Article of the Week Preview: Andrew Motion on Saving the Countryside and Writing Poetry
Andrew Motion on the future of the countryside: He is more confident about the English countryside than most. ‘I think…
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Ferdinand Mount on The New Few and Growing Inequality
Right Up Mount’s Street For one of Thatcher’s boys, Ferdinand Mount certainly has a social conscience, as his new book…
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The sixth instalment of our lexicographical endeavour, a dictionary for the super-wealthy Qatar: Everything in Britain is now owned by…
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TV is Broken as an Art Form
Faulty Reception The sad fact of the matter is that most of today’s TV is rubbish. Even the good stuff.…
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The Discriminator is the Last Surviving Olympics Sceptic
Surely Some Mistake It makes no sense to boast of London having ‘won’ the right to host the Olympics, since…
ByBagpipes and Drunkeness
This Blows A Scottish-themed dinner party unravels when a drunken guest heckles a bagpiper, showing that most New Yorkers still…
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No Thanks, Just Looking You might think you know your art from your elbow while idly strolling through a gallery.…
ByFrancis Bacon Cushions and Damien Hirst’s £36,800 Skull: When Art Turns Into Merchandise
Artists, museums and galleries need to be ever-more innovative in how they raise money. The solution, says Josh Spero, seems…
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No Thanks, Just Looking You might think you know your art from your elbow while idly strolling through a gallery.…
ByArticle of the Week Preview: Richard Young’s Photographs of Elizabeth Taylor, And the Stories Behind Them
‘My relationship with Elizabeth Taylor began in 1975. It was the beginning of my career as a photographer, and this…
BySehgal’s ‘These Associations’ at Tate Modern and the Value of Nothing
‘The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more.’ THIS IS…
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200 Years On, Could UK Schools Ever Produce a Pugin, Dickens or Lear?
Victor Victorians Pugin, Dickens and Lear — each in his 200th year — with their tireless work ethic show us…
ByInside Degas’ House in New Orleans
The Louisiana Purchase Buying the New Orleans house that Edgar Degas lived in is one way to establish a museum.…
ByModern Indian Design Revives Ancient Crafts
Delhi-cacies Lucia van der Post dons her sari to explore the traditional arts and crafts that exemplify Indian splendour and…
ByMunch’s The Scream Breaks Auction Records, But What Do Top Prices Tell Us About Paintings?
Painting by Numbers We shouldn’t judge the quality of a work of art by the quantity of dollars spent on…
ByGilbert and George on Why They Never Change and Never Argue
Anthony Haden-Guest talks to the inseparable duo Gilbert and George, whose every waking moment is Art NIGEL GREENWOOD, A friend,…
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A Disposition to be Rich Geoffrey C Ward Knopf, 418 pp Reviewed by Christopher Silvester Buy A Disposition to be…
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London in the Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing Jerry White, Bodley Head 704pp Review by Mark Le Fanu…
ByTouring the Olympic Park with Anita Zabludowicz
The Cultural Olympian While everyone is intent on Usain Bolt’s ten seconds of glory, collector and philanthropist Anita Zabludowicz is…
ByJoan Miro Smashes Record at Sotheby’s with $37m for Peinture (Etoile Bleue)
LONDON, TUESDAY 19TH JUNE 2012 – Tonight in a dramatic bidding battle at Sotheby’s London saleroom, a new benchmark was…
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