Jenny Saville’s human landscapes
The British artist has built a career bringing a new perspective to figures and flesh.
By Michael Prodger
Reviewing politics
and culture since 1913
The English painter’s relish for subcultures took him across genres and continents.
By Michael ProdgerThe designer saw the skull beneath the skin of a Britain slipping into paranoia and distrust.
By Zoë HuxfordCraig Easton’s images of one family capture the reality of state neglect.
By Gerry BrakusHow the sculptor Johann Joachim Kändler made porcelain an object of desire across 18th-century Europe.
By Michael ProdgerJoshua Reynolds’ beloved painting contains the hidden story of my socialite ancestor, whose life spanned England, France and America.
By Megan KenyonThis year marks the 250th anniversary of his birth, but it was a midlife encounter with two landscapes that created…
By Michael ProdgerFrom Tolstoy to Shostakovich, Russian culture shaped Europe. We must not lose it.
By Andrew Marr