The Other Art Fair | 5 must-see events
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art, returns to The Truman Brewery, London, from March 9-12, offering a vibrant programme of exciting features, emerging talent, and inclusivity.
Sculpture
STIK's sculpture 'Atomic' raises awareness of nuclear testing | Now it needs a home
Can you put a four-metre sculpture on the PM’s doorstep? Finding a home for STIK’s new larger-than-life street art, raising awareness of Britain's nuclear test veterans.
Fen de Villiers | 'Wyndham Lewis invigorated me'
Fen de Villiers philosophises like he sculpts - with a hammer.
Brad Pitt makes sculpting debut in Finland
Brad Pitt’s work as a sculptor is on display for the first time, with nine pieces of his arriving in Tampere, Finland.
Grayson Perry sculpture 'Alien Baby' stolen from Bristol gallery
Police say a man wearing a camouflaged cap walked up to the limited edition gilded ceramic on display at Bristol's Hidden Gallery.
Concerns raised over ‘phallic’ Antony Gormley sculpture on Imperial College London campus
Plans to install the sculpture ALERT by Sir Antony Gormley at Imperial College London have caused a row, with some students claiming the work is “phallic” and “exclusionary”.
Claes Oldenburg was a counter-culture icon, but did he have integrity?
The Pop Artist's enormous sculptures were big, bold, and often witty - but many lacked heart or meaning.
Remembering Claes Oldenburg, 'A draughtsman comparable to Ingres or Picasso'
The Pop Artist, whose work is instantly recognisable to almost anyone, passed away at his Manhattan residence two days ago at the age of 93.
Which countries want their artefacts back from British museums?
As Sudan become the latest nation to demand repatriation of valuable objects, we look at some other claims have been made for artefacts in British museums.
The Remarkable Story Behind Belfast's 'Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker'
Louise Walsh was thrust into the political melting pot of Belfast with her sculpture, ‘The Monument to the Unknown Woman Worker’.
New Margaret Thatcher Statue Egged By Arts Director
A new statue of the late prime minister was pelted with eggs by Jeremy Webster, deputy director of the Attenborough Arts Centre at the University of Leicester.
Gold Cube Worth £8.3m Appears in Venice
A 24-karat, £8.3 million golden cube has shown up in Venice during the city’s Biennale, however the sculpture will only be in town for one day.
Sol Bailey-Barker
Sol Bailey-Barker compiles artefacts and remnants to construct immersive installations and environments. The multi-disciplinary artist works with sound, sculpture and performance that call to his nature of being “stuck between reality and dream” as a result of an auto-immune disease he faced as a child. In these tough times for our community and beyond, here is the dreamlike world of Bailey-Barker.
Marc Quinn
Contemporary artist and visionary Marc Quinn has, quite literally, shed blood for his art. Perhaps his most well-known work, Self, creates a cast of his head with ten pints of his own blood, and is remade every five years. Discussing his entrance into the world of art, permanence and impermanence in his work, and his interest in how ‘art makes itself’, Quinn looks over the years 1981-91 for our ‘Decades’ series.
