April design news: synagogues, sheds, shirts and new studios for makers
An award for craftspeople, a museum to celebrate home and a beautiful building created to remember a tragedy
Tag: Art and design
The Great British Art Tour: one of the most important women in NHS history
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Queens University Belfast’s portrait of Professor Mollie McGeown by Laurence Coulter
‘We thought we’d be back in weeks’: behind the scenes at the locked down V&A
What does a museum do when forced to close for months? At the V&A, they’ve cleaned, repaired, renovated, bubblewrapped – and kept burglars at bay. Our writer takes a tour
There’s a simple way to make our cities greener – without a wrecking ball
Architecture’s top prize has been awarded to a design duo who could show Britain how to bring its emissions under control
The Great British Art tour: the royalist who spoke the king’s language of love
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Sir Richard Fanshawe’s portrait in Dagenham
Non-fungible tokens are revolutionising the art world – and art theft
Artists have been dismayed to find their work ending up in the ‘control’ of others
Drawing comfort: the sketchbooks that got Chris Riddell through 2020
For the Observer’s cartoonist, keeping a daily pictorial record of events was the only way to make sense of last year. He tells how a new book was the result
A dance with Rothko plus Gilbert and George explore Covid chaos – the week in art
Mark Rothko’s chapel turns 50, the British Museum examines the male and female lives of the Chevalier d’Éon and Britain’s favourite odd-couple artists capture the new normal – all in your weekly dispatch
The Great British Art Tour: why is Keats at Guy’s hospital?
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights and hidden gems from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Stuart Williamson’s statue of Keats in London
The Great British Art Tour: giggles and graffiti bring Glasgow childhoods to life
With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: Joan Eardley’s Two Children, in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Gallery