Cindy Polemis
A breath of fresh paint
A revival in figurative art and the changing face of portraiture
A maestro of detail long before Leonardo
How Jan van Eyck changed the trajectory of Western art
Feast and Fast: The art of food in Europe
A remarkable and delectable exhibition at the Fitzwilliam
Golden years: Pieter de Hooch in Delft
The Delft thunderclap opened new visions, especially for Pieter de Hooch
William Blake: Method and madness
‘The intimacy draws us into Blake’s world; his other-worldly figures begin to make sense in our world and its division, hypocrisy, faithlessness and faithfulness. He plumbs our depths, the worst and the best’
Gerhard Richter: Seeing and looking away
What to paint, how —and why
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past