Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
What is culture anyway?
Protecting and renewing culture demands a fuller understanding of its nature and its purposes
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Poland after the wedding
The Polish art scene is stuck in a futile game of tit-for-tat
The decline of beauty
Why has the concept been rejected by the art world?
No second coming for the arts
Labour will finish the Tories’ work of destroying the arts – only “better”
The art world is eating itself
A culture of censorship has devolved into rival attempts at cancellation
Does the Turner Prize still matter?
This year’s exhibition offers a diversity of style if not of ideology
The cathedral and the museum
With declining attendances and a neglect of their core mission, churches and art galleries have much in common
Forever stuck in the nineties
Sarah Lucas and the sexual revolution that wasn’t