The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo the icon: a thin line between canonisation and commercialisation

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The Guardian view on Frida Kahlo the icon: a thin line between canonisation and commercialisation

The Mexican artist’s legacy is far greater than the kitsch. She is a much-loved symbol of rebellion and resilience

2 months ago

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‘You learn how to be idiotic artists’: Gilbert & George on fame, rebellion and their mystery new collaborator

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‘You learn how to be idiotic artists’: Gilbert & George on fame, rebellion and their mystery new collaborator

The Britart mavericks have now teamed up with an unlikely artist. Is their odd throuple an elaborate prank – or are the duo passing down their legacy?

2 months ago

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Hold to This Earth review

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Hold to This Earth review

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Neons and videos mix with weaving and beadwork to address subjects as diverse as stolen land, ancestral traditions and queer identity. But the self-made nude steals the show

2 months ago

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'I have a naughty schoolboy attitude': Anish Kapoor reveals his latest epic creations

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'I have a naughty schoolboy attitude': Anish Kapoor reveals his latest epic creations

As he opens a career-spanning show in London, the Turner prize-winning artist gives us a private view of his giant studio and talks censorship, controversy and why disobedience is central to making great art

2 months ago

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Georg Baselitz review

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Georg Baselitz review

White Cube Bermondsey, LondonA body falls through the sky, figures flail and thrash, while sagging skin and brittle limbs are scrawled on every work. This is the German painter’s last collection – and it’s both brutal and beautiful

2 months ago

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Don’t: Camille Henrot review

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Don’t: Camille Henrot review

The Perimeter, LondonTesticles have faces and a fox licks a phallus as the French artist mixes online anxiety, family life and saucy erotica in works charged with meaning

3 months ago

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Fancy a European art break with fewer crowds? Try one of these five cities

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Fancy a European art break with fewer crowds? Try one of these five cities

Forget queuing at the Louvre or the Uffizi. You’ll find a fresh perspective on everything from medieval to modern art in places like Lille, Verona and Zurich

3 months ago

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'A daring flash of pubic hair': the extraordinary, monumental nudes of Sylvia Sleigh

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'A daring flash of pubic hair': the extraordinary, monumental nudes of Sylvia Sleigh

A new show of this Welsh-born artist’s mesmerising portraits is worth visiting for one nude alone: a painting of an eyes-closed, long-legged, elegant brunette, inspired by Sleeping Venus

3 months ago

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German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88

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German artist Georg Baselitz dies aged 88

Prominent contemporary visual artist explored range of techniques across six decades of work

4 months ago

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Georg Baselitz obituary

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Georg Baselitz obituary

Painter and sculptor whose raw, expressive works reflected on postwar Germany and courted controversy over his 60-year career

4 months ago

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Paula Rego review

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Paula Rego review

Victoria Miro, London Mischievous, moving and troubled tales of female oppression unspool across the largest ever exhibition of the artist’s drawings, which show an intuitive touch her paintings lack

4 months ago

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The sublime perfection of Raphael

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The sublime perfection of Raphael

April 5, 2026 / 10:23 AM EDT / CBS News

4 months ago

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