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‘The collection goes some way to demonstrating the breadth of Yourcenar’s mind; and some way, too, to demonstrating her particular gift for summoning the past out of itself’ – Tim Smith-Laing reviews a new edition of essays on Piranesi, Dürer, Michelangelo et al. by Marguerite Yourcenar
Marguerite Yourcenar's lyrical excavations
Best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, the writer also applied her gift for summoning the past to essays on Dürer, Michelangelo, Piranesi et al., writes Tim Smith-Laing
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November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘The collection goes some way to demonstrating the breadth of Yourcenar’s mind; and some way, too, to demonstrating her particular gift for summoning the past out of itself’ – Tim Smith-Laing reviews a new edition of essays on Piranesi, Dürer, Michelangelo et al. by Marguerite Yourcenar
‘Could 2025 really be the year that US-style philanthropy finally reached the shores of little Blighty?’ Conrad Landin reports on the efforts of UK museums to match their American counterparts
Can UK museums master the American hustle?
Conrad Landin examines the rise of US-style philanthropy in the British art world
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November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
‘Could 2025 really be the year that US-style philanthropy finally reached the shores of little Blighty?’ Conrad Landin reports on the efforts of UK museums to match their American counterparts
The news that a Campbell’s executive has been fired for reportedly denigrating the quality of Campbell’s soup reminds Rakewell of some other examples of the art of self-sabotage
In defence of Campbell’s canned soup
A Campbell’s executive has been caught bad-mouthing his company’s product, but if it’s good enough for Warhol, it’s good enough for Rakewell
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November 29, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The news that a Campbell’s executive has been fired for reportedly denigrating the quality of Campbell’s soup reminds Rakewell of some other examples of the art of self-sabotage
‘Just as the Surrealism of 1920s Paris offers a way to read American art of the 1960s, Richard Hofstadter’s concept of paranoid style offers well-tuned tools with which to approach the politics of our time.’ Hettie Judah on the contemporary artists expressing deep unease
American art enters its paranoid phase
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
‘Just as the Surrealism of 1920s Paris offers a way to read American art of the 1960s, Richard Hofstadter’s concept of paranoid style offers well-tuned tools with which to approach the politics of our time.’ Hettie Judah on the contemporary artists expressing deep unease
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba, but ‘it seems that not a single exhibition is being held to mark the occasion. So, if you want to see Sofonisba’s paintings, you will have to do a good deal of travelling and pick them off one by one.’ Nick Trend provides an itinerary
In search of Sofonisba
The 400th anniversary of the death of an artist who was hugely acclaimed in her lifetime is going mainly unmarked by museums – which means that devotees have their work cut out to see her paintings…
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba, but ‘it seems that not a single exhibition is being held to mark the occasion. So, if you want to see Sofonisba’s paintings, you will have to do a good deal of travelling and pick them off one by one.’ Nick Trend provides an itinerary
Jean-Baptiste Greuze has fallen very far from the height of his fame in the late 18th century. An exhibition in Paris tries ‘to re-establish his tumbled reputation by showing that beneath the syrup was seriousness’, writes Michael Prodger
The sentimental education of Jean-Baptiste Greuze
A tour of the painter’s 18th-century morality tales reveals the ideas that shaped the age, writes Michael Prodger
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November 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Jean-Baptiste Greuze has fallen very far from the height of his fame in the late 18th century. An exhibition in Paris tries ‘to re-establish his tumbled reputation by showing that beneath the syrup was seriousness’, writes Michael Prodger
At MACAM, a combined hotel and art gallery in Lisbon, guests sleep in comfort and wake up to the joys of Portuguese modernism
The Lisbon hotel with a five-star art collection
At MACAM, a combined hotel and art gallery, guests can wake up to the joys of Portuguese modernism, writes Christina Makris
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November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
At MACAM, a combined hotel and art gallery in Lisbon, guests sleep in comfort and wake up to the joys of Portuguese modernism
The question raised by last week's successful auctions is ‘whether the market can absorb all of the blue-chip art that will emerge over the next decade through the Great Wealth Transfer and maintain the price levels’, writes Anna Brady
November’s big-ticket auctions have woken up the art market
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality, writes Anna Brady
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November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The question raised by last week's successful auctions is ‘whether the market can absorb all of the blue-chip art that will emerge over the next decade through the Great Wealth Transfer and maintain the price levels’, writes Anna Brady
The Musee d’Ennery in Paris is open only on Saturday and can hold just 15 visitors at a time: ‘the lucky few who enter’, writes Edward Behrens, ‘will see a collection of Asian works of art that have been left exactly as they were in 1892.’
