An anarchist on the Riviera
Henri-Edmond Cross envisaged the Mediterranean as a utopia for the deserving working man.
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How Josiah Wedgwood’s Frog Service depicted Britain in chinaware
Commissioned by Catherine the Great, this was both an extraordinary example of Georgian soft power and a pictorial record of…
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The mysterious and unsettling pictures of Paula Rego
A new retrospective at Tate Britain reveals the paradox at the heart of her art: here is a narrative artist…
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Joaquin Mir’s colourful Spanish landscapes
The vivid, emotional works of an artist who left Picasso in awe.
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Maria Sibylla Merian’s insect paintings
The botanical artist’s “unnatural and distressing” interest in insects led to wonderfully detailed – and radical – illustrations.
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What does George Osborne’s appointment mean for the British Museum?
Since museums are almost as much about money as artefacts, there is a clear logic to the former chancellor’s appointment…
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John Vanderlyn’s art of the New World
Why the artist was hailed by Aaron Burr as “the first painter that now is or ever has been in…
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The trials and torments of Domenichino
For the timid 17th-century artist, painting light-hearted landscapes was a way of escaping his persecutors.
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