Exhibition of the week Lucian Freud: Drawing into ...

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 their day, they were among the most celebrated painters in Britain: Robert Colquhoun for his figures, Robert MacBryde for his still lifes. Not only artists but inseparable life partners, the “two R

Joseph Beuys was never risk-averse, whether in art or in life. Born in 1921, he was old enough to serve throughout the Second World War as a pilot in the Luftwaffe. This meant that he did not become a

Simon Neil leads a back on top Biffy ...

Globally acclaimed English tile-maker celebrates 50th anniversary ‘Each tile we make is a piece of art,’ says Doug Watson, who founded an artisanal workshop handcrafting and hand-painting exquisite ce