The best museum in Paris you’ve never heard of
Edward Behrens visits the Musée d'Ennery: a hidden gem of East Asian art that is well worth the effort it requires to get in
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November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The Musee d’Ennery in Paris is open only on Saturday and can hold just 15 visitors at a time: ‘the lucky few who enter’, writes Edward Behrens, ‘will see a collection of Asian works of art that have been left exactly as they were in 1892.’
A Campbell’s executive has been caught bad-mouthing his company’s product, but if its canned soup is good enough for Andy Warhol, it’s good enough for Rakewell
In defence of Campbell’s canned soup
A Campbell’s executive has been caught bad-mouthing his company’s product, but if it’s good enough for Warhol, it’s good enough for Rakewell
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November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A Campbell’s executive has been caught bad-mouthing his company’s product, but if its canned soup is good enough for Andy Warhol, it’s good enough for Rakewell
A ceremonial sword with a coloured enamel hilt and an elaborate fish motif on the scabbard is one of the finest such weapons to come out of 19th-century Lucknow, says Nicole Ioffredi
How to look sharp in 19th-century Lucknow
Ceremonial enamelled swords played an important role in the courts of 19th-century India and their artistry makes them still compelling today
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A ceremonial sword with a coloured enamel hilt and an elaborate fish motif on the scabbard is one of the finest such weapons to come out of 19th-century Lucknow, says Nicole Ioffredi
‘To view him as his peers did, when for three decades from 1755 he was the darling of French art, requires mental effort’. Michael Prodger taps into the ‘vein of feeling’ once so successfully mined by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The sentimental education of Jean-Baptiste Greuze
A tour of the painter’s 18th-century morality tales reveals the ideas that shaped the age, writes Michael Prodger
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘To view him as his peers did, when for three decades from 1755 he was the darling of French art, requires mental effort’. Michael Prodger taps into the ‘vein of feeling’ once so successfully mined by Jean-Baptiste Greuze
In his pulling apart of a key scene from the racist epic, ‘Birth of a Nation’ (1915), Stan Douglas shows us what D.W. Griffiths does not, to reveal ‘the manias and delusions undergirding Jim Crow’. Robert Rubsam on a survey of the Canadian artist’s work at Bard College, which closes this weekend
Stan Douglas’s histories of cinema
A survey of the Canadian artist’s work shows how the moving image can bridge the gap between the past and the present, writes Robert Rubsam
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November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In his pulling apart of a key scene from the racist epic, ‘Birth of a Nation’ (1915), Stan Douglas shows us what D.W. Griffiths does not, to reveal ‘the manias and delusions undergirding Jim Crow’. Robert Rubsam on a survey of the Canadian artist’s work at Bard College, which closes this weekend
The current moment in American art screams unease. Hettie Judah looks at the artists expressing our collective fears
American art enters its paranoid phase
For contemporary artists such as Sasha Gordon and Nayland Blake the current moment screams unease
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November 28, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The current moment in American art screams unease. Hettie Judah looks at the artists expressing our collective fears
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
How Anna Ancher saw the light in Denmark
The first exhibition in the UK of the Danish painter’s work offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
An exhibition of work by the Danish painter Anna Ancher at the Dulwich Picture Gallery reveals her mastery of atmosphere and offers a glimpse into life in her rural community, writes Lucy Waterson
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions in New York show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality, writes Anna Brady
November’s big-ticket auctions have woken up the art market
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality, writes Anna Brady
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November 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
With records broken for works by Klimt, Kahlo and more, last week’s auctions in New York show that collectors will still fork out for genuine quality, writes Anna Brady
Reposted by Apollo
So nice to get to write about Yourcenar. But still recovering from the shock of finding out that L'Oeuvre au noir has, so far as I can see, been out of print in English for 30 years. Wtf! Come on guys, reissue it already!
A new edition of essays by Marguerite Yourcenar, best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, sees her identifying with Piranesi and summoning the past with her particular brand of ‘analytical lyricism’, writes Tim Smith-Laing
Marguerite Yourcenar's lyrical excavations
Best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, the writer also applied her gift for summoning the past to essays on Dürer, Michelangelo, Piranesi et al., writes Tim Smith-Laing
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November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
So nice to get to write about Yourcenar. But still recovering from the shock of finding out that L'Oeuvre au noir has, so far as I can see, been out of print in English for 30 years. Wtf! Come on guys, reissue it already!
