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Francis Bacon’s vile bodies
The New Statesman· 6 days agoIs Francis Bacon the most overrated painter of the 20th century? No, surely that dubious accolade must go to Lucian Freud, the artistic Tweedledum to...
My friend David Hockney: Martin Gayford on the prophet of painting
The Guardian· 7 hours agoIn a cardboard box in my attic there is a complete aural record of the first conversation I ever had with David Hockney. It is stored on dusty cassette tape which seemed like fairly current ...
The young prole rebels of Dexys Midnight Runners
The New Statesman· 5 days agoOne starts this book at the back, like a Japanese novel, because the author has tracked down all 24 living members of Dexys Midnight Runners, leaving...
Sex really was hotter in the 1960s
Daily Mail· 7 days agoShe was talking more widely about the hippy world she knew then, being a muse for painters like Francis Bacon and swinging with the Rolling Stones. But...
What are the biggest questions in your life? Art could hold some of the answers
Evening News 24· 3 days agohttps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n1vx2t37xob8hsyf3zcs8/Living-Art-Handbook_26.01.2024_Photo.-Kate-Wolstenholme_15-4.jpg?rlkey=il1kqjp8itv7dwf9550mbiszr…
21 brilliant things to do in London this weekend 6 - 7 July
Metro· 3 days agoWorks by Lucian Freud, a familiar face to many Londoners until his death in 2011, Piet Mondrian, ...
Why are England football fans so entitled?
The New Statesman· 6 days agoWhy did England get booed so much and so often during those early Euro games? Family and relations of the players, even the lesser-known figures confined...
