In 1886 the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche declared the sublime out of date. A number of artists of early and mid-twentieth century continued to engage with concepts of the sublime, though often in ...

Contemporary artists have extended the vocabulary of the sublime by looking back to earlier traditions and by engaging with aspects of modern society. They have located the sublime in not only the ...

Please join us for a one-day program of artist talks, research presentations, and panel conversations by members of Wominjeka Djeembana Indigenous research lab and invited guests. The Country ...

It wasn't until 2012, on my first trip to Los Angeles, that I realised my distant childhood memories of the 1980s had been hijacked. As I strolled past faded neon signs and old motels on Sunset ...

In May 2025, the world’s most popular museum of modern and contemporary art will turn 25. Everyone will be invited to a birthday celebration at Tate Modern from 9 to 12 May. The gallery will be ...

I remember passing by the record shop on Grove Lane and I saw these two white guys on the other side asking people if they wanted to take their own photograph and get a free print. So I walked over ...

In March 2025, Tate Modern will stage the world premiere of Hagay Dreaming, a new performance by Shu Lea Cheang and Dondon Hounwn. Based on an old legend belonging to the Truku tribe of Taiwan, Hagay ...

Fig.2 John Constable The Cornfield 1826 National Gallery, London Born into a prosperous family in the village of East Bergholt, Suffolk, Constable’s early display of aptitude and passion for painting ...

Suspended, collapsed, stacked, wrapped or folded, the works of Phyllida Barlow spring from an interrogation of some of the most fundamental aspects of sculpture: its physical attributes and its ...

This is one of four reports produced by researchers in the project Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum. Each offers a perspective from one of four practices that are changing ...

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