The Courtauld Institute of Art

Philip Larkin’s profound and beautiful poetry sent me back to the classroom | Rachel Cooke

The exam board that dropped the poet and others from the curriculum has overlooked their effects on young minds

Rachel Cooke

25, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM

Edvard Munch: Masterpieces from Bergen review – a magical misery tour

These 18 spectacular paintings, most in Britain for the first time, capture the speed of Munch’s evolution from breezy pastiche to masterly melancholy

Laura Cumming

29, May, 2022 @12:00 PM

Zombie workers and sexual hang-ups: how Edvard Munch foresaw our lonely lives – review

From the grief of loss to the despair of impotence and the misery of work, the Scandinavian master wallows gloriously in pain, filling the soul with the ecstatic sorrow of his colours

Jonathan Jones

26, May, 2022 @9:04 AM

‘Mental illness is not a joke’: London gallery under fire for Van Gogh gifts

Souvenirs at Courtauld Gallery exhibition include ‘emotional first aid kit’ and ear-shaped eraser

Caroline Davies

13, Feb, 2022 @2:46 PM

Van Gogh: Self-Portraits review – ghostly encounters with greatness

This small, unmissable show of 16 of Van Gogh’s 37 surviving self-portraits, all made during the last four years of his life, reveals a world of extreme feeling

Rachel Cooke

06, Feb, 2022 @1:00 PM

‘Magical, mysterious and electrifyingly intimate’ – Van Gogh: Self-Portraits review

Toothless, bearded, haggard, injured, shaved, well fed, on the mend, jaunty, natty … this superb show cascades through the many faces of Van Gogh – and reveals the anguished brilliance that lay beneath

Adrian Searle

01, Feb, 2022 @3:15 PM

Courtauld Gallery refurbishment review – how to spend tens of millions without anyone much noticing

Reopening after a three-year, £57m makeover, the new-look Courtauld is for the most part a masterclass in tasteful updating. But the dream of uniting its gallery and college remains just that

Rowan Moore

14, Nov, 2021 @11:00 AM

Rubens, Manet, Bruegel … curator picks his gems from the reopened Courtauld Gallery

Art historian Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen welcomes his top five attractions back to the refurbished exhibition space

Vanessa Thorpe

06, Nov, 2021 @3:30 PM

University guide 2022: The Courtauld Institute of Art

All you need to know about studying at the Courtauld Institute of Art

04, Sep, 2020 @8:38 PM

Felicity Bryan obituary

Dynamic literary agent with an extraordinary gift for nurturing new talent

Liz Thomson

22, Jun, 2020 @2:15 PM

The future of the arts: ‘The world is coming into visual art on a human scale’

In a personal snapshot of life during lockdown, our art critic talks to artists and curators about a future where they may have to think small