Henry Moore
Moore’s art has never looked better: Henry Moore at Houghton Hall reviewed
Henry Moore was, it seems, one of the most notable fresh-air fiends in art history. Not only did he prefer…
It’s about time we recognised the genius of Kenneth Armitage
What is it about Yorkshire, particularly Leeds, that it has bred or trained such a succession of famous modern sculptors?…
Romancing the standing stones
If Britain’s prehistoric monuments have had a magnetic attraction for generations of artists, it is perhaps because they have long…
The squalid afterlife of artists' estates
Artists’ legacies were once controlled by opportunist collectors or vengeful harpies. Stephen Bayley meets the German lawyer trying to civilise the process
This large Tate Modern exhibition is cruel to Wifredo Lam
‘My painting is an act of decolonisation,’ declared Wifredo Lam. These are the first words you read on entering the…
What's that thing? Britain's worst public art
Bad public art pollutes our townscapes. Stephen Bayley names and shames the worst offenders as he unveils the winner of The Spectator’s inaugural What’s That Thing? Award
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Was Barbara Hepworth a giant of modern sculpture - or a dreary relic of post-war Britain?
In the last two decades of her life, Barbara Hepworth was a big figure in the world of art. A…
Are the British too polite to be any good at surrealism?
The Paris World’s Fair of 1937 was more than a testing ground for artistic innovation; it was a battleground for…
'Uproar!' The Ben Uri gallery punches above its weight
Last year saw the centenary of the London Group, a broad-based exhibiting body set up in a time of stylistic…
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