Drawing Board
Masters and apprentices
Contemporary art rules the market at the 58th Venice Biennale
YiMiao Shih: Rabbrexit Means Rabbrexit
A furry farewell
The plant cure
Botany isn’t about the whimsical world of flower fairies, but clever, entrepreneurial plants that learn to deceive, or which can survive in habitats where no one wants them
Adam Dant: A wry eye on the city
Adam Dant’s detailed drawings poke fun at cosmopolitan life
Roger Wagner: Master of timeless modernism
“Roger Wagner would be a remarkable artist in any age. H His work is informed by the great tradition of Western art, yet there is nothing old-fashioned about it”
John Ruskin: The power of seeing
The most eminent victorian of them all
Klimt/Schiele
The Royal Academy’s exhibition of Klimt and Schiele drawings from the Albertina is erotic, manic and morbid
Edward Burne-Jones
A dream of Camelot: the ethereal genius of Edward Burne-Jones
Roderic O’Conor and the moderns
The first exhibition for thirty years on Roderic O’Conor, Ireland’s post-impressionist
The slippery slope to death by doctor’s order
The Royal College of Physicians’ decision to end its opposition to assisted dying is morally indefensible and gives a green light to activists
The road to hell for the mentally incapacitated
The weasel words of disability rights may be well-intentioned, but they mask institutional cruelty and deprive caring parents of their say