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David Hockney, painter of pools and Yorkshire light, has died at 88Hockney’s representatives said the Bradford-born artist died peacefully at home on 11 June 2026, one month short of his 89th birthday. BBC and The Art Newspaper reported King Charles, Keir Starmer and Tate Britain among the tributes. Born 9 July 1937, he was known for Los Angeles pool paintings including A Bigger Splash (1967), Yorkshire and Normandy landscapes, and iPad drawings. He is survived by partner Jean-Pierre Gonçalves de Lima, great-nephew Richard Hockney, and brothers Philip and John. Tate said planned 2027 Tate Britain and Tate Modern projects will continue.
Serpentine’s official FAE R&D Fellowship page now names the 2026–27 inaugural fellows: Alice Bucknell, Reina Mun, Alfredo Salazar-Caro and Auriea Harvey. The six-month low-residency Art x Convergence programme runs September 2026–March 2027 with a £10,000 award each, London intensives, and mentorship via Glass Castle Foundation. ARTnews and Artnet report the same cohort and quote CEO Bettina Korek. Home carousel still omits the names; dedicated programme page is the lock. Did not invent project titles beyond Bucknell’s Medium Sized World as stated on the official page.UK export bar keeps Rembrandt’s £71m Catrina Hooghsaet in play through DecemberDCMS deferred export of Rembrandt’s 1657 Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet through 26 December 2026 inclusive, calling it the most expensive object given national-treasure status. A UK buyer would need to match £71,696,324.90 plus VAT of £754,698.15; a second nine-month deferral can follow an option agreement. The Arts Minister announcement landed 27 August and remained a major story on 28 August.Macron to inaugurate Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum on 2 SeptemberGagosian exits London’s Burlington Arcade and plans Basel departureNational Portrait Gallery acquires Harley Weir’s Charli xcx portraitLondon’s National Portrait Gallery announced on 27 July 2026 the acquisition of a photograph of Charli xcx by Harley Weir for its Collecting the Now fund, supported by the Bukhman Foundation. The Guardian and The Art Newspaper reported the Brat-era image is on view in the History Makers space (Room 33) on the ground floor. NPG senior curator of photographs Brandei Estes called Charli “one of the defining cultural figures of her generation.”

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