When the sitter is also an artist, with, say, their own understanding of composition, the importance of the gaze and history of art, you get a sense [of] a mutual understanding: the sitter with a ...

The Yale Center for British Art's entrance court skylights Photo by Richard Caspole It’s wonderfully organised, but Kahn’s design is difficult to work in, because its finishes are so ...

At 87 years old, David Hockney is preparing for the biggest exhibition of his work ever staged. In April, the Fondation Louis Vuitton – architect Frank Gehry’s “cloud of glass”, now a bona fide ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Tracey Emin’s wrenching, confessional paintings at the Yale Center for British Art evoke emotions that are so intense you almost feel you are in the room with her.

GB & NI’s Molly Caudery (Scott Simpson, Thames Valley) just missed out on a medal in the women’s world athletics indoor championships pole vault final this morning, with a best clearance of 4.70m ...

A man holding a Palestinian flag was seen climbing the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, in London on Saturday (today). A fire engine raised a cherry picker to the same height as the man to ...

British explorer Pen Hadow and his crew have set sail from Alaska, in an attempt to become the first people ever to sail to the North Pole. With Arctic ice melting at an unprecedented rate ...

“The Argentine flag was prepared for hoisting on top of Stanley House but the rope snapped in the breeze, which was cheered by the British troops.” Mr. Muir and the other troops were captured ...