 video codecs, has just unveiled its latest Expand
13 HRS AGO - Fraunhofer HHI, the company behind the H.264 and H.265 video codecs, has just unveiled its latest creation: the aptly-named H.266. Just as the world has finally gotten around to adopting HEVC/H.265, we get a newer version that will offer the same quality at about half the file size. H.266 video encoding—also called Versatile Video Coding […] Collapse
Whitehouse Gallery Kirkcudbright: A Summer to Remember - ARTMAG
20 HRS AGO - From 10 Jul Kirkcudbright's Whitehouse Gallery is re-opening with new hours, and hosting a new Expand
20 HRS AGO - From 10 Jul Kirkcudbright's Whitehouse Gallery is re-opening with new hours, and hosting a new summer exhibition that comprises a mix of artists' work from the gallery walls, and new exclusive work online. Collapse
Wood & Wool Aberdeenshire - ARTMAG
21 HRS AGO - From 10 JulWood & Wool offers hand-crafted interior design and artefacts from its mill studio in Expand
21 HRS AGO - From 10 JulWood & Wool offers hand-crafted interior design and artefacts from its mill studio in Aberdeenshire, and inspired by the imaginative fusion of materials. Collapse
Their stories should be told right': how museums are documenting the protests
1 DAY AGO - From collecting and storing placards to recording oral histories from those who were there, Expand
1 DAY AGO - From collecting and storing placards to recording oral histories from those who were there, museums across America are archiving a vital moment from historyLafayette Square in Washington DC has seen considerable political upheaval over the past month. After clashes with police, Black Lives Matter protesters turned the fenced-off area that was built to block protesters from entering the White House, into a crowd-sourced memorial wall, piled with paintings, posters and drawings of George Floyd, and other victims of police brutality, since rallies erupted on 25 May. Related: 'It's a big turning point': is this the end of racist monuments in America? Continue reading... Collapse
Back on the road: our dreams of travelling again – in pictures
1 DAY AGO - Thanks to Covid-19, our desire to travel has never been stronger. As Zurich’s Bildhalle gallery Expand
1 DAY AGO - Thanks to Covid-19, our desire to travel has never been stronger. As Zurich’s Bildhalle gallery reopens, their photographers capture that longing for vast horizons and salty sea spray Continue reading... Collapse
The Guardian view on £1.5bn for the arts: the shows will go on | Editorial
1 DAY AGO - Culture needed a lifeline, and has got one. Now the sector must avoid treading waterThere are as Expand
1 DAY AGO - Culture needed a lifeline, and has got one. Now the sector must avoid treading waterThere are as many reasons to applaud the UK government’s decision to pump £1.57bn into the arts as there are theatres, concert halls, galleries, libraries, singers, dancers, acrobats, violinists, costume designers, stagehands, artists, audience members and myriad other people and organisations that will benefit from this injection. The arts sector had been poleaxed by the coronavirus pandemic. While culture, along with nature, has been a source of consolation during recent months, this has mainly applied to those forms enjoyed at home: television, recorded music, books. For live performance and museums, the pandemic has felt more like a kiss of death, as buildings have stood empty and productions have been shelved. The Haymarket Theatre in Leicester and Nuffield Southampton Theatres have already announced that they are closing.Ministers should have acted sooner. It is more than a month since the Collapse
Gallery Heinzel Aberdeen: 30th Anniversary Exhibition - ARTMAG
1 DAY AGO - Until 15 AugNo longer limited to showing online, Gallery Heinzel continues its 30th birthday year Expand
1 DAY AGO - Until 15 AugNo longer limited to showing online, Gallery Heinzel continues its 30th birthday year with an anniversary exhibition featuring a selection of artists' work from the past three decades. Collapse
Clience Studio Gallery Castle Douglas: Angela Lawrence - ARTMAG
1 DAY AGO - From 29 JunAfter a lengthy closure, Angela Lawrence has re-opened Clience Studio, in Castle Expand
1 DAY AGO - From 29 JunAfter a lengthy closure, Angela Lawrence has re-opened Clience Studio, in Castle Douglas, Dumfries & Galloway, with health & safety measures in place to ensure an enjoyable visit. Collapse
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Jung at heart: a journey into America's subconscious – in pictures
2 HRS AGO - The skies may be blue, but photographer George Elsasser captures the part of the US that lurks in Expand
2 HRS AGO - The skies may be blue, but photographer George Elsasser captures the part of the US that lurks in the shadows in his new book American Psyche: The Unlit Cave Continue reading... Collapse
Videographer Captures the Theft of His Own Camera Gear at Anti-Racism Rally
14 HRS AGO - A backpack full of thousands in camera gear, laptops, and hard drives was stolen during an Expand
14 HRS AGO - A backpack full of thousands in camera gear, laptops, and hard drives was stolen during an anti-racism rally in Toronto, ON this past weekend. The kicker? The videographer who owned the gear captured the entire incident on video. According to Global News, the incident took place on Sunday at an anti-racism demonstration at Nathan Phillips […] Collapse
Art project launched in honour of Grenfell artist Khadija Saye
21 HRS AGO - Programme aims to promote diversity in arts and begins with exhibition of Saye’s workAn art Expand