‘London’s back lanes incubated much of the best new domestic architecture in the city and still do, under the radar.’ Gillian Darley finds much to love in the London mews house.
A compact history of the London mews
By turns picturesque and insalubrious, mews houses have a compellingly chequered past, writes Gillian Darley
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November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘London’s back lanes incubated much of the best new domestic architecture in the city and still do, under the radar.’ Gillian Darley finds much to love in the London mews house.
‘Moving through the exhibition, the viewer feels distinctions between Turner and his contemporaries hardening and softening as new comparisons are introduced.’ Matthew Kerr on how to see Turner more clearly
Clearing the fog around Turner
Turner is regarded as a singular genius, but looking at his social and artistic milieu also reveals him as a product of his time, writes Matthew Kerr
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November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
‘Moving through the exhibition, the viewer feels distinctions between Turner and his contemporaries hardening and softening as new comparisons are introduced.’ Matthew Kerr on how to see Turner more clearly
The Musee d’Ennery in Paris is open only on Saturday and can hold just 15 visitors at a time: ‘the lucky few who enter’, writes Edward Behrens, ‘will see a collection of Asian works of art that have been left exactly as they were in 1892.’
The best museum in Paris you’ve never heard of
Edward Behrens visits the Musée d'Ennery: a hidden gem of East Asian art that is well worth the effort it requires to get in
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Musee d’Ennery in Paris is open only on Saturday and can hold just 15 visitors at a time: ‘the lucky few who enter’, writes Edward Behrens, ‘will see a collection of Asian works of art that have been left exactly as they were in 1892.’
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba, but ‘it seems that not a single exhibition is being held to mark the occasion. So, if you want to see Sofonisba’s paintings, you will have to do a good deal of travelling and pick them off one by one.’ Nick Trend provides an itinerary
In search of Sofonisba
The 400th anniversary of the death of an artist who was hugely acclaimed in her lifetime is going mainly unmarked by museums – which means that devotees have their work cut out to see her paintings…
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 AM
This year is the 400th anniversary of the death of Sofonisba, but ‘it seems that not a single exhibition is being held to mark the occasion. So, if you want to see Sofonisba’s paintings, you will have to do a good deal of travelling and pick them off one by one.’ Nick Trend provides an itinerary
A new edition of essays by Marguerite Yourcenar, best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, sees her identifying with Piranesi and summoning the past with her particular brand of ‘analytical lyricism’, writes Tim Smith-Laing
Marguerite Yourcenar's lyrical excavations
Best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, the writer also applied her gift for summoning the past to essays on Dürer, Michelangelo, Piranesi et al., writes Tim Smith-Laing
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A new edition of essays by Marguerite Yourcenar, best known for her 1951 novel ‘Memoirs of Hadrian’, sees her identifying with Piranesi and summoning the past with her particular brand of ‘analytical lyricism’, writes Tim Smith-Laing
At the Petit Palais in Paris, a tour of the 18th-century morality tales of Jean-Baptiste Greuze reveals the ideas that shaped the age, writes Michael Prodger
The sentimental education of Jean-Baptiste Greuze
A tour of the painter’s 18th-century morality tales reveals the ideas that shaped the age, writes Michael Prodger
buff.ly
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
At the Petit Palais in Paris, a tour of the 18th-century morality tales of Jean-Baptiste Greuze reveals the ideas that shaped the age, writes Michael Prodger
John Constable’s father ‘does not sound like a man who would have been happy to allow a capable son to wander around sketching all day when there was a business to be managed.’ But, once free of the family’s agricultural business, the artist turned his practical knowledge to painterly use
How Constable ploughed his own furrow
The painter abandoned his father's corn business to pursue his artistic training – but it was his real agricultural knowledge that set him apart from his contemporaries
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November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
John Constable’s father ‘does not sound like a man who would have been happy to allow a capable son to wander around sketching all day when there was a business to be managed.’ But, once free of the family’s agricultural business, the artist turned his practical knowledge to painterly use
Vintage prints by Lee Miller are scarce, but one unearthed recently in a French archive sheds fresh light on her artistry, writes Simon Bainbridge
Looking for Lee Miller
Vintage prints by the photographer are extremely scarce, but one example recently unearthed in a French archive sheds fresh light on her artistry
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November 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Vintage prints by Lee Miller are scarce, but one unearthed recently in a French archive sheds fresh light on her artistry, writes Simon Bainbridge