Droopy damsels in distress take centre stage in A Victorian Obsession
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Ancient art or modern lust?
A magazine shoot of Kim Kardashian naked has caused a sensation. It echoes classical depictions of the female form, but far from celebrating women, it panders to male fantasy.
The flip side of Pop Art
After Warhol, pop art underwent a controversial revival in Russia and China. On the eve of a Saatchi show, Waldemar Januszczak looks at how the work cocked a snook at dictators, while Audrey Ward interviews the artists
Danger! Sexist twaddle
The RA’s Allen Jones retrospective is a silly show, proving how the pop artist’s career took a disastrous turn from poetic to seedy
Fierce creatures
Schiele’s nudes are kinky, sexy and outrageous; Moroni’s portraits and religious works are intense and disconcerting
Reflected vainglory
The Hayward’s tries for a new take on the old story of urban alienation, but its egotism gets in the way