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“The most beautiful thing is honesty, even if it’s really painful to look at.” As tenets go, this remark by Tracey Emin could hardly be more apt. The artist has made a career out of telling the truth

Exaggerating her beetling monobrow and wispy dark moustache in self-portraits, the artist Frida Kahlo was a female force to be reckoned with, unafraid to pour her heart onto the canvas. Only last autu

Pierre d’Alancaisez on Art STERLING RUBY/MATT CHUNG; GAVIN ...