The news of Frank Auerbach's death at the age of 93 has been announced this week. Author Catherine Lampert spent nearly forty years with Frank Auerbach, discussing the painter’s inspirations, methods and philosophy. We take a uniquely intimate look at one of Europe’s leading painters, in this feature originally published on 3 October 2019.
In this video David Hockney and Martin Gayford, co-authors of 'A History of Pictures', talk about art history from Caravaggio to Pinocchio.
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Phillips, whose 'A Humument' was a 'defining masterpiece of postmodernism'. Here, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary edition, Phillips explained his half-century-long endeavour.