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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.

 

Thu 01 Aug 2024, 11:09 | Tags: Warwick Arts Centre, 50th Anniversary, art, Arts

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.

Mon 03 Jun 2024, 14:17 | Tags: History of Art, art, Arts and Humanities, Humanities, Arts

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.


New installation kicks off Springtime Sculpture Trail at The University of Warwick

A colourful new sculpture has been installed today, 20 March, at the University of Warwick kicking off the University’s new Springtime Sculpture Trail.

Thu 21 Mar 2024, 11:26 | Tags: Warwick Arts Centre, Sculpture, art, Sculpture Park, Arts

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