The Tyneside rocker on his favourite bath time podcast, a second world war memoir and where to get the best breakfast kippersSam Fender was born in 1994 and raised in North Shields. He began writing songs aged 14, building on an affinity with Bruce Spr…
Black History Month launches in UK with ‘proud to be’ campaign
Local authorities raise pan-African flag to mark start of series of events for October across BritainBlack History Month launches with hundreds of events across the country this October, amid a new campaign encouraging people of all ages to share what …
A new start after 60: ‘I started sketching at 72 – and graduated with a fine art degree at 96’
Archie White was a keen teenage artist, but gave it up for five decades as a solicitor. Now he is starting a new student charity and painting furiouslyArchie White says he would like to retire, but I’m not sure I believe him. This summer he made headli…
A museum gave an artist $84,000 in cash. He delivered blank canvases.
The artist, Jens Haaning, says the artwork is titled “Take the Money and Run.”
Danish artist delivers empty frames for $84k as low pay protest
Denmark museum of modern art says Jens Haaning’s Take the Money and Run violates legal agreementIn an unexpected reinterpretation of an earlier work, a Danish artist has left a museum with empty frames, a depleted bank account and red faces all round.R…
Turner prize 2021 review – lashings of creativity in a collectivist clash
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry The decision to have only artists collectives nominated has resulted in a show that ranges from a recreation of a 1980s Northern Irish gay bar to pretentious prattling about fishCelebrating the creativity of peo…
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything review – wonders beyond The Great Wave
British Museum, LondonRare black and white sketches by the Japanese genius are magnificent explorations of the human condition Like me, you may think of the Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai, whose long and brilliantly productive life ended in 1849, a…
Surreal scenes and broken dreams: 2021’s best street photography – in pictures
From a giant eyeball on the subway to a winged dog at a wedding, here’s the year’s best photography at street level Continue reading…
Turner prize 2021: a collective effort to make art radical again
Pickled cows and unmade beds: the art award has always challenged convention. But in 2021 it is going further, by abolishing individual artists altogetherThe Turner prize has given us some great characters. Grayson Perry was a little-known alternative …
‘They wanted to end masculinity’: the artist inspired by anti-sexist men’s groups
Albert Potrony’s exhibition turns Gatehead’s Baltic into a giant creche, inspired by a radical Dutch playground architect and the forgotten feminist men’s movement of the early 70sFor most parents, the ritual of pushing your child on a swing or kicking…