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  1. Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture
    By Intoduction by Miranda Sawyer

    An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a generation of skint dreamers to bring the decade into vivid colour

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Art #Photography #Fashion #Artanddesign #TateBritain #KateMoss #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #IntoductionbyMirandaSawyer

  2. Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture
    By Intoduction by Miranda Sawyer

    An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a generation of skint dreamers to bring the decade into vivid colour

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Art #Photography #Fashion #Artanddesign #TateBritain #KateMoss #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #IntoductionbyMirandaSawyer

  3. Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture
    By Intoduction by Miranda Sawyer

    An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a generation of skint dreamers to bring the decade into vivid colour

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Art #Photography #Fashion #Artanddesign #TateBritain #KateMoss #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #IntoductionbyMirandaSawyer

  4. Hard parties, cheap rents and horrible flats: how 90s art and fashion redefined British culture
    By Intoduction by Miranda Sawyer

    An evocative new Tate Britain show captures an era when the UK’s newly flush creative industries teamed up with a generation of skint dreamers to bring the decade into vivid colour

    theguardian.com/culture/2026/s

    #Culture #Art #Photography #Fashion #Artanddesign #TateBritain #KateMoss #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #IntoductionbyMirandaSawyer

  5. The Guardian view on a new director at Tate: an old institution must tackle fresh issues | Editorial
    By Editorial

    A decline in visitor numbers, staff strikes and budget cuts – Jessica Morgan faces many challenges as she takes on the biggest role in the British arts scene

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #TateModern #TateBritain #Art #Artsfunding #Exhibitions #London #TateLiverpool #TateStIves #TheGuardian #Editorial

  6. The Guardian view on a new director at Tate: an old institution must tackle fresh issues | Editorial
    By Editorial

    A decline in visitor numbers, staff strikes and budget cuts – Jessica Morgan faces many challenges as she takes on the biggest role in the British arts scene

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

    #TateModern #TateBritain #Art #Artsfunding #Exhibitions #London #TateLiverpool #TateStIves #TheGuardian #Editorial

  7. ‘It was the moment I lost innocence’: how a childhood stop-and-search led to the British debut movie of the year
    By Cath Clarke

    When Imran Perretta was young, he was abruptly pulled by police into a van for questioning. That experience, as well as the death of his mother, inspired him to make Ish, a coming-of-age tale set amongst the British Muslim community. He talks about trauma, designing toilets and making Luton look magnificent

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #Film #Culture #TateBritain #DerekJarman #TheGuardian #CathClarke

  8. ‘It was the moment I lost innocence’: how a childhood stop-and-search led to the British debut movie of the year
    By Cath Clarke

    When Imran Perretta was young, he was abruptly pulled by police into a van for questioning. That experience, as well as the death of his mother, inspired him to make Ish, a coming-of-age tale set amongst the British Muslim community. He talks about trauma, designing toilets and making Luton look magnificent

    theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/

    #Film #Culture #TateBritain #DerekJarman #TheGuardian #CathClarke

  9. Tate desperately needs a radical overhaul – but will its new director really be an agent of change?
    By Jonathan Jones

    From over-hyped shows to the woeful Turner prize, this huge institution has been beset by problems – yet new boss Jessica Morgan seems too much like a safe pair of hands to shake things up • Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Artanddesign #TateBritain #Art #Culture #TateLiverpool #TateModern #TateStIves #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #JonathanJones

  10. Tate desperately needs a radical overhaul – but will its new director really be an agent of change?
    By Jonathan Jones

    From over-hyped shows to the woeful Turner prize, this huge institution has been beset by problems – yet new boss Jessica Morgan seems too much like a safe pair of hands to shake things up • Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Artanddesign #TateBritain #Art #Culture #TateLiverpool #TateModern #TateStIves #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #JonathanJones

  11. Tate desperately needs a radical overhaul – but will its new director really be an agent of change?
    By Jonathan Jones

    From over-hyped shows to the woeful Turner prize, this huge institution has been beset by problems – yet new boss Jessica Morgan seems too much like a safe pair of hands to shake things up • Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Artanddesign #TateBritain #Art #Culture #TateLiverpool #TateModern #TateStIves #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #JonathanJones

  12. Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut‘ to take job
    By Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

    Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical juncture

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Art #TateModern #TateLiverpool #TateStIves #TateBritain #UKnews #FridaKahlo #Culture #Artanddesign #TheGuardian #LanreBakareArts #culturecorrespondent

