To photograph an artwork well, put it flat and square to a camera on a tripod, light it evenly from both sides with two matched…
On 22 January 1561, Francis Bacon was born at York House in the Strand, London – a place of politics and privilege that would define…
A good film review makes a clear judgement early, gives the reasons for it, and supports those reasons with evidence from specific moments on screen.…
The UK design museums most worth visiting are the Design Museum in Kensington, the V&A’s family of sites (South Kensington, the two V&A East buildings…
Sculptor Gevorg Tadevosyan on Stubbornness, bronze in tension, and how the human body acts as a structural element capable of organising space.
In 1964, Terence Conran opened Habitat on Fulham Road, fundamentally altering British domestic taste by proving that modern, well-designed homewares could be both stylish and…
There is a peculiar injustice in the history of science. Robert Hooke – who discovered cells, formulated the law of elasticity, rebuilt London after the…
Hammer Films revolutionized gothic horror in the late 1950s and 1960s, forging a distinctive, vibrant style at Bray Studios with limited budgets. Through iconic performances…
By Alexander Stone Britain never set out to become a home for the Russian avant-garde. It has no equivalent of the Stedelijk Museum’s Malevich holdings…
Nolan’s Odyssey pities the Cyclops, repents Troy and then butchers the suitors for a finale. A reading of the most expensive guilt machine ever built.