How Chiura Obata combined the traditions of Japanese and American art
The painter made a career that melded the oriental and occidental styles.
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The Hokusai of Sussex
Eric Slater was an unassuming man, but his Japanese art-inspired woodcut prints show his brilliance.
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How Nicolas Poussin let loose
A sumptuous exhibition shows how the austere classicist found revelry, sex, drunkenness and abandon.
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Leon Dabo’s pictures of nothing
For the 20th century painter, landscapes were less real places than elusive moods.
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How Paul Sandby painted Britain as he saw it
The 18th-century artist revealed the possibilities of both watercolour and the British landscape.
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Who owns the image rights of a child?
Spencer Elden, the baby photographed on Nirvana’s iconic “Nevermind” cover, is suing the band. His lawsuit raises questions we can’t…
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The myths of Michael Ayrton
For the mid-century “image-maker”, there was no dividing line between the deep past and the present.
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Livia Drusilla’s feast for the eyes
The wife of Emperor Augustus treated her guests to a visual delight with her painted “Garden Room”.
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