Caspar David Friedrich and the mystery of eternity
The great painter, born 250 years ago, made it his lifelong task to depict the numinous in nature.
ByMichael Prodger is associate editor at the New Statesman.
The great painter, born 250 years ago, made it his lifelong task to depict the numinous in nature.
By Michael ProdgerHow the first female painter admitted into the Royal Academy became one of the great celebrities of her age.
By Michael ProdgerAlso featuring The Performer by Richard Sennett and Cloistered by Catherine Coldstream.
By Pippa Bailey, Michael Prodger, Jonny Ball and Ellen Peirson-HaggerAlso featuring Power Up by Yasmin Ali and Ghost Pains by Jessica Jezewska Stevens.
By Michael Prodger, Megan Gibson, Sophie McBain and Megan KenyonAlso featuring a lost memoir by Harry Edward and The Painter’s Daughters by Emily Howes.
By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio, Barney Horner, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Michael ProdgerAlso featuring Unearthing by Kyo Maclear and Six Stories by Stefan Zweig.
By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey, Ellen Peirson-Hagger and Alona FerberIn “Soulscapes”, contemporary artists of the African diaspora depict the lands that shaped them.
By Michael ProdgerThese portraits have a haunted quality, the spectres of all the deleted images that went before.
By Michael ProdgerAlso featuring Spent Light by Lara Pawson and Moral AI And How We Get There.
By Barney Horner, Will Dunn, Michael Prodger and Tom Gatti