Impressionism
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Pissarro: paintings, prints, and papery pleasure
This exhibition shows the world of the impressionists beyond their most famous paintings
The Courtauld: a collection unmasked
The gallery has long been famous for its impressionist collection, but the reopening sheds light on other works of art
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Mass hysteria
Sancta, Flanders Opera, Antwerp
This apology for a political comedy
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The Goodwin that failed
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Dear Prudence
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The emperor’s new AI
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Illuminating shady corners of the soul
Chilling accounts of how men can be destroyed from within
The last of the fine arts
Hockney insisted on doing exactly as he pleased — and his cigarettes were as much a part of his artistic philosophy as his paintbrush.
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
The soul of Putin
Twenty-five years after George W. Bush first looked into Vladimir Putin’s eyes, the Russian president has changed less than America would like to believe
The Islamic identity crisis
V.S. Naipaul was prophetic on the struggles between Islam and modernity
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight