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Leighton, who met Gandhi in London in 1931, even made a drawing of him while he was asleep. How did this painting come to be?
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged ...
Ma Yansong’s spectacular stainless steel structure celebrates the art and stories of people who moved to the city ...
George E Smith helped invent a device that changed everything from photography to astronomy: the CCD sensor. Smith, ...
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In his latest column, Jonathan McCrea documents how he created a clone of himself, and what it revealed about his humanity.
There’s too much happening in our nation, to say nothing of the world, to keep a singular focus this week; so, with a sincere ...
Explore how asteroids like Lilith, Juno, and Pallas play a crucial role in self-discovery and personal growth in astrology.
Some of the new work is good—and some, very good. Yet it is difficult to point to anyone after Einstein who has done something outstanding, something likely to be remembered for centuries. I am not ...
The $100,000 Archibald Prize winner is Julie Fragar for her portrait of Justene Williams, Flagship Mother Multiverse. It was a unanimous decision made at 7.20am. Fragar said she painted Williams ...
The names of John Constable and Joseph Mallord William Turner have been linked so closely for so long that it comes as a surprise to learn, about a third of the way through Nicola Moorby’s ...
Chris Packham has posed as St Francis of Assisi in a portrait celebrating him as a “living saint”. The portrait of the presenter and environmental campaigner is now on show on the altar of the ...