Arts feature
The joy of the John Wilson Orchestra
Richard Bratby meets the conductor John Wilson, who thinks we should take Gershwin as seriously as we do Beethoven
How plywood helped us win the second world war
The V&A’s Plywood show has much to teach us about human nature, says Tanya Harrod
Flappers, futurists, Bloomsbury and Putney – Wyndham Lewis's many enemies
A superb retrospective at IWM North makes no apology for Wyndham Lewis: painter, poet, publisher and picker of fights. Laura Freeman reports
Claude Lanzmann, legendary director of Shoah, finally turns the camera on himself
Legendary French documentary maker Claude Lanzmann finally turns the camera on himself. He talks to Tobias Grey about a lusty, youthful adventure in North Korea
‘The Western establishment is betraying its values’: Evgeny Kissin interview
The great, enigmatic pianist has always divided critics. He talks to Damian Thompson about his heretical opinions on Horowitz, Israel and Brexit
The greatest buildings Liverpool never built
Liverpool has not treated its architects well. Stephen Bayley takes a tour of the bits of the city that were – regrettably – never built
A history of bump iconography
Laura Freeman celebrates one of the loveliest of all New Testament images
How Hokusai achieved immortality
Hokusai wanted to paint everything, says Laura Freeman, and at 70 he was only just beginning
John Richardson: Bullfighting with Picasso
Picasso had a thing for bulls. Martin Gayford talks to the artist’s friend and biographer. Sir John Richardson about a lifelong obsession
My part in the expensive calamity that was the Millennium Dome
Stephen Bayley, creative director (briefly) for the Millennium Dome, lifts the lid on an expensive calamity
The album art that dazzled a generation
James Walton talks to Aubrey Powell, the man behind the album art for virtually every 1970s rock band you can think of
‘People would speak to me as if I was an idiot’: Gemma Arterton on the horrors of Hollywood
As she moves into producing, Gemma Arterton tells Tanya Gold why she hated Hollywood and nearly gave up acting
Vatican II gave carte blanche to architecture’s wild men, with overwhelming results
In the 1960s, the Catholic Church gave carte blanche to architecture’s wild men, says Jonathan Meades, with overwhelming results
The sexual ecstasy of Camille Claudel – and why it proved too much for the establishment
Camille Claudel’s extravagant talent proved too provocative for the male art establishment of her day, says Laura Gascoigne
The new battleground between China and America: Hollywood
Peter Hoskin reports on the uneasy alliance between the US and Chinese film industries
Howard Hodgkin claimed not to be an abstract artist. So what exactly was he?
The late Howard Hodgkin stated emphatically that he was not an abstract artist. So what exactly was he? asks Martin Gayford
Was Sebastiano imitating Michelangelo or – a startling thought – vice versa?
Martin Gayford is mystified by the mismatched working partnership between Michelangelo and the painter Sebastiano del Piombo
How art chronicled the birth – and death – of the American dream
How art chronicled the birth – and death – of the American dream, by Stephen Bayley
How on earth do you put 1,600 pages of Elena Ferrante on stage?
How do you distil Elena Ferrante’s monumental Neapolitan quartet into four acts over two evenings? Laura Freeman finds out
Poetry, animals, perms and Bovril are all part of the sparky history of electricity
Poetry, animals, perms and Bovril are all part of the sparky history of electricity, writes Richard Holmes
The true radical genius of Monteverdi is not in the operas but in the madrigals
On his 450th anniversary, Alexandra Coghlan celebrates the composer’s remarkable musical prescience
The pulling power of volcanoes, from Empedocles to J.M.W. Turner
At a new exhibition in the Bodleian Libraries Laura Gascoigne discovers the pulling power of volcanoes
How Hull won me over
James Walton finds a lot to love about this year’s City of Culture – even on a bleak January weekend
Martin Gayford celebrates the quiet, underrated masterpieces of Michael Andrews
Martin Gayford celebrates the quiet, underrated masterpieces of Michael Andrews
Milton Keynes is 50 years old. Should we celebrate?
We may snigger at Milton Keynes but let’s not forget its utopian spirit, says Stephen Bayley
Culture House Daily
Would Jane Austen be amused or bemused by her £10 note quotation?
The Princess generation needs to grow up
Game of Thrones returns with more of a whimper than a bang
Who cares that the new Doctor is female?
Barenboim’s Brexit speech was out of order – the Proms are, and must be, politically neutral
How Game of Thrones is shaping up as the new season begins
