Art
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The women breaking down art’s final taboo: motherhood
When British artist Catherine Elwes had a baby in 1983, she soon discovered she was expected to keep her motherhood…
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Yoko Ono: the woman who broke up The Beatles or great feminist artist?
Misunderstood genius or pretentious charlatan? Revolutionary artist or (frankly terrible) singer? Almost six decades after she became globally (in)famous, it’s still hard to…
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The extraordinary inside story of the $100m Andy Warhol Foundation fraud that shook the art world
This excerpt documents the bombshell moment when, through his lawyer Brian Kerr, Joe Simon uncovered the scale and scope of…
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Women in Revolt! review: Finally these radical artists get their moment
“Equal pay is not enough, we want the moon.” “Women are revolting.” “We’re not beautiful, we’re not ugly. We’re angry.”…
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Time to rise up: the story behind Tate Britain’s feminist artwork made from cake
A woman is marvelling at the bright blue frosting above her head. “How do you pipe icing on a ceiling?”…
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This year’s polite Turner Prize show is so nice that it’s hard to hate it
I went to Eastbourne, home of this year’s Turner Prize exhibition, with the intention of tearing a strip off this…
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Philip Guston at Tate Modern review: An extraordinary, startling show full of moral disquiet
Back in September 2020, directors at the Tate decided we wouldn’t see this retrospective of Philip Guston until 2024. After…
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Sharon Stone: ‘Sometimes I just had to follow the shadows until I found the light’
An expectant audience gathers as Sharon Stone sits down. It’s exactly like a film set. But she isn’t about to…
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Growing up in the shadow of Frida Kahlo, partying with Basquiat: my life with art’s A-list
On hot May days in the Sixties, when Jennifer Clement was a little girl, she used to bathe in Frida Kahlo’s tub.…
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Susannah Constantine on Strictly, splitting with Trinny and survival: ‘I’ve just had brain surgery – can you not ask me what’s for dinner tonight?’
Look at this big roll of flab!” cries Susannah Constantine, in absolute horror. It’s a clip from 2004’s What Not to…
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