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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...

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The artist and the photographer: An analysis of Francis Goodman’s Film negatives

An unusual dynamic is consequently captured between the photographer and artist in the photograph of Lucian Freud.

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A Future in the Light of Darkness review: Imagined engines of desire

Modern Art Oxford’s exhibit Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: A future in the light of darkness...

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Freida Toranzo Jaeger’s Prophetic Glitter

Freida Toranzo Jaeger names her paintings like items in a manifesto: Extinction is the...

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

Art history documentary maker Andrew Graham-Dixon talks contemporary art and BBC spending to Altair Brandon-Salmon

Imagining the Divine review – engrossing and important

Lizzy Diggins is intrigued by the religious crossovers at the Ashmolean's new exhibition

A perfectly preserved corner of London speaks to modern Britain

Susie Finlay discovers the delights of still-life drama

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

Gazelle Mba discusses a groundbreaking feminist film and the politicisation of artistic identity

How traditional craftsmanship meets modern aesthetics on Pakistani trucks

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

‘Beautiful is good’ – Giovanna Bertazzonia on Christie’s

Altair Brandon-Salmon dives into the world of art auctions with Giovanna Bertazzonia, co-chair of Modern Art at Christie’s

Political cartoons must now be held to a new standard in the age of Trump

Viveka Herzum challenges the role political cartoons play in our current climate

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

The new exhibition at the V&A entertains yet bemuses Julia Alsop

The queen of artistic appropriation is crowned at the Tate Modern

Nicola Dwornik reviews a long overdue exhibition of Fahrelnissa Zeid's life and work

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

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A literary map of Oxford

Should we judge a book by its cover?

Blood is compulsory: The films of Martin McDonagh