Cindy Polemis
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
Only Congress can tame Beijing’s bloody instincts
Hong Kong’s struggle for freedom is inspirational. But outsiders must help by challenging police violence
Doomed by data, our new Trojan Horse
“Data, like the jungle, is neutral. But its users are not.”
The riddle of the car bomb and the lucky gambler
Investigating the assassination of a Maltese journalist has been a masterclass in legal ping-pong