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Exhibitions / Damien Hirst should burn down his gallery

I love my friends at the loucher fringes of the art world, but every now and again, someone does something so obviously stupid that it calls certain...

17.07.2026 10

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Damien Hirst should burn down his gallery

I love my friends at the loucher fringes of the art world, but every now and again, someone does something so obviously stupid that it calls certain...

16.07.2026 10

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Head to Deptford for one of the exhibitions of the year

Grim news from gallery-land, where even Manhattan’s mega-blue chips are shedding jobs by the truckload. ‘The market’s fucked,’ one...

18.06.2026 20

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Digby Warde-Aldam

The Venice Biennale was just that bit worse than usual

The 61st Venice Biennale arrived freighted with portent. To cut a long story short: Russia and Israel were invited to exhibit, and the prize jurors...

02.06.2026 10

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Digby Warde-Aldam

The Venice Biennale was just that bit worse than usual

The 61st Venice Biennale arrived freighted with portent. To cut a long story short: Russia and Israel were invited to exhibit, and the prize jurors...

21.05.2026 20

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Brooklyn’s answer to Nathan Barley has struck gold

I was on the way to Cecily Brown’s exhibition at the Serpentine last week when I heard that Kensington Gardens had been locked down. Word was that...

23.04.2026 20

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Museums / In defence of museum charges

It occurs to me only now that I might have spent far too much time in France. Indeed, so familiar with Paris did I claim to be that, in 2023, I was...

22.04.2026 30

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Museums / In defence of museum charges

It occurs to me only now that I might have spent far too much time in France. Indeed, so familiar with Paris did I claim to be that, in 2023, I was...

22.04.2026 30

The Spectator

Digby Warde-Aldam

Museums / In defence of museum charges

It occurs to me only now that I might have spent far too much time in France. Indeed, so familiar with Paris did I claim to be that, in 2023, I was...

16.04.2026 30

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Warhol meets Rauschenberg: John Giorno retrospective reviewed

12.02.2026 20

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Exhibitions / Does Tate’s director care about art?

20.01.2026 30

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Exhibitions / Does Tate’s director care about art?

19.01.2026 40

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Exhibitions / Does Tate’s director care about art?

17.01.2026 40

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Does Tate's director care about art?

15.01.2026 30

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Why is divorce so seldom addressed in art?

28.12.2025 40

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Exhibitions / London’s stupidest gallery

24.11.2025 20

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Exhibitions / London’s stupidest gallery

20.11.2025 30

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London’s stupidest gallery

20.11.2025 30

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Contemporary art / The best artist alive? Probably

23.10.2025 30

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Exhibitions / The best Turner Prize in years

03.10.2025 20

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The best Turner Prize in years

02.10.2025 20

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Exhibitions / I’ve had it with Anselm Kiefer

27.08.2025 30

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I’ve had it with Anselm Kiefer

21.08.2025 20

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Beguiling grot, TfL surrealism and Insta-art: contemporary art roundup

24.07.2025 30

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Digby Warde-Aldam

Exhibitions / London’s best contemporary art show is in Penge

24.06.2025 20

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London’s best contemporary art show is in Penge

19.06.2025 30

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Exhibitions / A ravishing rehang at the new-look National Gallery

16.05.2025 40

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Decent redesign, ravishing rehang: the new-look National Gallery reviewed

15.05.2025 30

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Digby Warde-Aldam