Florence Hallett
26 January 2023
Uncovering the secret afterlife of Lithuania’s Mr Liberty
How the daughter of an art hero turned Soviet pariah kept his flame burning
Read the full article17 November 2022
Plaster master: the art of Maria Bartuszová
Largely unheralded during her lifetime, Slovakian sculptor Mária Bartuszová is now hailed for her richly feminine visual language
Read the full article27 October 2022
Dissent and dumplings: Served up at the Istanbul Biennial
The Istanbul Biennial rediscovers a tasty old way to beat restrictions on freedom of expression
Read the full article29 September 2022
Picasso, the world’s most stolen artist
Why the most celebrated painter of all time is a criminal’s dream come true
Read the full article25 August 2022
Art goes private: Why the rich want their own spaces
As a new collection in Vienna shows, the rich have stopped lending art to public galleries, and are opening their own spaces instead
Read the full article15 July 2022
Fujiko Nakaya: A vision through the fog
Fujiko Nakaya: Nebel Leben is the first comprehensive survey exhibition of the visionary sculptor outside of Japan
Read the full article23 June 2022
A white elephant trumpets its success
Hamburg’s £740m concert hall went wildly over budget – but it is an overwhelming hit with visitors and locals
Read the full article19 May 2022
Mice that roar: an everyday tale of determination
Tiny sculptures made by an 85-year-old tell an epic tale at the Venice Biennale
Read the full article12 May 2022
No more Mr Venice Guy: the Biennale casts off its male, pale past
Russia is absent from this year’s edition of the world’s biggest international art exhibition. But the main talking point is a decisive move away from domination by white men
Read the full article03 March 2022
The vanishing of Bice Lazzari
Celebrating a lost modernist pioneer
Read the full article27 January 2022
Raw beauty finds a home in a wild Galician port
An exhibition of fashion photography on A Coruña’s industrial dockside is a gift to the city. By FLORENCE HALLETT
Read the full article13 January 2022
Shiny, shallow and rich: The case for Qatar’s cultural ambitions
FLORENCE HALLETT examines the Gulf state’s thriving cultural scene
Read the full article02 December 2021
Edmund de Waal: A man of letters
After the success of The Hare with Amber Eyes, potter and writer Edmund de Waal returns with an exhibition and book of fictional letters about a journey through grief.
Read the full article28 October 2021
The last days of the genius Vincent van Gogh
The promise of a fresh start, followed by a stunning burst of creativity – and then the full stop of his final act.
Read the full article30 September 2021
The genius, and lies, of Joseph Beuys
On his centenary, Germany’s best-known post-war artist remains as influential – and contentious – as ever.
Read the full article09 September 2021
Hondalea: Where art can be found amidst the abyss
A stunning new sculpture in a disused Spanish lighthouse seems to offer a portal to the earth’s core.
Read the full article26 August 2021
The tale of how Picasso’s art went primal
FLORENCE HALLETT investigates how the painter’s discovery of ancient Iberian art changed his work forever.
Read the full article27 July 2021
Was Nero the victim of a conspiracy?
The uncaring tyrant of legend may actually have been a pragmatic politician betrayed and then belittled by his opponent
Read the full article06 July 2021
Napoleon the art thief
A new book and exhibition focuses on the emperor’s appetite for the paintings and sculptures of the lands he conquered.
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08 October 2020
The creativity that survives in North Korea’s repressive state
25 June 2020
Jacques-Henri Lartigue: The man who captured the world as it sped up
07 December 2019
Culture clubs: The bohemian nightclubs and cabarets that shaped modern art
15 June 2019
Mega manga: Why the traditional artform is perfectly suited to the digital age
