Pattern and Decoration – the movement that made a leitmotif of light motif
Embracing polka dot, patchwork and plenty of colour, P&D artists set out to challenge the norms of good taste
Embracing polka dot, patchwork and plenty of colour, P&D artists set out to challenge the norms of good taste
The food historian Ivan Day talks about the historical table settings he has recreated for an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
The Queen and Prince Philip get some art advice from Anthony Blunt in season three of the lavish drama
Thanks to the town’s seafaring merchants, the museum has one of the world’s best collections of maritime and Asian art – and a whole new wing for its display
The National Gallery is raising funds to purchase Orazio Gentileschi’s biblical scene – once a prized possession of Queen Henrietta Maria
Nan Goldin
‘Nicholas Hilliard: Life of an Artist’ by Elizabeth Goldring
Arab Image Foundation
The artist explains how his new lollipop-stick collages connect Pop art, Bauhaus, and ancient Athenian comedy
The artist discusses her stereotype-busting sculptures, and explains why major shows in Los Angeles and New York are ‘just another gig’
Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered Carmen C. Bambach Yale University Press Bambach’s four-volume account of the artist’s life and work is a feat of research and interpretation that has taken a quarter of a century to produce. As well as poring over Leonardo’s drawings, paintings, and writings, Bambach considers the relevant scholarship and recent technical evidence. […]
Child prodigy he was not – but works from the painter’s youth in Leiden show that he soon made up for lost time
Twenty-five years after his death, Jarman’s films, paintings and words are still incisive and inspiring
The poet, translator and musician was also a passionate observer – and recorder – of the visual world
Destroyed during the Pacific War and restored in 1992, the castle was the pride of Okinawa. Now a fire has left it in ruins again
The artist talks about the wide-ranging references in his neon installations and other works – from modernist music to yoga
A selection of studies and sketches shows how the definition of drawing has happily ballooned in recent decades
The painter’s monumental and often melancholy hunting scenes are well worth another look
From Tiffany vases to Fabergé gold, this year’s stateside edition of the fair is full of connections to the Armory’s rich history
The Zimbabwean artist discusses his film ‘We Live in Silence’, screened at the opening of Goodman Gallery’s new London premises