Tate Liverpool’s Magritte show rethinks the catchy surrealist as a prophet of the virtual age — a skilled tinkerer with image and time
Monthly Archives: June 2011
The artist and his muse
A new show finds a rare intimacy between Toulouse-Lautrec and his muse: the crazy Moulin Rouge dancer Jane Avril
‘Very political, surprisingly coherent’
Waldemar Januszczak reports from Venice, where Saudi kings, Barbie dolls and Olympic ambitions were mocked in splendid style
Newspeak, Saatchi Gallery, London
Charles Saatchi’s new show has uncovered the new stars of British art. They’re more thoughtful than the YBAs, and show that Britain still has talent
‘People don’t come for good art’
The Shape of Things to Come at the Saatchi will pull in the crowds, but the ‘new’ sculpture on display is tired and formulaic