The Critics

Finnish on a high note

Now, how the Helsinki has this happened?

Word pictures at a gallery

Paintings are appreciated best when there are few people around to spoil the view

The Turner Prize’s identity crisis

The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself

Walter’s Arctic Circle is a winner

Welcome to a kaleidoscopic showcase of topical dramas in vivid settings

X scandal

The fault lay in the dirty minds of the viewers, he said

The brighter side of German Expressionism

The expressionists breathed fresh life into familiar subjects

Loony tunes

Opera begs leave to celebrate lunacy in a different way

Two sides of the weird frontier

The archly neutral now stands on the margins, looking out at a society of fear and outrage

“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh

West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness

Making art of the Holocaust

As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations