How Jenny Saville turns paint into flesh
In her depictions of the human form, the artist pushes paint to its limits, explains Sarah Howgate of the National Portrait Gallery in London
In her depictions of the human form, the artist pushes paint to its limits, explains Sarah Howgate of the National Portrait Gallery in London
As the Royal Observatory in Greenwich celebrates its 350th anniversary, we look at four artworks that embody our age-old fascination with the heavens
Whether it’s a plush sofa or a severe slab of wood, the choices museums make about seating matter much more than we think
The idealised nude figure has an unshakeable place in art history, but artists have also turned their gaze to their own imperfect bodies
In his designs for stained glass the artist found his perfect medium, taking a modern approach to an age-old form
The Duke of Richmond has been filling the grounds of his Sussex estate with sculpture, and the results are a breath of fresh air
The artist works in near silence on her hyperreal paintings in her Berlin studio, which she keeps as empty as possible
The historian of 18th- and early 19th-century art combined a deep love of objects with an equally deep love of ideas
In her inventive works, the late American artist sought to blur the boundaries between herself and her characters, both real and imagined
The four Scottish Colourists brought a much-needed verve to British art, although their avant-garde credentials can be overstated
With a slew of new projects and major government investment, the Emirati art scene is having a moment. This time, it looks set to last
The best pieces among this year’s finalists blend skill and elegance with an awareness of questions about memory and inheritance
Housed in Louis Kahn’s last building, the newly spruced-up Yale Center for British Art reframes Paul Mellon’s collection
Revisiting a meeting of the two Surrealists in Paris in 1939 sheds new light on the movement as a whole
As the magazine marks its centenary, its belief in being curious about both the past and present – and in the power of art – is more important than ever
A look back at Apollo's commercial pages through the decades reveals shifts in consumer tastes – as well as some distinctly quirky offerings
High fashion meets fine art for the first time in an exhibition at the Paris museum. With so much to see, it‘s hard to know where to look
Recent denials that the department for culture, media and sport is for the chop don’t address the problem of its glaring lack of purpose
The Met takes the well-trodden story of chinoiserie over the centuries and gives it a welcome feminist twist
The distinctive London cinemas designed by George Coles in the 1930s were like Hawksmoor churches for the celluloid age