Winter wonderlands: writers on their favourite artworks
Ali Smith, Julian Barnes, Ai Weiwei and others choose seasonal scenes.
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How Sensation turned British art into big business
Twenty-five years ago, the Charles Saatchi-backed exhibition heralded a new era – one in which profit would reign supreme.
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Picture books of the year
Love, the glory days of music portraits, and 1970s stock car racing: the best photography publications of 2022.
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How Eric Ravilious found the soul of England
The Sussex landscape has proven irresistible to artists for hundreds of years.
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How Ronald Searle drew the Romans
One cartoon shows a shattered centurion being nagged by his wife.
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The women who shaped modernism
A new exhibition at the Royal Academy reveals how a formidable group of artists brought new perspectives to 20th-century German…
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The Sewing Bee’s Esme Young: “Now I’m older, I think – whatever! Go for it!”
The TV judge and designer on partying with Pink Floyd and David Bowie, dressing Grace Jones, and collecting animal skulls.
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Norman Wilkinson and the fine art of advertising
The British artist used his design skills to transform both battleships and railway posters.
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