Artbeat3 Jun 2021Facing up to a horrifying historyA ground-breaking new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum explores personal accounts of slavery in the period of art known as the Dutch Golden Age. Cath Pound takes a look.3 Jun 202119 Sep 2019The secret hidden in a hare's eyeOriginally famous for his woodcuts, the 16th-Century German Renaissance painter Albrecht Dürer “collapses the world” between observers today and his paintings created 500 years ago.19 Sep 20195 Aug 2019Paintings of mysterious magicSwiss-born artist Félix Vallotton created disquieting paintings that conjure a sense of mystery – and menace, writes Kelly Grovier.5 Aug 201920 Jun 2019The ultimate painter of war?Picasso’s Guernica is seen as one of the most iconic paintings of military conflict – yet as a new exhibition in Paris reveals, the artist created many more.20 Jun 20195 Mar 2019The art that tricks the eyesCurrently on view at the Pompidou Centre in Paris, Victor Vasarely's mesmerising work was inspired by zebras and camouflage.5 Mar 201928 Dec 2018The image that sums up our anxieties?A figure that captures our fear of what lies ahead, or the poster girl for a bold new movement? As a new exhibition of art by Koloman Moser opens in Vienna, Kelly Grovier takes a look.28 Dec 201814 Nov 2018The juvenile joke hidden in a portraitAs a new exhibition of paintings by Lorenzo Lotto opens in London, Kelly Grovier asks whether the 16th-Century Italian artist indulged in a spot of Renaissance slapstick.14 Nov 201823 Oct 2018Unsettling images twisted from DisneyPaula Rego reinvents fairy tales with eerie scenes. As a new exhibition of her work opens, Kelly Grovier looks at how her images hover between myth and mortality.23 Oct 201812 Oct 2018The enigmatic vision of a mysticHilma af Klint created a secret body of work through psychic communication, instructed by the ‘High Masters’. Kelly Grovier looks at the artist’s ground-breaking abstract paintings.12 Oct 2018...
