Studio
Colin Watson and the lost art of figurative painting
In an age when figurative art had fallen out of fashion, Watson fixed his gazed unerringly on the mystery of life as it is
The Venice Architecture Biennale
Geopolitical challenges produce impressive art
Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise — His Final Months
In the final months of his life, the troubled artist achieved a brilliant and under-regarded new stage of expression
Venice’s forgotten herald of joy
Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Normandy’s English connection
The region combines ancient and modern splendours with an eye turned ever northwards
Bart’s at 900
The world’s oldest hospital celebrates its nonacentennial
Max Beckmann in Munich
A harried artist between the classical and the modern
Country church monuments
The hidden treasures of English churches
Studio: The history of Britain in maps
Maps are aids and images, means and messages
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Bants means bans
Scarcely any football chants will be allowed under Labour’s new “equality” rules
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The first victim of empire
England is an ongoing casualty of the British imperial project
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
