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Steve Coogan: ‘Art is what humanises us, and it can’t be measured on a spreadsheet’
Steve Coogan and the cast and crew behind charming new movie The Penguin Lessons share what they learned from being on set ...
The Nation15d
Books & the Arts
Do they succeed? Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sarah Chihaya In The Life of Herod the Great, we get a novel full of intrigue, betrayal, and revolution. Apr 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Edna ...
BBC20d
Publicly funded gallery 'turning its back on art'
A publicly funded gallery designed to showcase the work of one of the finest British painters of the 20th Century has been accused of turning its back on art. Oriel y Parc landscape gallery in St ...
BBC21d
'On the backs of the poor' and 'tax rise fears'
The Guardian and the Daily Mirror both offer similar headlines to each other, saying the chancellor has been accused of balancing the books at the expense of the poor. The Guardian reports that ...
The Hollywood Reporter21d
‘The Penguin Lessons’ Review: Steve Coogan Makes a Feathered Friend in Sweet British Buddy Dramedy
Which naturally does wonders for his bored students, who take a renewed interest in their lessons. And for Tom himself, who previously snuck off for naps during classes but now finds himself ...
Hyperallergic24d
Yale Center for British Art Reopens With a Lesson About Empires
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tracey Emin’s wrenching, confessional paintings at the Yale Center for British Art evoke emotions that are so intense you almost feel you are in the room with her.
The Art Newspaper26d
UK government announces raft of new museum trustees, including artist Isaac Julien and ‘Traitors’ presenter Claudia Winkleman
who studied History of Art at Cambridge University in the early 1990s, will join the British Museum board. Author Tom Holland and former BBC Today programme presenter Martha Kearney will also ...
The Art Newspaper27d
Revealed: British Museum’s visitor figures hit ten-year high
The British Museum received 6.5 million visitors in 2024, its highest number since 2015, The Art Newspaper's annual visitor figure report has revealed. The total places it third in our survey ...
The New York Times28d
A Vivid, Engrossing Biography of an Art-World Contrarian
By Janny Scott Janny Scott’s most recent book is “The Beneficiary ... Barnes, among the first major American collectors of modern art, barrels onto the page in Blake Gopnik’s vivid ...
New Statesman29d
Antimicrobial Resistance: Why urgent action is needed
There was an absolute recognition that government and employers at every level were going to have to work together to mobilise the talent and potential of British society to meet the challenge. With ...
British Vogue29d
This Central Asian Country Is Fast Becoming An Art-World Hotspot
A cultural renaissance is also afoot in the country, with a series of ambitious arts and culture events and major museum openings scheduled to take place over the next couple of years, largely ...