Modern Art
Biting the hand that feeds them
So-called “radical” performance art is little more than a publicly-funded alliance between the art establishment and faux-rebellious poseurs
Among the deathworks
On culturing culture
The timelessness of Henry Moore
How a modernist bogeyman became an Old Master
A tawdry death imitating art
Francis Bacon’s turbulent love for George Dyer is visible on the canvas
Was postwar Britain as grey and dull as everyone thinks?
A new exhibition at the Barbican sheds light on the forgotten decade
Lover, muse, artist
The aim of this new biography is to re-establish this undeservedly overlooked artist
Art for oligarchs’ sake
Divorced from aesthetic considerations, the modern art business is a refuge for the uber-rich
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
The student politics of Clive Lewis
All he sees are good guys and bad guys
Tough on the causes of non-crime
A warm welcome back to non-crime hate incidents
Schrödinger’s Culture War
Is it a myth or a tremendous success?
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Crossing the public health Rubicon
Are there any limits to statist safetyism?
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