21 HRS AGO - Programme aims to promote diversity in arts and begins with exhibition of Saye’s workAn art project commemorating the life of Khadija Saye – the Gambian-British artist who was among the 72 people who died in the Grenfell fire disaster – has been launched in London with the aim of addressing the lack of diversity in the UK arts sector.David Lammy, the Tottenham Labour MP, launched the Khadija Saye IntoArts Programme, an educational initiative focused on developing the arts in disadvantaged communities and putting on public exhibitions of art, the first of which is nine screen prints of Saye’s work. Continue reading... Collapse
People say we don’t exist': the scandal of excluded black architects
21 HRS AGO - In one London borough, a quarter of residents are black. Yet of the 110 firms selected by the Expand
21 HRS AGO - In one London borough, a quarter of residents are black. Yet of the 110 firms selected by the council to compete for £100m in fees, not a single one is led by a black architectIt was billed as one of the most inclusive opportunities for architects in history, a bold open call for emerging talents to be given the chance to win public-sector projects – the holy grail of any aspiring young practice. Southwark council declared that its New Architect Design Services Framework was a “first-of-a-kind” attempt to engage with a new generation of diverse designers. As councillor Leo Pollak put it: “It is the framework some architects have been waiting for all their years.”It turns out that black architects will have to wait even longer. Out of the 110 architecture firms selected for the panel, with the chance to bid for £100m of fees from public sector clients over the next four years, not a single one of them is led by a black architect. It would be an alarming result in any context, but it Collapse
Name that body fluid! The great British art quiz
1 DAY AGO - The Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum hosts today’s quiz, setting questions to explore art Expand
1 DAY AGO - The Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum hosts today’s quiz, setting questions to explore art collections of museums closed due to coronavirusThis quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home of the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues, by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK sets the questions.Today, our questions are set by Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, located inside the 200-year-old Royal Pump Rooms, one of the town’s original bath houses. It holds in its collections over 13,000 art works and historic artefacts of local, regional and national significance, for the enjoyment and inspiration of the people of Warwick district and beyond. Continue reading... Collapse
From trampolines to a magic playground: children draw what's special to them – in pictures
1 DAY AGO - Together in Art Kids is an online project run by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It launched Expand
1 DAY AGO - Together in Art Kids is an online project run by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It launched in May to inspire children’s creativity while they isolated with their families. Children aged five to 12 were invited to create a piece of art using materials in their home, on a theme chosen by a high-profile artist, and submit it for inclusion in an online exhibition. The Indonesian-Australian artist Jumaadi chose the theme ‘special to me’, saying: ‘As children here in Australia begin to return to school, many more children around the world remain isolated from their friends and community and we are all experiencing a mix of emotions.’ Jumaadi said he liked to create pictures of his loved ones during difficult times as it brought him comfort. Here are some of the children’s contributions Children can submit works to Together in Art Kids: Special to Me until 12 JulyCoronavirus NSW: galleries and museums scramble after unexpected lifting of restrictions Continue reading... Collapse
Canon 5D Mark III Satellite Camera Destroyed in Failed Rocket Launch
1 DAY AGO - This past weekend, Canon was planning to launch its CE-SAT 1B satellite camera into orbit, but it Expand
1 DAY AGO - This past weekend, Canon was planning to launch its CE-SAT 1B satellite camera into orbit, but it was not meant to be. The camera was supposed to go as part of Rocket Lab’s aptly named mission “Pics or It Didn’t Happen,” but the Electron vehicle experienced “an anomaly” and all 7 micro-satellites onboard—including the Canon—were […] Collapse
Upward-thrusting buildings ejaculating into the sky' – do cities have to be so sexist?
1 DAY AGO - Toxic masculinity is built into the fabric of our urban spaces, writes Leslie Kern, author of new Expand
1 DAY AGO - Toxic masculinity is built into the fabric of our urban spaces, writes Leslie Kern, author of new book Feminist City. And the results aren’t just divisive – they can be lethalGlass ceilings and phallic towers. Mean streets and dark alleys. Road names and statues of men. From the physical to the metaphorical, the city is filled with reminders of masculine power. And yet we rarely talk of the urban landscape as an active participant in gender inequality. A building, no matter how phallic, isn’t actually misogynist, is it? Surely a skyscraper isn’t responsible for sexual harassment, the wage gap, or even the glass ceiling, whether it has a literal one up top or not?That said, our built environments can still reflect patterns of gender-based discrimination. To imagine the city and its structures as neutral places where complicated human social relations are staged is to ignore the simple fact that people built these places. As the feminist geographer Jane Darke has said: “Our cities are Collapse
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