Tim Smith-Laing holds a DPhil on early modern mythography from Merton College, Oxford
The true gift of the author of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ was to see the world like a child and blur the line between dreams and reality
The artists’ eerie prints have much in common, but this pairing at the Holburne Museum is something of a missed opportunity
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core
An aww-inspiring exhibition explores adorability through the ages, and suggests it can be subversive as well as sweet
The artist’s compilation of entrances and exits in the movies takes viewers deep into a labyrinth – and leaves us to find our own way out
A display of counterfeit works offers an object lesson in what a masterpiece really is – but it could have had more fun with the subject
The much-debated new displays suffer from weak artworks, tokenism and terrible lighting
At the age of 91, the artist has produced a series of remarkable self-portraits, now on show at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert
The artist who effortlessly crossed genres, but stayed close to south London, was best known for ‘A Humument’, a masterpiece 50 years in the making
An ambitious show at the Ashmolean Museum looks past the familiar clichés to the real city and its artists
The Clash bassist’s pulverised instrument can now be worshipped at the Museum of London
2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history
On the bicentenary of the poet’s birth, his art criticism still hums with outrage
Federico Zuccari’s illustrations of the Divine Comedy have seldom been shown. But the Uffizi has put them online – and Dante’s poem has never looked better
The crotchety cult legend is giving art lessons on TV – and it’s all surprisingly charming
This triumphant double bill brims with emotion – from the pain of loss to the pleasures of beauty
These modern monsters may look lonely, but they’re familiar figures – descendants of the Parisian beasts of Viollet-le-Duc and Charles Meryon
The Decameron is but one of the historical touchstones that commentators have turned to during the health crisis. But do they really help us orientate ourselves?
Potatoes orbit around barstools and beer spurts out of coasters in the whimsical worlds explored by Sigmar Polke
A gathering of some 300 drawings at the Prado is a comprehensive guide to life in the artist’s cruel and chaotic world
An exhibition in Munich explores the less familiar aspects of the portraitist’s work, including the support he gave to his peers
The artist is one of few to have attempted to illustrate Venus and Adonis
An interview with the Belgian sculptor, who discusses hope, suffering, bodies, and blankets
The baroque painter’s depictions of human suffering are extreme – but so was the violence of much early modern life
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
The wild imagination of Maurice Sendak
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‘This is to art what constitutional monarchy is to kingship’ – Jonathan Yeo’s portrait of Charles III, reviewed
The painting perfectly captures the essence of royalty today – it’s undeniably attention-grabbing, but hollow to the core