Inside Stoke’s shattered pottery industry
Facing soaring energy costs and competition from east Asia, Stoke’s ceramicists are struggling to survive
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The quiet power of noble craft
James Fox’s stories of stonewalling and lettercutting take readers a world away from craft-shop kitsch.
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The right doesn’t get Banksy
The artist’s latest work delighted Elon Musk by painting the judiciary as the villain.
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Joining the dots of 20th-century art
“Radical Harmony” at the National Gallery reveals how super-patron Helene Kröller-Müller established pointillism and influenced a generation of painters.
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Jean-François Millet and the drudgery of rural life
In the National Gallery’s new exhibition, the 19th-century French painter’s unadorned pictures capture the dignity of labour.
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David Gentleman’s pensées for the novice artist
His advice is not highfalutin, but at least it is straightforward.
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Jenny Saville’s human landscapes
The British artist has built a career bringing a new perspective to figures and flesh.
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Edward Burra’s tour of the 20th century
The English painter’s relish for subcultures took him across genres and continents.
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