Free Thinking – Javier Marias; Cervantes; Spanish politics today Free Thinking – The Holy Roman Empire; Peter H Wilson, Janet Soskice, Rupert Shortt. Iranian art Free Thinking – Identity in Britain: ...

Oklahoma! on stage and Conversations with Friends on TV reviewed; The Bob Dylan Centre; The Florence Nightingale Museum reopens Top Gun Maverick, Joseph Wright of Derby Painting, Kingsway Tram Subway, ...

The now not-so-young British artist Damien Hirst was in fine form on a recent podcast—Waldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art —spilling the beans on the people who matter to him the most (and those who ...

Januszczak was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Polish refugees who had arrived in England after the Second World War. After studying history of art at the University of Manchester, Januszczak ...

The Turner Prize is “the cockroach of art”, said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. Established some 40 years ago, it has proved remarkably resilient: “however bad it gets, it survives the ...

The artist’s winning Turner prize entry has been hailed for its life and energy, but to some dissenting voices its challenge to the status quo is hard to stomach Nnena Kalu is an artist. She is also, ...

Maria Balshaw, the director of the British museum group that includes Tate Modern and Tate Britain, is stepping down next spring after nine years in the role. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London ...

One of the world’s most prestigious art prizes has been awarded to a 59-year-old Glaswegian artist with autism and learning disabilities. Honoured by the 2025 Turner Prize for what the judges called ...

“It’s been a long time – several years – since an event as stimulating as this opened at Tate Modern,” said Waldemar Januszczak in The Sunday Times. It pulls off a difficult trick: reframing the work ...

“Those who featured here made a good job of explaining why she inspires such intense admiration. Three young women who grew up with her music spoke eloquently for millions, as they told how Swift’s ...

Journalists, insiders and Swifties tell the tale of the world’s biggest pop star in a two-part documentary. Plus: Waldemar Januszczak unveils the long history of erotic art. Here’s what to watch this ...

Art critic Waldemar Januszczak’s Sky documentary is a blisteringly explicit look at the depiction of sex from the giant penises of Pompeii to Shunga porn and Indian love temples. Avert your eyes, ...