Whilst arts creative brilliance is often achieved through a considered and practiced dedication to a creative arts form there are few gains without risk, and this is one of the hardest things of the fledgling creative artist to come to terms with.The painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) used to throw paint …
Danish master Christian Købke painted empty skies, intimate portraits and melancholy landscapes. Jonathan Jones gets lost in a world of infinite mystery
When the Danish painter Christen Købke set out to depict the sprawling architectural mass of Frederiksborg castle, a dark genius seemed to possess him. The castle was a national …
Those who campaign against public artworks, as in Wales recently, promote a mindless, cultureless vision of Britain
Public art may be hitting the buffers, after years in which it swept all before it. An installation devised for Cardigan in Wales, by an alliance of local people and artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer – …
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After the initial vituperation hurled in the direction of Kate Mosse’s women-only Orange prize for fiction, it has now grown to be a highly anticipated part of the literary calendar. I wonder whether the Max Mara prize for women artists, now in its third edition, …
Debt woes and a sprawlingly diverse programme haven’t stopped this year’s Dubai art fair from showing some exhilarating art – just don’t expect any nudity
Much more exciting than the recent completion of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa (renamed at the last minute as a shout out to Dubai’s …