By Sara Bright In a nondescript sorting office in Lancashire, 34-year-old Martha Ellis spent a decade stacking parcels, her only creative outlet the biro doodles…
By Sara Bright A Half-Century Art Heist UnravelledIn an extraordinary twist of fate, a 17th-century roundel by Flemish master Pieter Brueghel the Younger, stolen from…
By Alexander Stone In the annals of art crime, few capers rival the brazen theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s America – a fully functional 18-carat gold…
Between 1986 and 1994, John Myatt executed what Scotland Yard officially classified as the “biggest art fraud of the 20th century.” Working from his modest…
By Sara Bright Creativitys.UK is thrilled to announce digital artist Diana Meridi as the recipient of the March 2025 Creativity’s UK Award (Creativity’s Prize). Celebrated…
By Anne Fry When Vincent van Gogh died in 1890, he left behind over 2,000 artworks and a legacy known only to a handful of…
By Sara Bright Over 400 playwrights, poets, and performers have ignited a cultural revolt. In an open letter to the National Endowment for the Arts,…
By Alexander Stone Britain’s creative industries – renowned for shaping global culture – are facing a damning reckoning. A Guardian analysis reveals 30% of artistic…
By Sara Bright In the annals of art history, few names resonate as powerfully as Vincent van Gogh. Known for his vibrant use of colour…
By Alexander Stone Emmanuel Macron’s decision to file a criminal complaint against Guadeloupean artist François Moulin, known as Boss Blow, over a painting depicting his…