The Critics

Gone West

What happened to Kanye?

A tawdry death imitating art

Francis Bacon’s turbulent love for George Dyer is visible on the canvas

Crumbling is not an instant’s act

A new exhibition revels in the intricacies and drama of architectural drawings — and the ruins of buildings they leave behind

Robert Indiana: Love is all you need

The Yorkshire Sculpture Park is an incongruously perfect backdrop for this artist of twentieth century Americana

The oh-so clever life of O’Brien

James O’Brien’s LBC morning show is a thundering, sanctimonious bore

Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?

A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade

Turkish delight

Sir Simon Milton is one of the men who destroyed London

Pissarro: paintings, prints, and papery pleasure

This exhibition shows the world of the impressionists beyond their most famous paintings

The woven woman

A new Louise Bourgeois exhibition revels in the difficult femininity of her work

Noel Coward’s public genius

This production of Private Lives amuses as much as it moves its audience