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Hew Locke: The Procession is the show Prince William and Kate should have seen before Jamaica
Tate Britain is transformed into a carnival but look twice, it is not so celebratory
Francis Bacon, David Hockney and Picasso: Inside their studios
Meticulously tidy or a horrible mess? To really know an artist, just look at their studio
A Life of Picasso Volume IV by John Richardson review — a masterpiece of a biography
John Richardson’s latest work reveals that the darker the artist’s personal life, the greater was his genius
Carlo Crivelli — the greatest illusionist that art forgot
Too gothic to be a Renaissance master, this artist was wrongly overlooked — no longer thanks to this show at the Ikon gallery
David Hockney: ‘I want to get on with my work’
The artist’s Normandy studio is a respite from the world. Over lunch and cigarettes he talks about his new exhibition and looking like ‘a lesbian novelist’
The secret battle to save Ukraine’s art treasures
I have no concrete idea how I ended up in Ukraine last week seeing how the nation’s art and treasures are being saved from Russian bombs. All gods move in mysterious ways, but the gods of art are especially fickle. It started a fortnight ago with a meeting in London of ten of Poland’s most […]
Postwar Modern at the Barbican — bleak art for harsh times
Don’t miss this bold exhibition featuring Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon
Surrealism Beyond Borders — Tate Modern can’t tell good art from bad
Our leading contemporary gallery proves the movement is a magnet for the untalented
The World of Stonehenge is a monument to our European roots
The British Museum’s surprising exhibition challenges perceptions of our prehistory