Art
Belgian light amid the gloom
The work of two fine artists is gaining belated and well-deserved recognition
Love and death in Vienna
Spanish flu killed Schiele and Klimt. Their art sensed the brevity of life and the doom of their society
What does ‘decolonising the curriculum’ mean?
And what is oligarch money doing to the art world?
Mass-goer who glorified mass production
Christopher Bray reviews Warhol by Blake Gopnik
Art for oligarchs’ sake
Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich
Artemisia will be worth the wait
A unique art exhibition awaits an audience
Antique business
Thomas Woodham-Smith on an old trade in a brave new world
The Marbles won’t be lost
Is this the end of the Elgin Marbles debate?
The Critic Interview: Grayson Perry
Richard Brooks accompanies the Turner Prize-winning artist around his new show and explores his troubled pre-therapy youth
True Feminism has Never Been Tried, Comrade
Alexander Adams reviews Women Can’t Paint by Helen Gørrill
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
Killing democracy to save it?
The annulling of the first round of the Romanian presidential elections should concern us all
Don’t marry your cousin
And don’t knock culture wars — they can save lives
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable
Afrocentrism with a Labour twist
Dawn Butler’s Black History Month video was disturbing as well as weird
Should we feel pity for the Pelicot accused?
To have endured pain does not excuse inflicting pain
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
