By Guardian Arts · about 7 hours ago
While celebrating a religious festival on the banks of the Ganges, the Indian photographer captured the everyday struggle of a street vendor It had been a sacred day for Harivansh Verma. It was the evening of Ganga…
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By Guardian Arts · about 10 hours ago
The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork I have seen the Bayeux tapestry four times since childhood, and loved it on…
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By Guardian Arts · about 12 hours ago
Bullock and Kidman try to put a second spell on you in the fantasy comedy sequel, while the topical sketch show returns after a well-regarded debut Practical Magic 2 Out now The beloved fantasy romance from the 1990s…
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By Guardian Arts · about 12 hours ago
Rebecca Howard spent two years visiting projects and painting landscapes that feature in West Sussex exhibition Rewilding areas do not usually conform to traditional notions of beauty in England’s green and pleasant…
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By Guardian Arts · about 22 hours ago
The 25th anniversary of 9/11, Russian strikes in Kyiv, wildfires in Indonesia and Sabalenka at the US Open – the past seven days as captured by the world’s leading photojournalists Warning: this gallery contains images…
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By Guardian Arts · about 24 hours ago
Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s theft of two Renoirs are an existential threat Marc Allégret’s 1956 comedy Plucking the Daisy stars a young Brigitte Bardot…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Camden Art Centre, London These portentous works, based on scans of a real asteroids, seem to warn of societal collapse, but this first UK exhibition of the US sculptor needed a simpler approach Corporations are…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
More than 100 lenses inside Luke Jerram’s Pollenarium let visitors see the outside world as insects would From the outside, it looks a little like something out of the Teletubbies. In fact, the new installation by the…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
The Centre of Chinese Contemporary Art closed in 2021 after a series of controversies. Now it’s been relaunched under a new name – and with a new mission In March 2020, the visual artist JJ Chan was assembling video…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
A blue lady strides across the fourth plinth, Beryl Cook and friends gather in Bicester, and Spain repurposes a traffic junction – all in your weekly dispatch Tschabalala Self A rollicking triumph of a statue that…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
The 12th edition of the BredaPhoto Festival opens on 11 September 2026. Under the title Our Songs Came Through, the festival in the Dutch city of Breda brings together stories of comfort and resilience BredaPhoto…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Film premieres at Venice as researchers question who took famous Spanish civil war shot of ‘falling soldier’, credited to the pair’s Robert Capa alias She was one of the most fearless female photojournalists of the…
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By Guardian Arts · 1 day ago
Make, Believe, Magic show at Goma stars Elmo, Big Bird and the massive Mr Snuffleupagus – and gives visitors the chance to try their hand at puppeteering It’s said that celebrities are often shorter than you might…
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