The Van Gogh of Kazakhstan who feigned insanity to escape the Soviets
Somewhere near Georgia’s border with Russia, 2,500 LED lamps, two robotic arms, a walking refrigerator, 3,000 sq ft of aluminium foil and many, many rolls of duct…
Van Gogh Self-Portraits, Courtauld Gallery, review: a stare that still stabs your soul
You’d recognise those features anywhere. Green eyes. Gingery thatch. A red beard so bright that its bristles resemble splashes of lava. The inverted pyramid of that cranium,…
Manicure among the masterpieces: inside Amsterdam’s cultural lockdown fightback
Some of the jokes pushed the boundaries too: comparing the national Second World War freedom day to “the day that IKEA opened again”, or jesting about “feeling…
The Nazis looted my family’s art – here’s how we might get it back
The CLAE is looking for several thousands of works at any one time. Some come with extensive documentation of their journeys, while others have little more than…