Art
Food for Thought
The saga of the Rex Whistler restaurant and Tate Britain
The literal gaze of James Tissot
An exhibition of the work of the 19th century painter James Tissot has opened in Paris
Orson Welles and Lockdown’s Radio Renaissance
I’m listening to art made by dead people rather than DIY lockdown productions
How I discovered Art and Architecture
Daniel Johnson reflects on the great discoveries of his youth
How the Arts Council abandoned England
The Arts Council are using the pandemic to reward their cronies rather than saving art
Sex and violence: Titian’s Metamorphoses
The National Gallery are reopening their headline 2020 exhibition on 8th July
Mystery of the tainted cache
The Gurlitt affair looked as if it might be unpicked but it has proved intractable
Unwelcome rise of a truly awful artist
Jacob Willer examines the extravagant claims made about an Italian painter hailed as the saviour of revivalism
Sebastian Horsley: equal parts Byronic dandy, Dickensian grotesque and Wildean poseur
Alexander Larman remembers his time with the decadent author, Sebastian Horsley, 10 years after his death
How artivism captured the ICA
If the Institute of Contemporary Arts wants to be in the vanguard of “social justice” activism should it retain its charitable status?