Charles Darwent is the author of 'Mondrian in London' and 'Josef Albers: Life and Work'.
The French artist believed in his paintings being stylistically uniform and infinitely replicable – an idea that, a century on, has not done him any favours
The story of an artist who has been forgotten for nearly 200 years reflects the hopes and failures of the turbulent times he lived through
As a rare exhibition of his work demonstrates, the French Surrealist’s art took a series of very intense twists and turns
At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
The painter was often forthright in his rejection of the old world – but it’s time to reconsider his European influences
The Palais de Danse in St Ives allowed the sculptor’s work to grow in ambition
While Britain was no less affected by the disease than the United States, the response of its gay artists at the start of the crisis was provocatively distinct
We’ve struggled to classify the painter as one of history's greats for very good reason
The Portuguese-British painter told stories of parental abandonment, misogyny and exile with a power that put her in a class of her own
A completely overlooked painting, left out of the artist’s catalogue raisonné, makes the case for an unexpectedly messier and much more interesting career
