Knowingly crass and conflicted
This American culture is hegemonic because even to steal from it is to propel it
Zurbarán on Freud’s couch
An acclaimed new exhibition is full of overwrought symbolism and compositional failures
Spectres of folk
Can the gallery embrace unofficial culture?
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality
Seeing colour
Donald Locke, Resistant Forms at Camden Art Centre
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Emin: from the bed to the grave
Not so much a fresh start, as an opportunity to finally take her concerns in earnest
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
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The logic of multiculturalism is turning on its architects
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The judge’s verdict
Much of what is passed off as sport is no such thing
Not exiles, but stayers
White South Africans are not abandoning their home
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Shostakovich: Symphony 1; Moscow Cheryomushki (Philharmonia Records)
All the single ladies
Instead of trying to persuade reluctant women into motherhood, policymakers should focus on helping enthusiastic parents have larger families
The BBC needs competition
The scandal-ridden Beeb is doomed if it is not held to higher standards
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Armenia is a democracy tearing itself apart over who gets to define the soul of a nation
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It is wrong to use Neville Chamberlain as a byword for cowardice and fecklessness
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Left-wingers are wallowing in post-truth politics
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The Ghost Dance of Rejoin
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