John Piper was a modernist who rejected Modernism, a versatile artist who defied categories, but one who remained true to the spirit and detail of the places he painted

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John P. Murphy New Deal Art 336pp. Thames and Hudson. Paperback, £19.99. Seymour Fogel’s “Wealth of the Nation”, installed in 1942 in a federal building in Washington DC, depicts a group of workers en

In a dim, claustrophobic room, I’m confronted by a ten-foot sphere, comprising more than 1,000 small speakers – like some vast, unblinking eye. I step inside and gradually, one after another, the spea

With a hidden tunnel that leads to the beach, this wondrous Dublin home has interiors as captivating as the landscape outside

For Helena Lee and her troupe, a majestic palazzo near Verona sets the stage for a theatrical sojourn without a hint of tragedy