  13. Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut‘ to take job
    By Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

    Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical juncture

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Art #TateModern #TateLiverpool #TateStIves #TateBritain #UKnews #FridaKahlo #Culture #Artanddesign #TheGuardian #LanreBakareArts #culturecorrespondent

  14. Jessica Morgan named new Tate director – with ‘big pay cut‘ to take job
    By Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

    Clear frontrunner leaves lucrative role at New York’s Dia Art Foundation to join UK arts organisation at critical juncture

    theguardian.com/artanddesign/2

    #Art #TateModern #TateLiverpool #TateStIves #TateBritain #UKnews #FridaKahlo #Culture #Artanddesign #TheGuardian #LanreBakareArts #culturecorrespondent

  15. Whistler at Tate Britain

    Back to the hotel for a short siesta after spending most of the day at Tate Britain, where there is a special exhibition of works by and about James McNeill Whistler. The main collection at Tate Britain is free, but the Whistler exhibition costs £24 to see. It’s well worth it though.

    The first picture shows Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother, who seems to be holding court. My favourite pieces, however, the Nocturnes, two of which I have mentioned on this blog before. There are three shown below, but photographs don’t do them justice at all. The appearance of the paint when seen close up is quite remarkable, a sort of translucent quality to it even when the picture is very dark. Whistler was one of the first artists to really master painting in the dark without using moonlight or other obvious illumination.

    The last of these is particularly interesting to me. When the great American songwriter Billy Strayhorn saw the beautifully evocative painting (above) of one of the bridges over the River Thames, it inspired him to write an equally evocative song to be performed by his longstanding musical collaborator and friend Duke Ellington. The song was written in 1941, but it was only years later that he realized that he had named it after the wrong bridge. The painting was of Battersea Bridge; but he had named the song  Chelsea Bridge, a much less romantic location. Chelsea Bridge is an intriguing tune, based on minor sixth chords voiced via their third inversions, it sounds almost atonal but very evocative, just like the painting.

    In one of the video segments played during the exhibition we hear the actor Anton Lesser quoting Whistler with words the effect that he saw colours like notes on a keyboard; he started naming his paintings after musical works, e.g. “Symphony in White” before he got to his masterpieces, the Nocturnes.

    I wrote about another of the Nocturnes here. Nocturne in Black and Gold, in the same series as the third picture above, is famous for having been at the centre of a libel case. The influential art critic John Ruskin hated it and accused Whistler of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”. Whistler sued for damages (though he couldn’t really afford to). He won the case against Ruskin, but the outcome was financially disastrous for him because he was awarded only one farthing in damages and was bankrupted.

    Tate Britain has an extensive permanent collection of primarily English art from about 1600 onwards, not least a huge collection of works by J.M.W. Turner. It’s fascinating to see so many of these together, charting this extraordinary artist’s evolution from brilliant if conventional upstart to pioneering impressionist. Along the way Turner’s interest in conventional themes began to wane in favour of the interplay between sea and clouds, to the extent that his works began to look like abstracts. There is in my mind a strong influence on Whistler. This one, ostensibly a seascape with a distant shore, reminds me of Rothko.

    #BillyStrayhorn #ChelseaBridge #JMWTurner #JamesMcNeillWhistler #JohnRuskin #TateBritain
  16. Whistler at Tate Britain

    Back to the hotel for a short siesta after spending most of the day at Tate Britain, where there is a special exhibition of works by and about James McNeill Whistler. The main collection at Tate Britain is free, but the Whistler exhibition costs £24 to see. It’s well worth it though.

    The first picture shows Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother, who seems to be holding court. My favourite pieces, however, the Nocturnes, two of which I have mentioned on this blog before. There are three shown below, but photographs don’t do them justice at all. The appearance of the paint when seen close up is quite remarkable, a sort of translucent quality to it even when the picture is very dark. Whistler was one of the first artists to really master painting in the dark without using moonlight or other obvious illumination.

    The last of these is particularly interesting to me. When the great American songwriter Billy Strayhorn saw the beautifully evocative painting (above) of one of the bridges over the River Thames, it inspired him to write an equally evocative song to be performed by his longstanding musical collaborator and friend Duke Ellington. The song was written in 1941, but it was only years later that he realized that he had named it after the wrong bridge. The painting was of Battersea Bridge; but he had named the song  Chelsea Bridge, a much less romantic location. Chelsea Bridge is an intriguing tune, based on minor sixth chords voiced via their third inversions, it sounds almost atonal but very evocative, just like the painting.

