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Smithsonian Institution Building, ‘The Castle’, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Sassan and Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat

4 Sep 2019
Rachel Whiteread
King and Queen of Wands (2017), Jacqui Hallum. Courtesy of the artist and Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

John Moores Painting Prize 2018

Five paintings make up the shortlist for the 30th edition of the UK’s longest-running prize for painters

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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The Rake’s progress: last week in gossip

Justin Bieber takes up painting, an art-breaking first date, and Hans-Ulrich on the beach

3 Jan 2018
Girl Behind a Screen (detail; 1952), Leonard Rosoman.

The layered life of Leonard Rosoman

A fine, detailed biography convinces us to take another look at the oft-neglected British artist

14 Dec 2017
Camp Forestia (1996), Peter Doig. Christie's London, estimate: £14m–£18m

London’s major modern and contemporary sales

Auction highlights in October include a dramatic Jenny Saville painting, a late Philip Guston work, and rich Islamic textiles

2 Oct 2017

The contemporary art market regains its swagger

Plus: major lots announced for the London modern art sales

28 May 2017

‘Everything I know comes from painting’

The possibilities of paint are inexhaustible, says the German artist Markus Lüpertz

20 May 2017

January 2017

Wael Shawky | Lockwood Kipling | New York museums | Fine arts in Ghent
Echo Lake (1998), Peter Doig.

Painting through the night with Tom Hammick

‘Towards Night’ at the Towner brings together over 60 artists, but the story it tells is Hammick’s alone

12 Oct 2016
Hurvin Anderson photographed in his studio in London in August 2016. Photo by Jooney Woodward

‘It’s only in painting that you can do everything you want’

Hurvin Anderson discusses painting, places, and portraiture without the people

17 Sep 2016
Lucian Freud on BBC's 'Fake or Fortune'

When artists deny, disavow or reject their work

Lucian Freud, Pablo Picasso and Gerhard Richter are among the artists who have ‘edited’ their oeuvres by refusing to acknowledge certain works

5 Sep 2016

Daniel Richter

The German artist Daniel Richter (b. 1962) is regarded as one of the most important artists of a generation which…

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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Peter Doig.

Why should a court decide the authenticity of a living artist’s work?

When an artist has to prove in court that a painting isn’t his, it’s time to start asking questions about how we authenticate art

26 Aug 2016
Country Club: Chicken Wire

Why have artists fallen out of love with sport?

Sport is more popular than ever, but only a handful of contemporary artists take it seriously as a subject. It wasn’t always this way…

20 Aug 2016

Towards Night

The upcoming exhibition at the Tower Art Gallery invites you to experience a journey into a world of wonderment, insomnia and revelry

Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
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Daniel Richter

The German artist Daniel Richter (b. 1962) is regarded as one of the most important artists of a generation which…

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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A more sensible market for post-war and contemporary sales

But it’s far from doom and gloom

12 Feb 2016
Rakewell

Star Wars: The Farce Awakens

News that a city in Ukraine has encased a statue of Vladimir Lenin inside an effigy of Darth Vader has brought much mirth to sci-fi geeks across the globe

28 Oct 2015

Market Preview: October 2015

Upcoming highlights include the post-war and contemporary auctions around London’s Frieze Week and the launch of Artcurial in Hong Kong

28 Sep 2015