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Topic of the month on the art front has been: forgotten women. Until now, it has raged chiefly on the books pages, where an assortment of feisty tomes on the subject have been receiving excited reviews. Femina, by Janina Ramirez, is “writing women back into history” by listing and celebrating the undervalued heroines of the […]

I was thinking the other day about an art book I want to write. Its title would be: Art — How It All Turned to Shit. Every word in the book would be true. Playing a central role in the tragedy would be Damien Hirst. Among art critics working today, I do not believe Hirst has […]

Winslow Homer and Michelangelo are two artists I never imagined I would pair in the same sentence, but a compelling show that has opened at the National Gallery has forced my hand. On the surface, they have zero in common. One was a universally acclaimed genius of the Renaissance, the other a 19th-century boat painter […]

This display of the Queen’s treasures at Buckingham Palace will send arrows of desire thundering into everyone’s hearts

Money is being ploughed into ‘immersive’ experiences but are they any good? Our critic investigates at shows dedicated to Frida Kahlo and Van Gogh

Behold the ultimate master of technique and celebrate his artistic genius

It’s a good cause, but this gallery needs its artistic director to stop globe-trotting and get on his bicycle

Two shows about the black and African experience have opened — one joyous and uplifting, the other neurotic

Poor old art. Somewhere along the line it seems to have become the protest junkie’s victim of choice.

After a harsh few years, the class of 2022 are graduating. Our critic goes to the Royal College of Art’s final show to see what the future holds