Man of the world

Lee Miller threw herself into life, dancing at Surrealist balls, taking fashion to Blitz-torn streets and dreaming up blue-spaghetti recipes, all the time intoxicating men and fighting inner demons, as Mary Miers reveals

Exhibition of the week Kerry James Marshall: The ...

The Story of Tudor Art: A History of Tudor ...

Using a painting to envisage a room–or record it for posterity–provides an exciting alternative to digital technology, says Arabella Youens

I’ve wandered into an oil painting. In front of me is a millpond with a cream-coloured cottage at its edge and a froth of English greenery on its banks. The scene is unmistakable. Where my mind’s eye

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