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Review: Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life, Tate Britain
The opening ceremony to the 2012 London Olympics depicted a Britain locating and departing from its industrial heritage. Revered and…
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Nin Brudermann, the artist who’s part secret agent, part historian
IT’S STORY TIME again in the art world. Modern Art ditched story. It was goodbye, gods, heroes, nymphs! Farewell saints.…
ByReview: American Lady, The Life of Susan Mary Alsop
American Lady The Life of Susan Mary Alsop Caroline de Margerie (Viking USA) Reviewed by Mark Le Fanu FOR MANY…
ByBook Review: The Battle of Bretton Woods
The Battle of Bretton Woods John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order Benn…
ByThe day my father defeated Disney’s theme park plans
Author: by Daisy Prince IT’S FINALLY GLORIOUS weather in New York: seventies with a light breeze, which makes it hard…
ByThe day my father defeated Disney's theme park plans
When Disney admitted defeat, faced with mounting local opposition, they could place the blame at my father’s feet IT’S FINALLY…
ByDigital art today: from (literally) killer pieces to virtual auction houses
Some thought technology would usher in a brave new immaterial world of digital art and slick cyber-galleries. But so far…
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HayMax is more than a hayfever cure, it highlights everything that’s beautiful about small
A Nose for Business WHEN MAX WISEBERG makes a delivery at Waitrose, his little green Austin A30 — made, as…
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Spear’s city boys head on a country adventure
‘All the flavours and tastes reminded me of my childhood, of how things were done then and most of all…
ByDiary: Helena Newman
The chairman of Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern Art Department, Europe, on auctions in unusual locations, evenings where music and art…
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9 famous pieces of stolen art
Author: Peter Matthews Last week, a large-scale investigation in Germany into a collection of over 1,400 Nazi-looted paintings and sketches…
ByMike Atherton on the uncertain future of test cricket
A LOUD APPEAL Test match special? You’re darn right it is. But how to preserve the long format of the…
By Why Nine Elms’ Redevelopment is Spooking Pimlico Residents
Nightmare on Nine Elms At least that’s what the residents of Pimlico think about the new ’burb springing up across…
ByThe Sad Demise of the English Country-House Sale
He Lived in a House, a Very Big House Lucy Inglis on the demise of the English country-house sale, which…
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Why Are We So Surprised by Politicians Shortcomings?
Alessandro Tomé wonders whether the Huhne scandal represents a new development in the history of male-female relations or merely another…
ByBook Review: Inventing Elsa Maxwell
Inventing Elsa Maxwell: How an Irrepressible Nobody Conquered High Society, Hollywood, the Press, and the World Sam Staggs St Martin’s…
ByReview: Sorry! The English and Their Manners
Sorry! The English and Their Manners Henry Hitchens John Murray, 400pp Reviewed by Peter York Are the English uniquely class-conscious?…
ByAfter Christie’s record sale, why are auction prices hitting new heights?
In a recent article, the New York Times declared that the US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, is now a…
ByRonnie Wood at Castle Fine Art
Castle Fine Art is proud to present the single most important collection of artworks by Ronnie Wood, a modern music…
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