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
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?