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However many times the Turner prize gets stamped on, however fiercely we wish to dispose of it, however bad it gets, it survives the hammering and comes back for more. It is the cockroach of art and its resilience over four testing decades is almost heroic. This year’s effort has travelled to Bradford, Britain’s City […]

A few will take notice when the winner of the 2023 Turner prize is announced on Tuesday. Most won’t. It’s been many a season since the once fierce Turner battled its way on to the nation’s front pages and forced Britain to take an interest in contemporary art. This year’s version takes place at the […]

Having read Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge, I did not expect the Black Venus show at Somerset House to be an uplifting experience. When it comes to guilt in these sensitive matters, I am the full package: white, middle class, middle-aged (going on old) and, to top it all, an art […]

Zanele Muholi’s self-portraits are magical

A lucky few graduates seize the moment — with work that questions nature and identity

Titian’s Poesies are united for the first time at the National Gallery, and Waldemar Januszczak is awestruck

Were Lucas Cranach’s paintings of naked ladies there to titillate — or to educate? By Waldemar Januszczak

A resonant photography exhibition focusing on segregation in 1950s America turns the lens on to the everyday cruelties and injuries of racism

The challenges of lockdown have been met with varying degrees of success online by art galleries, says Waldemar Januszczak

It is the first of the big guns to open its doors, and what treasures await