Visual Art

Doubts on Banksy

What is so enticing – and infuriating – about this mystery man’s slapdash approach to political commentary?

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From the Chrysler to the Weston: 100 years of Art Deco

Florence Wolter explores the impact left by Art Deco on Oxford and European Culture. A century on, should we be looking forward, not back?

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‘The Pink City’: Ten generations of Jaipur gems

Cherwell visited the Choudhary family's prestigious jewellery collection, now almost 300 years old.

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Leonardo da Vinci and his devilish… boyfriend?

When we think of Leonardo da Vinci, the first things that come to mind...

Art Phillipe Luna -

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Andrew Graham-Dixon: Bridging the gap between high culture and mass media

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A film that celebrates an artistic history too long hidden, too long misunderstood

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Sam Dalrymple reports on the phenomenon of truck art that is spreading across Pakistan

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Basquiat brought to life at the Barbican

Excessive detail hinders an energetic and ground-breaking Basquiat exhibition, writes Eleanor Birdsall-Smith

Opera: Passion, power and politics

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The queen of artistic appropriation is crowned at the Tate Modern

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My naked truth

Jess Brown contemplates the merits and shortcomings of life drawing

Grayson Perry’s Polymorphous Popularity

Georgiana Wilson explores Grayson Perry's image, identity, and popularity after seeing his latest exhibition

Coming full circle: The importance of Queer British Art for young people

Billie Esplen considers the relevance of Tate Britain's Queer Britain exhibition

The Russian Revolution was a kind of orgy

Altair Brandon-Salmon is thrilled by the British Library's exhibition marking the centenary of the Russian Revolution

The Death and Rebirth of MS Paint

Chloe Dootson-Graube investigates the artistic importance of Microsoft Paint

Layers of history in the bright colours of Porto

Ellie Duncan is enchanted by the 'azulejos' of Portugal

At the Royal Academy: Matisse in the Studio

Altair Brandon-Salmon explores the Royal Academy's latest exhibition, Matisse in the Studio

At the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

Altair Brandon-Salmon ponders the significance of the Royal Academy's annual Summer Exhibition

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Visual Art

Doubts on Banksy

From the Chrysler to the Weston: 100 years of Art Deco

‘The Pink City’: Ten generations of Jaipur gems

Leonardo da Vinci and his devilish… boyfriend?

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