Art
Art as resistance
This Belarusian play at the Barbican is timely and urgent
Modern technology meets the sixteenth century
For a limited time, the wonders of Lombardy are in the National Gallery
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
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
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
Sensation painting
The many women in white at the Royal Academy are just one aspect of Whistler’s brilliance
Lates at the Tate
A propaganda film which attempts to define womanhood misses the mark
Are Labour the real racists?
Conservatives should stop trying to play the victim on identitarian grounds
Irish politicians have lost touch with the people
The failed “modernisation” of the Constitution may not be a one-off failure for Irish liberals
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
March 2024: Letters to the Editor
Record-setting sons and founding fathers
Arresting the fertility crisis
Britain needs more babies — and it is far from alone
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
Daddy, what did you do during the Iraq war?
Don’t ask questions you do want the answer to, at least not where George Galloway is involved