    In one of the video segments played during the exhibition we hear the actor Anton Lesser quoting Whistler with words the effect that he saw colours like notes on a keyboard; he started naming his paintings after musical works, e.g. “Symphony in White” before he got to his masterpieces, the Nocturnes.

    I wrote about another of the Nocturnes here. Nocturne in Black and Gold, in the same series as the third picture above, is famous for having been at the centre of a libel case. The influential art critic John Ruskin hated it and accused Whistler of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”. Whistler sued for damages (though he couldn’t really afford to). He won the case against Ruskin, but the outcome was financially disastrous for him because he was awarded only one farthing in damages and was bankrupted.

    Tate Britain has an extensive permanent collection of primarily English art from about 1600 onwards, not least a huge collection of works by J.M.W. Turner. It’s fascinating to see so many of these together, charting this extraordinary artist’s evolution from brilliant if conventional upstart to pioneering impressionist. Along the way Turner’s interest in conventional themes began to wane in favour of the interplay between sea and clouds, to the extent that his works began to look like abstracts. There is in my mind a strong influence on Whistler. This one, ostensibly a seascape with a distant shore, reminds me of Rothko.

    #BillyStrayhorn #ChelseaBridge #JMWTurner #JamesMcNeillWhistler #JohnRuskin #TateBritain
  17. Whistler at Tate Britain

    Back to the hotel for a short siesta after spending most of the day at Tate Britain, where there is a special exhibition of works by and about James McNeill Whistler. The main collection at Tate Britain is free, but the Whistler exhibition costs £24 to see. It’s well worth it though.

    The first picture shows Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother, who seems to be holding court. My favourite pieces, however, the Nocturnes, two of which I have mentioned on this blog before. There are three shown below, but photographs don’t do them justice at all. The appearance of the paint when seen close up is quite remarkable, a sort of translucent quality to it even when the picture is very dark. Whistler was one of the first artists to really master painting in the dark without using moonlight or other obvious illumination.

    The last of these is particularly interesting to me. When the great American songwriter Billy Strayhorn saw the beautifully evocative painting (above) of one of the bridges over the River Thames, it inspired him to write an equally evocative song to be performed by his longstanding musical collaborator and friend Duke Ellington. The song was written in 1941, but it was only years later that he realized that he had named it after the wrong bridge. The painting was of Battersea Bridge; but he had named the song  Chelsea Bridge, a much less romantic location. Chelsea Bridge is an intriguing tune, based on minor sixth chords voiced via their third inversions, it sounds almost atonal but very evocative, just like the painting.

    In one of the video segments played during the exhibition we hear the actor Anton Lesser quoting Whistler with words the effect that he saw colours like notes on a keyboard; he started naming his paintings after musical works, e.g. “Symphony in White” before he got to his masterpieces, the Nocturnes.

    I wrote about another of the Nocturnes here. Nocturne in Black and Gold, in the same series as the third picture above, is famous for having been at the centre of a libel case. The influential art critic John Ruskin hated it and accused Whistler of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”. Whistler sued for damages (though he couldn’t really afford to). He won the case against Ruskin, but the outcome was financially disastrous for him because he was awarded only one farthing in damages and was bankrupted.

    Tate Britain has an extensive permanent collection of primarily English art from about 1600 onwards, not least a huge collection of works by J.M.W. Turner. It’s fascinating to see so many of these together, charting this extraordinary artist’s evolution from brilliant if conventional upstart to pioneering impressionist. Along the way Turner’s interest in conventional themes began to wane in favour of the interplay between sea and clouds, to the extent that his works began to look like abstracts. There is in my mind a strong influence on Whistler. This one, ostensibly a seascape with a distant shore, reminds me of Rothko.

    #BillyStrayhorn #ChelseaBridge #JMWTurner #JamesMcNeillWhistler #JohnRuskin #TateBritain
  18. Whistler at Tate Britain

    Back to the hotel for a short siesta after spending most of the day at Tate Britain, where there is a special exhibition of works by and about James McNeill Whistler. The main collection at Tate Britain is free, but the Whistler exhibition costs £24 to see. It’s well worth it though.

    The first picture shows Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother, who seems to be holding court. My favourite pieces, however, the Nocturnes, two of which I have mentioned on this blog before. There are three shown below, but photographs don’t do them justice at all. The appearance of the paint when seen close up is quite remarkable, a sort of translucent quality to it even when the picture is very dark. Whistler was one of the first artists to really master painting in the dark without using moonlight or other obvious illumination.

    The last of these is particularly interesting to me. When the great American songwriter Billy Strayhorn saw the beautifully evocative painting (above) of one of the bridges over the River Thames, it inspired him to write an equally evocative song to be performed by his longstanding musical collaborator and friend Duke Ellington. The song was written in 1941, but it was only years later that he realized that he had named it after the wrong bridge. The painting was of Battersea Bridge; but he had named the song  Chelsea Bridge, a much less romantic location. Chelsea Bridge is an intriguing tune, based on minor sixth chords voiced via their third inversions, it sounds almost atonal but very evocative, just like the painting.

    In one of the video segments played during the exhibition we hear the actor Anton Lesser quoting Whistler with words the effect that he saw colours like notes on a keyboard; he started naming his paintings after musical works, e.g. “Symphony in White” before he got to his masterpieces, the Nocturnes.

    I wrote about another of the Nocturnes here. Nocturne in Black and Gold, in the same series as the third picture above, is famous for having been at the centre of a libel case. The influential art critic John Ruskin hated it and accused Whistler of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”. Whistler sued for damages (though he couldn’t really afford to). He won the case against Ruskin, but the outcome was financially disastrous for him because he was awarded only one farthing in damages and was bankrupted.

    Tate Britain has an extensive permanent collection of primarily English art from about 1600 onwards, not least a huge collection of works by J.M.W. Turner. It’s fascinating to see so many of these together, charting this extraordinary artist’s evolution from brilliant if conventional upstart to pioneering impressionist. Along the way Turner’s interest in conventional themes began to wane in favour of the interplay between sea and clouds, to the extent that his works began to look like abstracts. There is in my mind a strong influence on Whistler. This one, ostensibly a seascape with a distant shore, reminds me of Rothko.

    #BillyStrayhorn #ChelseaBridge #JMWTurner #JamesMcNeillWhistler #JohnRuskin #TateBritain
  19. Whistler at Tate Britain

    Back to the hotel for a short siesta after spending most of the day at Tate Britain, where there is a special exhibition of works by and about James McNeill Whistler. The main collection at Tate Britain is free, but the Whistler exhibition costs £24 to see. It’s well worth it though.

    The first picture shows Whistler’s famous portrait of his mother, who seems to be holding court. My favourite pieces, however, the Nocturnes, two of which I have mentioned on this blog before. There are three shown below, but photographs don’t do them justice at all. The appearance of the paint when seen close up is quite remarkable, a sort of translucent quality to it even when the picture is very dark. Whistler was one of the first artists to really master painting in the dark without using moonlight or other obvious illumination.

    The last of these is particularly interesting to me. When the great American songwriter Billy Strayhorn saw the beautifully evocative painting (above) of one of the bridges over the River Thames, it inspired him to write an equally evocative song to be performed by his longstanding musical collaborator and friend Duke Ellington. The song was written in 1941, but it was only years later that he realized that he had named it after the wrong bridge. The painting was of Battersea Bridge; but he had named the song  Chelsea Bridge, a much less romantic location. Chelsea Bridge is an intriguing tune, based on minor sixth chords voiced via their third inversions, it sounds almost atonal but very evocative, just like the painting.

    In one of the video segments played during the exhibition we hear the actor Anton Lesser quoting Whistler with words the effect that he saw colours like notes on a keyboard; he started naming his paintings after musical works, e.g. “Symphony in White” before he got to his masterpieces, the Nocturnes.

    I wrote about another of the Nocturnes here. Nocturne in Black and Gold, in the same series as the third picture above, is famous for having been at the centre of a libel case. The influential art critic John Ruskin hated it and accused Whistler of “flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face”. Whistler sued for damages (though he couldn’t really afford to). He won the case against Ruskin, but the outcome was financially disastrous for him because he was awarded only one farthing in damages and was bankrupted.

    Tate Britain has an extensive permanent collection of primarily English art from about 1600 onwards, not least a huge collection of works by J.M.W. Turner. It’s fascinating to see so many of these together, charting this extraordinary artist’s evolution from brilliant if conventional upstart to pioneering impressionist. Along the way Turner’s interest in conventional themes began to wane in favour of the interplay between sea and clouds, to the extent that his works began to look like abstracts. There is in my mind a strong influence on Whistler. This one, ostensibly a seascape with a distant shore, reminds me of Rothko.

