All roads lead to Thaxted
England’s folk traditions live on in the small town in rural north Essex, inspired by the Christian socialism of one…
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Rubens and body positivity
In his representations of women, the great baroque painter sought more than merely the pleasure of flesh.
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David Hockney’s clumsy late style
His more recent portraits reveal an artist whose skills are fading.
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Max Pechstein and the politics of paint
Amid Germany’s 20th-century upheavals, the expressionist’s art brought him both renown and peril.
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Philip Guston’s American monsters
His 1960s paintings of Ku Klux Klansmen confront the banality of evil – and retain their power to shock.
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Marina Abramović’s catalogue of self-harm
The stock-in-trade of the 76-year-old’s long career is endurance mixed with pain: something she demands of her audience, too.
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Frans Hals and the will to life
Where Rembrandt painted introspection, the Haarlem portraitist showed people as social creatures.
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The froideur of Theresa May’s parliament portrait
The picture suggests May’s desire to remain statesmanlike, regardless of the febrile times of her premiership.
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