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Photo that proves football is still the beautiful game
Have you ever seen a happy sports photographer? Me neither. We go to the football to be excited and uplifted. Sports photographers go to get cold and rained on, and to have Adebayo Akinfenwa crashing down on their nuts after another poor Wycombe Wanderers corner. No wonder they come across as such a grumpy breed. […]
Chaïm Soutine: his best paintings
He may have lived squalidly, but the studious painter was no oik
How Covid changed the art world
The pandemic has laid waste to the industry, with last year’s biennales the casualties. Good — it’s time we returned to basics and put people back in the picture
Having a blue period? Try a pick-me-up from a virtual tribute artist
While galleries remain shut, fans of Picasso and Hockney are giving art lovers daily doses of culture with social media accounts showing off their work
Learn to mind your mannerism
Once dismissed as excessively lavish and overly distorted, the art of the late Renaissance does offer some delights
Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace at the Queen’s Gallery
The Queen’s Gallery can be overlooked but the art there weakens the knees
Sad souls in a happy encounter
The juxtaposition of Tracey Emin and Edvard Munch is a revelation, shedding light on both painters’ work
How artists have recognised the beauty of masks
They are new to many of us now, but artists have long been fans of face coverings
Forget The Queen’s Gambit, here’s the real art of chess
The game has been inspiring creative minds for centuries