The best exhibitions to see in 2026
A large contingent of female artists – including Tracey Emin and Frida Kahlo – takes to the walls alongside grand…
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The government is behind on lots of things. Typography is one of them
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Photo books of the year 2025
The best photography books published in the past 12 months – selected by the New Statesman’s creative editor
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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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