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Pesellino review – a lost star of the Florentine Renaissance shines again
National Gallery, London
Francesco Pesellino died young and this show only fills a single room. But it’s a room bursting with life, where bold, radical colours bloom in narrative scenes crammed with activity
Francesco Pesellino died young and this show only fills a single room. But it’s a room bursting with life, where bold, radical colours bloom in narrative scenes crammed with activity
Jonathan Jones
05, Dec, 2023 @5:21 PM
Volcanic prints, Mapplethorpe’s mates and Puerto Rico’s Palestinians – the week in art
The history of 500 years of print from Picasso to Emin, Robert Mapplethorpe’s portraits of his famous friends, and the Palestinian diaspora in Puerto Rico
Jonathan Jones
01, Dec, 2023 @2:54 PM
The Isleworth Mona Lisa: have Leonardo da Vinci fans worshipped the wrong portrait for centuries?
Some argue this painting depicts the artist’s subject in her younger years and is the first version of his iconic work. Others are less convinced
Jonathan Jones
29, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM
David Panos: Gothic Revival review – a restless walk on the dark side of … Northampton?
Panos’s intoxicating film explores the spooky side of the Midlands town through a spectral montage of choirs, architecture and pub bands playing Bauhaus songs
Jonathan Jones
27, Nov, 2023 @5:31 PM
What’s on Jeremy Hunt’s dining room wall? Art to enjoy with a cucumber sandwich
UK chancellor was pictured working on the autumn statement at home. Our art critic runs the rule over his choice of artworks
Jonathan Jones
24, Nov, 2023 @3:09 PM
Bold pastels, pale impressionists and existential bodies – the week in art
Jenny Saville’s visceral new work, sketchy stuff from Renoir et al and Antony Gormley meditates some more – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones
24, Nov, 2023 @12:09 PM
Heroic, short, callous, crumpled, Christlike: how artists portrayed Napoleon before Ridley Scott
From a battlefield avenger to a nude colossus, the Corsican conqueror was a rich subject for artists across Europe. But did Turner, who painted him as a fallen emperor, finally capture the truth?
Jonathan Jones
23, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM
Impressionists on Paper review – Van Gogh sets this rambling show on fire
Sterile sketches by Monet, Degas and Renoir make you grateful they mostly stuck to painting – but Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh’s empathy and emotion steal the show
Jonathan Jones
21, Nov, 2023 @4:37 PM
Durham gets lit, the States turn sick and goddesses reign – the week in art
Also, feminist block-printers in Massachusetts and the war’s toll on Gaza’s artists – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones
17, Nov, 2023 @4:39 PM
Liotard and The Lavergne Family Breakfast review – a delicate scene of the Enlightenment good life, torpedoed
These masterly portraits of a polite morning routine conjure the beauty of ordinary moments – until this seemingly civilised ritual is obliterated by its historical context
Jonathan Jones
14, Nov, 2023 @4:42 PM
Georg Baselitz’s erotic prints and the world’s best photography portraits – the week in art
Plus, Peter Blake talks AI in art, a dynamic look for hospital architecture and a 450-year-old look at the birth of our galaxy
Jonathan Jones
10, Nov, 2023 @12:00 PM
Pornography or art? Outrage master Georg Baselitz’s sex prints are sublimely carnal
These huge upside-down linocuts showing clothed couples having sex, with a white circle at the pivotal point, are ‘like Picasso on schnapps’
Jonathan Jones
09, Nov, 2023 @5:04 PM
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