Wolfgang Tillmans: “Art doesn’t have a purpose”
The photographer on the decline of the London art scene post-Brexit, coming out at 16, and political responsibility.
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Winter wonderlands: writers on their favourite artworks
Ali Smith, Julian Barnes, Ai Weiwei and others choose seasonal scenes.
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The madness of Claude Monet
Jackie Wullschläger’s exemplary biography reveals the impressionist painter’s obsessive commitment to his art.
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Maruyama Ōkyo: artist of the frozen world
The 18th-century Japanese painter learned lessons from Western art and used them more daringly than any European.
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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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