Grayson Perry: “We are living through a moment of shock”
The award-winning artist on race, humour and art in a time of crisis.
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How the coronavirus crisis is pushing art online
As institutions are forced to close their physical doors, the pandemic has sparked a wave of virtual galleries, museums and…
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How Christmas decorations reflect our obsession with adornment
During the Christmas season, homes are festooned with all sorts of decorations. But if we look around when they come…
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Dreams of the North
How a journey into the Arctic Circle left the painter Peder Balke with ice in his soul.
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Dora Maar’s striking visual experiments
Reassessing the surrealist artworks of a woman dismissed as a footnote to the Picasso story.
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“It was very, very controversial“: how a Camden Town Sainsbury’s became Grade II listed
On a recent drizzly Tuesday, the Sainsbury’s Superstore in Camden Town was doing a bustling trade. A man in a…
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Lawrence Abu Hamdan: “Art is what you use when other modes of language are inadequate”
On 2 December 2019, in the Members’ Room of London’s Tate Britain, Lawrence Abu Hamdan is worried about his voice.…
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The optimism of Steve McQueen’s “Year 3”
On a Monday morning in Tate Britain’s Duveen Galleries, I watch as the artist, film director and screenwriter Steve McQueen…
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