The First Actresses at the National Portrait Gallery takes a sneaky peek at the birth of fame culture — and its Page Three roots
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Imagine you’re in Iceland…
Yoko Ono’s shining Peace Tower, a column of unstoppable light high in the night sky, moves our writer in Reykjavik to tears
Potty but brilliant tribute to the art of craft
The extraordinary Grayson Perry runs amok in the British Museum to create a revolutionary, revelatory show
The official view of the nation
The Turner prize is now establishment art, even though it has moved out of London and includes painting
Long live Gerhard Richter
After seeing Tate Modern’s beautifully shaped retrospective of the German painter’s work, our critic is wholly convinced
Fundamentally Swiss
Biological videos and displays of old pants? Waldemar Januszczak on how Swissness oozes from Pipilotti Rist