Travels in the footsteps of the artists, 1989
William Feaver made a Midwestern pilgrimage in search of Grant Wood’s roots
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William Feaver made a Midwestern pilgrimage in search of Grant Wood’s roots
Irish developer Pat Doherty is used to big money, so when he sells a portrait Lucian Freud painted of him for an estimated £15m (€17m) next month, it will be a nice pay day but probably not a great one, given the Financial Times has described him as a billionaire.
The sculptor’s chandelier, now export-stopped by the UK government, once hung in the offices of Cyril Connolly’s
Over the years, female artists like Georgia O’Keeffe and Hilma af Klint have received scathing reviews. When will women stop being seen as easy targets?
In a Victorian house in North London on a recent afternoon, Frank Auerbach, one of Britains foremost painters, was working in his spartan, paint