Sculpture

Back with a crash bang: Banks Violette on his wrecked chandelier self-portraits
Inspired by black metal, his art was the toast of the 00s. But the former tattooist flamed out. Now he’s returning – with 14 fallen chandeliers that speak of opiated excess
Alex Needham
28, Nov, 2023 @2:53 PM

From Tracey Emin to Kiki Smith: National Gallery of Australia puts art by women in the spotlight
A new exhibition in Canberra charts how women artists of the 20th century have been consumed with the body – and changed the way it has been depicted
Isabella Trimboli
28, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

Greek PM bemoans lack of progress on return of Parthenon marbles
Kyriakos Mitsotakis to raise issue of ‘reunification’ of sculptures when he meets Rishi Sunak this week
Jessica Murray and agencies
26, Nov, 2023 @1:28 PM

Nightmarish, playful, erotic: the revelatory Sydney show of art titan Louise Bourgeois
Spanning almost 130 works – including a number of showstoppers – the Art Gallery of NSW pays homage to the strange fruits of the late artist’s psyche
Dee Jefferson
24, Nov, 2023 @11:00 PM

‘This is going to be our Angel of the North’: Leeds unveils Yinka Shonibare sculpture
While Hibiscus Rising celebrates a diverse city, it is also in recognition of a dark moment in Leeds’ past
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent
24, Nov, 2023 @3:56 PM

Pope.L review – sublime shipwreck misses its crawling captain
Renowned for his epic crawls through New York in the 1970s, the artist’s first UK show teeters with boozy liquids, toilets and poignant symbolism – it just lacks the man himself
Adrian Searle
23, Nov, 2023 @12:38 PM

‘I can sense her presence in the works’: the bold designs and trailblazing life of sculptor Kim Lim
A first major museum show celebrating the dazzling constructions of the Singaporean-British artist will finally etch her place in the UK art pantheon once and for all
Saba Ahmed
23, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

Women’s Work Is Never Done review – decay, dildos and the disappeared enliven a great unravelling
Catherine de Zegher, a prolific Belgian curator, lets a host of artists loose to tackle everything from eco-feminism to childbirth to torture in South America
Adrian Searle
22, Nov, 2023 @12:53 PM

‘There’s a story of racialised exclusion’: the forgotten Chinese artist who transformed Cumbria
Li Yuan-chia was influential in British art circles of his time – but struggled to attain broader recognition. A major exhibition of his work shines the light on his legacy
Nicholas Wroe
20, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

Making New Worlds: Li Yuan-chia and Friends review – the open invitation of one remarkable man
What happened when the Chinese artist Li Yuan-chia turned an old barn in Cumbria into a free-form space that attracted everyone from Delia Derbyshire to Andy Goldsworthy? Find out in this captivating group show
Laura Cumming
19, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM

Ten metres high and 10 tonnes: Louise Bourgeois’ giant spider crawls into Sydney
Titled Maman, the bronze, steel and marble arachnid will be the looming centrepiece of the Art Gallery of NSW’s major summer exhibition
Michael Sun
17, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

‘I’m staggered this isn’t front-page news’: the ‘provocative’ climate art that ended up in a cathedral
Inspired by global warming and the refugees who lost their lives trying to reach Europe, Shezad Dawood’s work asks difficult questions. How will it go down in church?
Charlotte Jansen
15, Nov, 2023 @11:39 AM
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