Press Releases
Sensory Stroll Art Installation Launches in Leamington Spa
The University of Warwick’s Creative Futures team, in partnership with Friends of Christchurch Gardens and Warwick District Council, proudly launched "Sensory Stroll," an innovative art installation created by Pickle Illustration, at Christchurch Gardens.
Warwick Arts Centre Celebrates 50 Years of Art, Activism, and Community
The University of Warwick’s Warwick Arts Centre is proudly celebrating its 50th anniversary this November, marking five decades of being at the heart of the arts, culture, and community in the West Midlands.
Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles
Hayward Gallery Touring will present Material Worlds: Contemporary Artists and Textiles at the Warwick Arts Centre, an ambitious group exhibition exploring how contemporary artists are using textiles in surprising and radical ways. Illuminating the diverse roles textiles play in artistic practice, the exhibition brings together artists who take the intimate and domestic quality of textiles and transform them into theatrical, bold, unsettling and humorous artworks that inspire, challenge and offer new ways of thinking.
Rare portrait discovered of ‘England’s Lost Queen’ – a cousin of Elizabeth I and a threat to her throne.
A previously unknown portrait of a noblewoman known as ‘England’s lost queen’ has been discovered by art historians Elizabeth Goldring, of the University of Warwick’s Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, and Emma Rutherford.
University of Warwick building awarded RIBA West Midlands Building of the Year
The University of Warwick’s new Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB) has been awarded the West Midlands Building of the Year award from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Standing Ovations: Researcher explores Best of British comedy legends immortalised in sculpture.
As social media buzzes with debates over the diminutive dimensions of ancient Greek statues' private parts, Dr David Wright from the University of Warwick's Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies dives into a more British sculpture exploration: the world of British comedy immortalised in sculpture.