Hamad Butt, a gay Muslim of Pakistani origin, studied with Hirst at Goldsmiths University where the artist is reported to have first encountered the idea to use flies in his work ...

“The critics are not supposed to like everything that Tate does. They never have,” Balshaw says, firmly. Visitors expect to be challenged by what they see and experience when they visit a Tate museum, ...

The announcement that the Turner Prize is to be held in Middlesbrough has been hailed as a "major coup". The award, which is ...

Following Bradford’s hosting of the 2025 Turner Prize, the exhibition of work by the four shortlisted artists for Turner ...

The Turner Prize 2026 is to be hosted in Middlesbrough in a "massive win" for the town. The Turner Prize, which is organised by Tate, is one of the world’s foremost artistic accolades and is awarded ...

The 2026 ceremony will take place at MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art. An exhibition of work by the four ...

One of the world's most well-known prizes for contemporary art, the Turner Prize, is to be hosted in Middlesbrough in 2026.

What artists gain in expressive freedom, art institutions and enthusiasts inherit as long-term structural risk.

Damien Hirst | Tate Modern | ★★★★☆ The killer killed. The inevitability and unfathomability of death. Death, death, death. Spot, spot, death, spot, death. You know what you get with ...

According to curator Dominic Johnson, Hirst's breakthrough piece A Thousand Years – you know, the one with flies munching on ...

A star-studded gala was held at the Tate Modern to celebrate its 25th anniversary and the launch of an endowment fund to secure the long-term future of the Tate galleries. Princess Eugenie, Daniel ...