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Michelangelo to Banksy: The art that was erased

Prefiguring Banksy's latest Royal Courts of Justice mural depicting a judge attacking a protester, are centuries of art history where works have been...

15.09.2025 100

Kelly Grovier

12 of the most striking images of 2025 so far

From praying monks and diving swimmers to meteor showers and the tomb of Pope Francis, these are 12 of the most eye-catching and memorable images of...

06.09.2025 40

Kelly Grovier

The six art history rules hidden in this Taylor and Travis photo

The recently released Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce engagement photo is a part of a centuries-old tradition of "meticulously choreographed courtship",...

29.08.2025 30

Kelly Grovier

The radical manifesto hidden in a masterpiece

Georges Seurat's once-mocked painting Bathers at Asnières is both an "exquisite distillation of the very essence of summer" and "a modern wonder in...

14.08.2025 100

Kelly Grovier

Why the Statue of Liberty is at the heart of a culture war

Controversy over an Amy Sherald painting of the Statue of Liberty reveals divides over US national symbols, joining debates that have centred on the...

02.08.2025 80

Kelly Grovier

Five works that reveal Banksy's hidden philosophy

Banksy's new mural in Marseille is not the first image he has connected to the history of ideas. From Plato to Foucault, a Banksy expert reveals the...

03.06.2025 90

Kelly Grovier

Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece

The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the long history of fraudulent artworks – here are the simple rules to work them out....

13.03.2025 70