Beethoven’s political resonance
Beethoven was a musical revolutionary – but was he a political one, too?
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Bartolomé Bermejo: the pioneering painter of the Spanish Renaissance
Why the little-known artist of the Spanish Renaissance deserves wider recognition.
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Józef Czapski: painter, prisoner, and disciple of Proust
Czapski survived his incarceration in a Soviet prison camp and went on to produce vivid paintings and prose. But his…
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Thomas Cole: the prophet-painter of America
Thomas Cole’s pictures revealed to his fellow citizens the majesty of their land while warning them of hubris.
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Beautiful grotesque: the “dark play” of Paula Rego
Rego’s latest fairy-tale visions give terror a face – but their deepest secrets remain hidden from view.
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Grayson Perry: The rise and fall of Default Man
How did the straight, white, middle-class Default Man take control of our society – and how can he be dethroned?
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Art - Ned Denny on how America's 19th-century artists travelled in search of the sublime
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