William Cook

William Cook is a writer and journalist. He tweets at @williamcooknews.

He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work

A brush with death has revitalised her work

The philosophical side of the painter of “matchstalk men” adds to his charm

The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects

In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places

In our brave new world of modern art, there’s a growing appetite for celebrating the mystery of the natural world

The great Belgian painter could enliven the most mundane scenes

The decline of Sir John Lavery’s reputation was undeserved

A delightful display of portraiture at the National Gallery

In an age when figurative art had fallen out of fashion, Watson fixed his gazed unerringly on the mystery of life as it is