Peter Parker’s books include ‘A Little Book of Latin for Gardeners’ and 'Housman Country: Into the Heart of England' (both Little Brown)
By exhibiting Two Figures in the Grass the artist succeeded in attracting the controversy he was almost certainly courting
The artist amassed one of the finest private collections of Indian court paintings, an activity that preoccupied him as much as making art
The new art, film and photography galleries at the Imperial War Museum contain many welcome surprises
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 painter’s close friendship with the Wertheimers is quite evident in the many portraits he made of them all
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
A new book does justice to the life and work of the little-known artist Suzanne Cooper
The painter’s contemporaries saw him as a successor to Sargent, but his depictions of Black and queer subjects may stand out more today
The charity Queer Britain is opening the country’s first space dedicated to LGBTQ+ culture, but will its programme entertain as well as educate?
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
Paintings from the north-west Indian city of Udaipur present life at court as a royal playground
The photographer’s first UK retrospective explores his abiding interest in the experience of outsiders in society
Freedman’s engaging designs were once impossible to avoid – and his lesser-known war paintings are a revelation
The dealer and collector is usually a footnote in other people’s stories. A new biography makes him the main event
The artist’s designs for Elizabeth David’s cookery books evoke a happy world of fine living and dining
Artists who had studios and homes specially built for them often wanted to create spaces that would boost their careers
In cities across the world, the cultural avant-garde has often hunkered down – and expressed itself – in nightclubs and bars
A new biography of physician-collector Hans Sloane portrays a flawed yet fascinating man
‘Painting India’ at the Hepworth Wakefield includes many of the artist’s most engaging and joyful paintings
The artist’s feeling for place is a constant throughout his work – in both peacetime and war
A welcome exhibition of the Indian artist’s work reveals how he found inspiration in even the smallest of details
December 2024
Emma Crichton-Miller
Apollo
Christina Makris
Christina Riggs
Rakewell
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
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How to make a queer museum
The charity Queer Britain is opening the country’s first space dedicated to LGBTQ+ culture, but will its programme entertain as well as educate?