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
China has a strategy and Britain doesn’t
A roadmap to better relations requires realism. Beijing’s interests and goals are openly stated—if you know where to look
The plague
Standpoint goes to press as the pandemic rages. So too does the search for blame and the political fall-out
Defeat begets defeat for Britain’s cloth-eared Left
The censorious culture of the liberal Left is hostile to freedom of expression. The fate of the trans-rights movement evinces this pointless politics