Bringing Baya back – what the Algerian artist means in Marseille today
The self-taught painter was hailed by the Surrealists as a master of ‘art naïf’ – but this exhibition makes clear that her work was rooted in the complex politics of her day
The art of showing things as they really are
Hyperrealist sculptors today, and still-life painters of the past, have all tried to trick their viewers into accepting fiction as truth
The artists who have managed to see the forest for the trees
People have always been fascinated by forests but, as a show in Lille suggests, seeing them as ideal, untouched places misunderstands their true nature
Pilgrims’ progress? The Vatican Jubilee has frustrated Romans and tourists alike