Art & Design
Traveller from an antique land
Anselm Kiefer’s bleakly despairing vision causes disquiet in an art world used to in-jokes and irony
Richard Long: Heaven and Earth
Richard Long’s fieldwork is a still point in an endlessly turning world
Picture imperfect
Observations on Lomography
Immoral icons
The annual Stirling Prize celebrates British achievement in architecture. But the winning buildings have left us with a doubtful legacy
Leave the past behind
The campaigns to restore lost architectural gems signify a malaise in our culture
Building the future
In the 1960s, British architecture was at the forefront of modernism. Is it time for a revival?
War of the worlds
The extraordinary design culture of the Cold War period reflects the twin obsessions of the age: utopia and oblivion
Meditation man
Nigel Hall's sculptures are points of stillness in a chaotic world
Art for the people
Thomas Schütte’s sculpture for Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth is a genuinely public work
The line of beauty
Romanesque Architectural Sculpture: the Charles Eliot Norton lectures Meyer Schapiro, edited by Linda Seidel University of Chicago Press, 256pp, £25.50 ISBN 978-0226750637
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Stephen Poliakoff
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Joan Armatrading
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