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‘I needed a porcelain life’ – Christine Coulson treats a person like a work of art
One Woman Show is a novel about a socialite’s progress through the 20th century, told in the style of wall labels you might find at the Met
A continental breakfast worth tucking into twice
Jean-Étienne Liotard depicted the same scene first in pastel, then 23 years later in oils – and both versions can be savoured for a time at the National Gallery in London
Four things to see: art and nightlife
The seedier side of city life has captured the imaginations of artists throughout the decades
Nicolas de Staël’s art was unpredictable to the end
This long overdue retrospective shows that there was very little Nicolas de Staël coudn’t do as a painter
The fragile idylls of Frank Walter
The Antiguan-born painter spent his final years living off the land, but his scenes of paradise are more complicated than they seem
Under the influence – can social media stars also be market makers?
Cause and effect is hard to pin down, but a certain type of celebrity association does seem to affect the value of a work of art
The art of being Barbra
Barbra Streisand’s doorstopper of a memoir suggests that the real love of the star’s life is the painter Modigliani
The week in art news – entire Documenta selection committee resigns
Plus: Russian artist Aleksandra Skochilenko jailed for seven years for anti-war protest, Joe Tilson (1928–2023), and B.N. Goswamy (1933–2023)
Botticelli Drawings
In San Francisco the Legion of Honor pairs the painter’s masterpieces with their preparatory sketches
How to do things with words – and make art at the same time
At the Henry Moore Institute, artists and poets are hanging on to language for all they’ve got, finding meaning in the spaces between writing and objects
Hockney gets personal at the National Portrait Gallery
The artist has turned his attention to the same five sitters time and again across his 60-year career, to touching effect
Joe Tilson (1928–2023)
In 2018, the British artist looked back with Martin Gayford on Pop art, politics and leaving London for a life in the country
In the studio with… Es Devlin
The multidisciplinary artist begins her work in bed each morning and spends her afternoons cycling to meetings, equipped with two large saddlebags
Lost in fantasy at the British Library
This impressive exhibition takes us through the very long history of a literary genre, but overlooks the part played by artists and illustrators
The London museum that is putting on its war paint
The new art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum contain many welcome surprises
Artist of the Year
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Artist of the Year Award commends the most influential artists of the past 12 months
Book of the Year
Apollo’s annual celebration of achievements in the art world. The Book of the Year Award commends the best new publications of the past 12 months
Four things to see: documentary photography
Photographers have long used their medium to document pressing social issues and overlooked communities
How Finland eventually fell for Impressionism
The movement was slow to find favour in the north, but this gave Finnish artists time to take what they wanted from France
By Lake Lugano, two painters who really saw the light
Giacomo Balla and Piero Dorazio worked nearly 50 years apart, but a dazzling show reveals their shared interest in capturing sensations
How Iannis Xenakis abandoned architecture and remade modern music
The Greek polymath who once worked for Le Corbusier is the subject of an appropriately wide-ranging survey in Athens
The Jewish designers who had success all sewn up
The Museum of London celebrates the designers who turned the capital into a fashion centre while also remembering the people who wore their clothes
David Hockney: Drawing from Life
This long-awaited exhibition takes a close look at portraits of five sitters David Hockney has returned to throughout his 60-year career.
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