Why it took the French to recognise Constable’s very English charms
Back in 1821, visitors to the Royal Academy barely noticed The Hay Wain. How, then, did it become so famous, asks Dr James Fox on Radio 4
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Back in 1821, visitors to the Royal Academy barely noticed The Hay Wain. How, then, did it become so famous, asks Dr James Fox on Radio 4
The Staffordshire volume rounds off Pevsner’s monumental guide to the nation’s greatest buildings. But what happens next?
A new north London mural by Leon Fenster features notable Jewish names in a gloriously chaotic celebration of Jewish identity over centuries
The Gallagher brothers, Prince, Wagner, Kubrick, Mad Men… Are they really above criticism? Our writers think not
Entrance fees and a tourist tax could provide a rescue plan for our museums and galleries. Where else will the money come from?
Part of the Fluxus movement with Yoko Ono, he believed that ‘everything is art’ – and even signed his own newborn daughter
The show’s snazzy ‘fantasy toyshop’ look will appeal to Barbie nostalgists – but where’s the bite or wit of Greta Gerwig’s 2023 film?
Covid-19 and a shortage of valuable works in the UK market have seen sales totals dwindle year on year, but all is not lost
From the colourful world of Henry Moore to Hockney’s travels back in time, these are the shows not to miss
We could fix the culture crisis by reforming the Arts Council, embracing philanthropy and promoting international collaboration
Just a month after his portrait of the King, Jonathan Yeo’s likeness of Attenborough shows the broadcaster in a gentle, dappled light
This fascinating show belatedly distinguishes Ukraine’s modernists from their Russian counterparts and gives them a richly deserved voice
Can new research determine whether biology dictates the toys our children love?
There are few things more photogenic than a beautiful ceiling. Here are a few worth craning your neck for
This exhibition celebrates the long-sidelined spouses and defies their conventional reduction to little more than a memorable rhyme
The V&A’s slick exhibition about her four-decade career is the first of its kind – but we get no nearer to the real Naomi Campbell
His magnificent 1927 mural The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats was deemed ‘offensive’ by the Tate. Of course, it’s nothing of the sort
The Bahamian artist’s monuments to overlooked figures from black history are imaginative and thought-provoking, if a little reductive
More than 50 years on, the photographer’s images of South Africa have lost none of their unsettling power
A heap of tedious, shambling parochialism and humdrum bilge, this year’s show may well be a new low