Culture: Art

3am eternal

Insomnia is a secret life, whose lonely, wakeful hours reveal a different version of reality. The poet David Harsent describes his experience of a world in which nothing is quite as it seems.

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Riding high

David Hockney’s Yorkshire landscapes show that figurative painting – whether on an iPad or 32 joined canvases – is the most humanly involving visual form.

Art review: Asia Triennial Manchester 11

This celebration of Asian art lacks ambition.

The NS Interview: Jake and Dinos Chapman, artists

“We look at our work and think: why do we have to do this?”

Saudi spin at the British Museum

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Golden Spider Silk (V&A)

Extreme couture from the highlands of Madagascar.

The reinvention of Leonardo da Vinci

Why did the painter flee Florence for Milan?

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Leader: iPad, therefore I am

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David Shrigley: exclusive illustrations for the New Statesman

A gallery of drawings by the irreverent and witty artist.

"Social Fabric" at Iniva (London EC2)