Art

The big picture: Denis Dailleux’s 30-year love affair with Cairo

The French photographer has spent decades trying to become an insider in Egypt, a challenge expressed in this wedding picture

Tim Adams

01, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

The Artist’s Studio by James Hall review – lust, crime and creativity

From Bernini to Bacon, the artist’s studio has long been a place of passion and tragedy, offering a unique glimpse into the creative mind

Stephen Smith

28, Dec, 2022 @11:00 AM

Devils and angels on horseback: the art of the oddly named canape

The rumour and intrigue around strange dish names is perfect dinner party fodder, and has provided inspiration for a pair of culinary performance artists

Nick Buckley recipe by Long Prawn

21, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

The big picture: Bill Brandt’s windows into the mind

The Anglo-German photographer’s evocative 1955 portrait typifies the tension he created between person and place

Tim Adams

04, Dec, 2022 @7:00 AM

The big picture: Bruno Barbey captures life on the road in 1960s Palermo

The Magnum photographer’s image of a family in Sicily recalls Fellini and Visconti in its romantic depiction of everyday Italian life

Tim Adams

27, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM

Patti Smith: ‘I am who I am with all my flaws’

At 75, the punk poet, singer, artist and author talks candidly about life, loss, loneliness and her acclaimed new photography project

Kate Kellaway

13, Nov, 2022 @10:00 AM

The big picture: William Eggleston at Mississippi Fred McDowell’s funeral

After befriending the bluesman years earlier, the renowned photographer caught this enquiring glance when he attended his burial

Tim Adams

13, Nov, 2022 @7:00 AM

Enigmas in plain sight: the photography of Tom Sandberg

The attentive gaze of the late Norwegian artist produced images of quiet but resonant mystery

Pico Iyer

16, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM

John Sutcliffe obituary

Other lives: Interior designer and artist with a passion for colour who made an important contribution to the Farrow & Ball range of paints

Sebastian Carter

09, Oct, 2022 @10:05 AM

‘She paints with the brush in her ass’: the artists sharing their worst savagings

In the book Bad Reviews, 150 artists have revisited their most brutal critiques – from an ‘unforgiveable’ Carolee Schneemann sculpture to the critic who suggested the artist should be jailed

Alex Needham

04, Oct, 2022 @11:37 AM