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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Heaven in Essex
Why a church in Harlow New Town has been recognised for its architectural importance.
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The lyrical pastorals of the British neo-romantics
A new exhibition at the Fry Gallery in Saffron Walden shows how the group painted the uncertainties of the mid-century…
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The Picasso problem
Fifty years after the artist’s death, the cult of genius that hid his flaws offers less protection.
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The mysteries of late style
Christopher Neve’s study of great painters reveals the risks and rewards of creating art at the end of life.
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