Letters: In response to a piece by Julian Spalding, Michael Newton argues that it makes sense to keep one London gallery for older paintings, while others show more recent work
December 2023
Gift memberships: the best UK gallery, museum, cinema and theatre deals this Christmas
Giving subscriptions as a present helps the culture sector plug its finances and saves money too
June 2023
Tate loans painting of Covid frontline staff to Alder Hey hospital
Liverpool Biennial 2023 review – devastating insights into the horrors of slavery
February 2023
Fostering curiosity: the Tate brings great art to the people of Merseyside
Works from the museum’s collection begin a 10-week tour of the Liverpool city region
December 2022
Veronica Ryan is a sensational choice as Turner prize-winner
The Montserrat-born sculptor’s mature, meditative works are the opposite of the brash art that usually impresses the judges – and cap the first Turner worth caring about in years
October 2022
Turner prize 2022 review – as baffling as ever
Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, Heather Phillipson and Sin Wai Kin go head to head in a jumble of boyband promos, apocalyptic raves and the ghosts of racism
September 2022
JMW Turner: Dark Waters review – death and despair in a prison of Arctic ice
Turner’s masterful paintings of whalers and explorers, partly inspired by an Arctic expedition that went missing, are given a sombre undertow by composer Lamin Fofana’s haunting soundtracks
August 2022
Tate regrets way in which relationship with artists ended
Letter: Roland Rudd, the chair of Tate, on resolving a dispute with three artists
June 2022
Summer on a budget
Thrifty summer: free films, folk and standup – 25 cost-free ways to enjoy arts in the UK
You don’t have to shell out to enjoy the best in music, film, theatre, art and comedy – from a Francis Bacon in Aberdeen to Notting Hill’s unique and spectacular carnival
May 2022
Radical Landscapes review – consciousness-raising from the ground up
Gainsborough’s Mr and Mrs Andrews sit pretty alongside Greenham Common barbed wire in this instructive if not quite groundbreaking roam around the contested land and landscapes of Britain
Radical Landscapes review – ‘Is loving green fields really wicked?’
It has some fabulous works, from a canal by Constable to a gnarled old tree by Tacita Dean, but this show’s radical v conservative thesis gets caught in the brambles – and the climate section is catastrophic
Nukes in the brooks: the artists who weaponised landscape art
From a cruise missile Constable to a rampaging neon giant, artists have always used rural settings to confront the uses and abuses of land. We go behind the scenes at a riveting new Liverpool show that captures their rebellious spirit
April 2022
Breadfruit, cherries and drag: this is a lip-smacking Turner prize shortlist
Turner prize: Trafalgar Square whipped cream and fly sculpture among shortlist
March 2022
Tate galleries cut ties with sanctioned billionaires after Ukraine invasion
Group severs relations with donors and supporters who were sanctioned by US and EU
July 2021
From Cézanne to surrealism: Tate unveils 2022 programme
Other exhibitions include Cornelia Parker, Walter Sickert, Barbara Hepworth and the Turner prize
May 2021
Reopening culture
From brutal Dubuffet to nice guy Nero: what to see as art exhibitions open
As galleries reopen their doors, we preview a visual feast that includes Rodin, Eileen Agar, Paula Rego, Matthew Barney – and an out-of-body experience in Liverpool
March 2021
Sir Alan Bowness obituary
Accomplished director of the Tate in the 1980s who updated the gallery’s approach and expanded its reach
December 2020
Bagpipes v Covid: Aliza Nisenbaum's glowing tributes to the pandemic frontline
The revered painter of vibrant portraits has celebrated the courage of Merseyside health staff – without leaving LA. She reveals how she captured her sitters in scrubs, asleep and even blowing the bagpipes
