Celebrating London Fashion Week: Isaac Mizrahi, an interview
‘I have been praised but also punished. And it’s because I didn’t necessarily see this as a labour…
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Lee Lozano: Not Working – an interview with Jo Applin
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International Women’s Day: The Remarkable Women of Yale Books
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Bookshop of the Month – Janette Ray, York
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Small Churches by Big Names – Alan Brooks explores Oxfordshire in a new Pevsner Guide
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Gardens of Court and Country – Celebrating Hampton Court Flower Show
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Enlightened Princesses: How they Shaped the Modern World
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Magda Cordell, the Lost Brutalist
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The Art of Brutalism: The Style of No Style
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HULL – UK City of Culture 2017: Spotlight on Architecture
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Eclectic and Inclusive: Inside the Association of Art Historians Conference 2017
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Dada’s Women, 100 years on – by Ruth Hemus
‘No one can escape from DADA.’ Ruth Hemus, an expert on the early 20th century Avant-Garde and author…
Expressive Women – David Ebony & Gwen F. Chanzit on Women of Abstract Expressionism
‘One of the things I say to people is that you can teach someone how to make a…
Remembering Vincent van Gogh: Richard Kendall on van Gogh and nature
‘There are certainly emotional responses to the natural world in his paintings, often because of the sheer thrill…
Michael Palin: A tribute to the National Gallery London & the Companion Guide that brings it to life
‘Erika’s great skill was to turn the paintings … into companions.’ – Michael Palin Michael Palin ‘makes no…
George Shaw: An Interview
As a new exhibition at the National Gallery London looks to our neglected woodland for inspiration, we ask its…
Pevsner, Warwickshire, and the ‘blasted Bard’
‘Writing in 1965-6, Pevsner caught both the success of the burgeoning Shakespeare industry and the tension with the…
Books about Books: A Reading List for Book Lovers
‘Sometimes the only thing better than reading a book is hearing someone talk about it.’ – The Arts…
Fractal Worlds: Maths, Fractals and Maybe Some Art
by Michael Frame, author of Fractal Worlds Mathematics and art have had an active relationship for centuries. Think…
After Caravaggio: An Extract
‘Valentin is today widely recognised as a painter of impressive achievement … one of the key figures in…
Apethorpe – a house fit for kings, and queens
‘The great age of the royal progress ended with the Civil War, but members of the royal family…
Eva Hesse Diaries: An Extract
‘I open my new book. What will you tell for the next year. To bring forth a new…
Yale Summer Reading – Sneak Preview
‘Delectable, utterly brilliant and, in that hackneyed phrase, a must-read.’ – Nigella Lawson on Play All With time…
Aubrey Beardsley’s Feminism – An Illustrated Essay
by Linda Gertner Zatlin Aubrey Beardsley (1872-1898) and his sister Mabel (1871-1916) were close as children, a relationship…
Pevsner – a new county guide to Derbyshire, explored
The wonderful houses, churches and stately homes of Derbyshire are well known, but there are plenty of surprising…