Goya’s bleak midwinter
How the painter dropped a sliver of ice into his light-hearted tapestry designs for the Spanish royal family
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Photo essay: George Orwell’s late sanctuary
Craig Easton’s An Extremely Un-get-atable Place depicts the remote Scottish house where Orwell spent much of his final years
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William Nicholson and the pleasure in the paint
The artist’s refusal to swim with the currents of his times cost him the reputation he deserves
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Joseph Wright of Derby and the mysteries of the Enlightenment
Capturing the age of scientific discovery, the painter also explored its unknowns
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Marina Abramović will live forever
Abramović now sells “longevity drops” and NFTs of her art – promising a performance that will never end
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How to sell priceless stolen jewels
The Mona Lisa won fame by being stolen, but returned, will the same happen to the Louvre jewels?
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Wayne Thiebaud’s slices of Americana
The painter’s neon-lit patisseries and pies captured the abundance of the US in the postwar decades
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The British Museum isn’t cool enough for the Met Gala
The British Museum will hold its own version of the New York fashion event. It’s almost a good idea
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