Matthew Sperling is the author of the novels ‘Astroturf’ and ‘Viral’ (both published by riverrun).
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
Thirty years after the novelist's death, Apollo revisits the Ripley creator's close ties to the visual arts
The artist’s colourful paintings have transformed Turner Contemporary inside and out
The painter who never stopped seeing her subjects as individuals described her works as ‘pictures of people’ rather than ‘portraits’
The genre has often been dismissed as a kind of copying – but at their best, these paintings make us look again at the act of looking
A triumphant survey at Tate Britain – the largest in 30 years – revels in the British artist’s painterly games
The pleasure Picasso took in paper as a medium was palpable in the Royal Academy’s recent show
A visit to Camp Nou – where Lionel Messi’s boots can be found alongside works by Miró, Dalí and Tàpies
From political billboards to karaoke-fuelled performance art, Brexit is a looming presence in the city
A literary centre in the village of Bellaghy, County Derry returns visitors to the roots of Heaney’s poetry
