When Francis Bacon went al fresco
By exhibiting Two Figures in the Grass the artist succeeded in attracting the controversy he was almost certainly courting
For Howard Hodgkin, collecting was as important as painting
The artist amassed one of the finest private collections of Indian court paintings, an activity that preoccupied him as much as making art
The London museum that is putting on its war paint
The new art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum contain many welcome surprises
Gertrude Jekyll and the making of Munstead Wood
The first garden created by the designer for a house by Edwin Lutyens has been bought by the National Trust – preserving a vital piece of history
The family that made John Singer Sargent feel at home
The painter’s close friendship with the Wertheimers is quite evident in the many portraits he made of them all
The British painter who was bullied into obscurity
Denis Wirth-Miller was unfairly dismissed as an imitator of his friend Francis Bacon, but it’s now clear that his detractors were wholly in the wrong
The forgotten British modernist who hid her paintings under a bed
A new book does justice to the life and work of the little-known artist Suzanne Cooper
Cult status – the idiosyncratic portraits of Glyn Philpot
The painter’s contemporaries saw him as a successor to Sargent, but his depictions of Black and queer subjects may stand out more today
Dust jackets and dinner jackets – the man who illustrated Bond
Richard Chopping’s striking designs for Ian Fleming’s novels add greatly to the books’ allure for collectors – but his artistic talent went far beyond Bond
The court painters who magnified the princely pleasures of a Rajput dynasty
Paintings from the north-west Indian city of Udaipur present life at court as a royal playground
From rural India to Greenwich Village – life through the lens of Sunil Gupta
The photographer’s first UK retrospective explores his abiding interest in the experience of outsiders in society
‘Britain’s most visible artist’ – Barnett Freedman at Pallant House, reviewed
Freedman’s engaging designs were once impossible to avoid – and his lesser-known war paintings are a revelation
Galleries and gondoliers – the life and times of Arthur Jeffress
The dealer and collector is usually a footnote in other people’s stories. A new biography makes him the main event
Lads and lobsters – John Minton’s food illustrations
The artist’s designs for Elizabeth David’s cookery books evoke a happy world of fine living and dining
Show business – the artists who realised a house could be more than just a home
Artists who had studios and homes specially built for them often wanted to create spaces that would boost their careers
Club scenes – the art of the cabaret at the Barbican
In cities across the world, the cultural avant-garde has often hunkered down – and expressed itself – in nightclubs and bars
The private collector who made the British Museum
A new biography of physician-collector Hans Sloane portrays a flawed yet fascinating man
How India inspired Howard Hodgkin
‘Painting India’ at the Hepworth Wakefield includes many of the artist’s most engaging and joyful paintings
Paul Nash’s commitment to the English landscape
The artist’s feeling for place is a constant throughout his work – in both peacetime and war
Art and life in the work of Bhupen Khakhar
A welcome exhibition of the Indian artist’s work reveals how he found inspiration in even the smallest of details
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