Art History

Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation

On the complex relationship between art and money

High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors

What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere

How can we appreciate art in alienating times?

His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses

On the enduring allure of celebrity cast-offs

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

Maverick John Harris embarked on the closest Britain has ever got to an architecture museum

The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition