The British artist David Shrigley has returned to his Midlands secondary school almost 40 years after graduating to unveil an animatronic sculpture of a giant praying mantis, in the hope that it will ...

Artist installs new work at his former college in Oadby, as number of arts students in England plummets The artist David Shrigley has said Stem subjects should be expanded to prioritise the arts, ...

David Shrigley said the mantis sculpture aimed to highlight the role art plays in education A Turner-nominated artist has loaned his new giant mantis sculpture to his former school to highlight the ...

David Shrigley has returned to the school where he first took his first proper art lessons, bringing along a giant praying mantis sculpture. The Turner-nominated artist was a student at Beauchamp ...

The giant rainforest mantis is great at catching things. Its strong arms (which are really its front legs) may look like they are folded in prayer, but they are used for grasping and holding the ...