Jenny Saville’s human landscapes
The British artist has built a career bringing a new perspective to figures and flesh.
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Edward Burra’s tour of the 20th century
The English painter’s relish for subcultures took him across genres and continents.
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The savagery of Alexander McQueen
The designer saw the skull beneath the skin of a Britain slipping into paranoia and distrust.
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Photo essay: The children of Thatcher’s Britain
Craig Easton’s images of one family capture the reality of state neglect.
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The potter of porcelain mania
How the sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler made porcelain an object of desire across 18th-century Europe.
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Portrait of an 18th-century It girl
Joshua Reynolds’ beloved painting contains the hidden story of my socialite ancestor, whose life spanned England, France and America.
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The second birth of JMW Turner
This year marks the 250th anniversary of his birth, but it was a midlife encounter with two landscapes that created…
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What Russia can teach us
From Tolstoy to Shostakovich, Russian culture shaped Europe. We must not lose it.
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