The British Museum has announced a major new collaboration with Guyanese-British artist Hew Locke. The institution has commissioned new works by the artist that will respond directly to items from its ...

Hew Locke's installation, "The Procession," was commissioned by Tate Britain in 2022. It's now on view at the ICA's Watershed in East Boston. (Courtesy Mel Taing/Institute of Contemporary Art) The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Hew Locke: Passages," is on view at the Yale Center for British Art, Oct. 2, 2025–Jan.11, 2026 (Richard Caspole/Courtesy of Yale ...

LONDON — The first thing that may strike viewers upon entering Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries is a raucous spectacle of colors. More than 140 mannequins, festooned with fabric strips, elaborate masks ...

“You make up your own mind what to think.” Hew Locke’s voice arrives like a whisper out of nowhere, emanating from speakers suspended throughout his new show at the British Museum in London. The ...

Hew Locke's 'The Nameless' mural at Prosepect.3, 2 Hew Locke's 'The Nameless' mural at Prosepect.3, 2 (Photo by Doug MacCash / NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) London-based artist Hew Locke's murals are ...

The boat hovers on just this side of real. If it’s real, it’s from a country far south of the United States, where everyone paints everything in more vivid colors than we ever see, even in New Orleans ...

The British artist Hew Locke is best known for works reflecting both his fascination with and ambivalence towards ideas and images of Britishness within a global context. His explorations of cultural ...

Over the entrance to the Met are medallion portraits of white, male art heroes. Enter Hew Locke with a timely and pointed message about “Gilt” (or “Guilt”). “Gilt: Trophy 3” (2022) by Hew Locke, one ...

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LONDON — It is one thing to commission surveys into an art institution’s links to colonialism or slavery. Repatriation and recognition of cultural objects obtained by nefarious means remain urgent ...

Ostend commissioned Brixton-based Hew Locke to recontextualise the equestrian statue of King Leopold II – but has now cancelled the plans James Crisp is The Telegraph’s Europe Editor. He has covered ...