    #BillyStrayhorn #ChelseaBridge #JMWTurner #JamesMcNeillWhistler #JohnRuskin #TateBritain
  20. Tate Britain and Turner Contemporary take their eco-missions beyond the gallery walls – The Art Newspaper

    It is now standard practice for public institutions to consider the environment within their buildings and across their…
    #EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Environment #Gardens #Greenisthenewblack #Museums #Museums&Heritage #sustainability #TateBritain #TurnerContemporary
    europesays.com/britain/71502/

  21. Tate Britain and Turner Contemporary take their eco-missions beyond the gallery walls – The Art Newspaper

    It is now standard practice for public institutions to consider the environment within their buildings and across their…
    #NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #environment #Gardens #Greenisthenewblack #Museums #Museums&Heritage #Sustainability #TateBritain #TurnerContemporary #UK #UnitedKingdom
    newsbeep.com/uk/657293/

  22. James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain: The Fleeting Nature of Light, and of Life

    “That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, as it is one whose truth is…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #art #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #JamesMcNeill #London-England #tatebritain #Whistler
    newsbeep.com/us/662909/

  23. James McNeill Whistler at Tate Britain: The Fleeting Nature of Light, and of Life

    “That Nature is always right, is an assertion, artistically, as untrue, as it is one whose truth is…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Artsanddesign #art #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #JamesMcNeill #London-England #tatebritain #Whistler
    newsbeep.com/us/662909/

  24. A tale of two Annas: Van Gogh’s favourite Whistler painting stars in Tate Britain show – The Art Newspaper

    James McNeill Whistler’s portrait of his mother, now his best-known painting, will be a highlight of Tate Britain’s…
    #NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #AdventureswithVanGogh #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #JamesMcNeillWhistler #TateBritain #UK #UnitedKingdom #VincentvanGogh
    newsbeep.com/uk/590272/

  25. 📰 Today's top stories, personally curated for you by Zorz Studios: zorz.it/newspaper

    - #Hasselblad unveils the 70 exceptional #HasselbladMasters2026 finalists;
    - 5 creative group #ideas for successful #TeamBuilding;
    - This #WoodlandWedding blurred the line between fantasy and reality;
    - #Chanel stages a #MetGala curtain raiser;
    - British ’90s #art and fashion #exhibition heading to #TateBritain in fall 2026, and more

    #ZoracleDaily #newspaper

  26. 📰 Today's top stories, personally curated for you by Zorz Studios: zorz.it/newspaper

    - #Hasselblad unveils the 70 exceptional #HasselbladMasters2026 finalists;
    - 5 creative group #ideas for successful #TeamBuilding;
    - This #WoodlandWedding blurred the line between fantasy and reality;
    - #Chanel stages a #MetGala curtain raiser;
    - British ’90s #art and fashion #exhibition heading to #TateBritain in fall 2026, and more

    #ZoracleDaily #newspaper

  27. 📰 Today's top stories, personally curated for you by Zorz Studios: zorz.it/newspaper

    - #Hasselblad unveils the 70 exceptional #HasselbladMasters2026 finalists;
    - 5 creative group #ideas for successful #TeamBuilding;
    - This #WoodlandWedding blurred the line between fantasy and reality;
    - #Chanel stages a #MetGala curtain raiser;
    - British ’90s #art and fashion #exhibition heading to #TateBritain in fall 2026, and more

    #ZoracleDaily #newspaper

  28. 📰 Today's top stories, personally curated for you by Zorz Studios: zorz.it/newspaper

    - #Hasselblad unveils the 70 exceptional #HasselbladMasters2026 finalists;
    - 5 creative group #ideas for successful #TeamBuilding;
    - This #WoodlandWedding blurred the line between fantasy and reality;
    - #Chanel stages a #MetGala curtain raiser;
    - British ’90s #art and fashion #exhibition heading to #TateBritain in fall 2026, and more

    #ZoracleDaily #newspaper

  29. 📰 Today's top stories, personally curated for you by Zorz Studios: zorz.it/newspaper

    - #Hasselblad unveils the 70 exceptional #HasselbladMasters2026 finalists;
    - 5 creative group #ideas for successful #TeamBuilding;
    - This #WoodlandWedding blurred the line between fantasy and reality;
    - #Chanel stages a #MetGala curtain raiser;
    - British ’90s #art and fashion #exhibition heading to #TateBritain in fall 2026, and more

    #ZoracleDaily #newspaper