Art

Was Turner ancient or modern? He himself was in no doubt about his ability to compete with both

John Piper, Myfanwy Piper, Lives in Art by Frances Spalding

The usual hotchpotch at the RA Summer Exhibition and some awful Americana from Charles Saatchi

‘Have you, like me, secretly felt in certain locales that you have been parachuted behind enemy lines?’

Labour’s “golden age” of the arts has turned into a bureaucratic nightmare of political correctness, waste and incompetence

Three artists approach landscape in very different ways

Standpoint’s Mole in arts television says the axing of ITV’s The South Bank Show is sad but inevitable

A major exhibition in Berlin proves that the spirit of provocation is alive and well in German art

Two European artists, Annette Messager and Gerhard Richter, explore the sense of self

A new exhibition at the V&A seeks to rehabilitate a style that sought to inspire wonder and awe