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Howard Hodgkin's journey into the art world

Before his death this month, Howard Hodgkin was preparing the first ever exhibition devoted to his portraits. Paul Levy recalls the man who cared much more about his family and friends than being part of any movement

At 87, artist and global phenomenon Kusama shows no sign of retiring

She once lived on fish heads scavenged from bins. She was happy to play the Kimono-clad Asian when hanging out with Rothko and Warhol, She even wrote to Nixon to ask him to stop the war in Vietnam. Now artist and global phenomenon Yayoi Kusama is 87 and shows no sign retiring

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Art, Old Vic, review: 'Very funny and exquisitely calibrated'

Matthew Warchus’s programming coups at the Old Vic this year have included the Glenda Jackson King Lear and Tim Minchin’s musical version of Groundhog Day. Now he turns to this twentieth anniversary revival of Yasmina Reza’s global hit starring Rufus Sewell and Tim Key

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