King Charles III

'King Dingo': After his portrait of Australia's richest woman stirred controversy, Vincent Namatjira turns his sights on British royalty

The aboriginal artist's portrait of Gina Rinehart made headlines after she called on the National Gallery of Australia to have it removed—now he has made a painting responding to British monarchs

Animal rights protestors cover painting of King Charles III in Wallace and Gromit stickers

Jonathan Yeo’s work was defaced by activists from the Animal Rising group

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A royal in red—King Charles III portrait unveiled

The work by Jonathan Yeo shows Charles wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards

Queen Camilla brings the art of monarchy to a London studio community in search of a permanent home

The British royal toured Kindred Studios, a hub which currently offers affordable rents to artists and makers at its temporary location—and which has a 3,500-strong waiting list

'Shameful waste of money'? New King Charles portrait causes controversy

Official photograph by Hugo Burnand depicts monarch in full military regalia and will be offered to every UK public body in £8m scheme

The Queen’s Galleries to be renamed after King Charles III in ‘recognition of the new reign’—despite previous plans not to change their names

The Royal Collection Trust, which runs the museums in London and Edinburgh, declines to give further details on change of heart

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King Charles’s ethical dilemma over looted objects in the Royal Collection

The monarch will likely face calls for the return of priceless objects that were seized by British military forces during 19th-century operations

Charles III’s coronation: the ceremonial objects explained

Plus, Karl Lagerfeld in New York and Marlene Smith’s Good Housekeeping III

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Why has no one been invited to follow in the footsteps of Hollar, Lowry and Topolski as a coronation artist?

Music and poetry have been created to mark the crowning of Charles III as king, but—for the first time since the 17th century—there will be no official artist

'Justice is my claim': library discovers new poem attributed to Queen Caroline, who was barred from her husband's coronation in 1821

Caroline of Brunswick, "an injured princess" famously acquitted of treasonous adultery, was refused admission to George IV's crowning in Westminster Abbey

The art of the coronation: how iconography of the ceremony has evolved over the centuries

From illuminated manuscripts to theatrically staged photography, the codified image of a crowned monarch has told the story of a rite that mixes religious and pre-Christian practices

Royally great crowd-sourcing: more than 11,000 people submit drawings to create a digital portrait of King Charles III

Christie's marks coronation by auctioning portrait in aid of BBC Children in Need and holding exhibitions of Shakespeare's First Folio and the work of Royal Drawing School alumni

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Should he take after Charles I or Charles II? It is time for the new king to set his artistic agenda

The coronation is a good moment to assess the direction of travel of Charles III, the most accomplished artist yet to take the throne

On eve of the coronation, Sotheby's offers document in which Charles II set out his vision for restoration of the British monarchy

"Transformational" signed 1660 copy of The Declaration of Breda leads mixed-category sale featuring manuscripts, royal portraits, medals and memorabilia

Some (impertinent) art advice for King Charles III on how to manage the Royal Collection

Opening it up through more generous loans and by easing copyright restrictions would be good for both HM and the country

No to Modernism, yes to arts and crafts: a look at the creative tastes of King Charles III

The monarch's gardens at Highgrove are the purest example of his late-Victorian-inspired vision

King Charles III faces pressure to return sacred tabot—which symbolically represents the Ark of the Covenant—to Ethiopia

Westminster Abbey, which is directly under the monarch’s jurisdiction, currently refuses to return the holy tablet

Do good monarchs make bad art collectors? Inside the British Royal Collection

Plus, how UK museums can respond to the energy crisis, and a haunting Henry Fuseli painting

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England’s Coronation tapestries: the right royal story behind the lavish, 500-year-old textiles

Could the historic pieces make an appearance at Westminster Abbey when Prince Charles succeeds the Queen?