Presenting our planet and perilous situation as art
Philippe Pastor is an artist on a mission to educate, alarm and call to action
Art
Thursday
Why Alice Neel remains a vital presence
The artist’s path to success was long and arduous, paved with heartbreak and poverty
Monday
War, one artwork at a time
Ukrainian nationals and their allies have been working tirelessly to promote the voices of a people under siege
A classic monument for World War One
Sabin Howard brings classicism back to the Mall
There’s more to Bordeaux than fine wine
The French city is rich in history, culture and class of all kinds
Thursday
Böcklin brings out the dead
A Swiss Symbolist haunted by the beyond
Monday
In the studio with Merche Gaspar
‘People seek me out because I do things in a certain way’
The life of David Sylvester
The art critic was the master of being in the right place at the right time and with the right people
Thursday
Inigo Philbrick, the art world’s wheeler dealer stealer
Orlando Whitfield chronicles his friendship and dealings with the wunderkind art dealer during a heady ‘gold rush’ decade in the art world
A beginner’s guide to buying art
A best-selling author, an entrepreneur and an art collector himself, Magnus Resch has written and commented on the art market for years
Monday
Bianca Bosker’s snapshot of the art scene
What drives people’s interest in art is profoundly linked to what makes us human
CreatiVets and the art of war
CreatiVets helps disabled veterans through the arts
Wednesday
Was the psychedelic art movement worth it?
This month marks the sixtieth anniversary of the birth of hippie culture itself
The digital Ozymandias: Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian on his mission to make Giza last forever
‘I’d like to say we’re trying to be the repository for Giza’s past, Giza’s present and Giza’s future’
This month in culture: June 2024
Our guide to what should be on your radar
Tuesday
A cultural summer in the city
New York is great in summer, but the art scene can sometimes be fleeting
Sotheby’s latest gamble
The storied auction house is making a major change to its fee structure. What will it mean for the art world’s future?
Thursday
The divine Dalí and his ‘Christ’
In his imperfect, weird way, the artist was trying to understand something so deeply beautiful in itself, mere created beings cannot fully grasp it
The digital habit
The vast majority of people neither living in what they call ‘real time’ nor experiencing life and the world itself at first hand
Tuesday
The notorious feud between John Ruskin and James Whistler
The trial at Falling Rocket ’s center stands for something larger than a critic’s dislike of a painting
