British art

Jo Brocklehurst’s visceral portraits showed London’s larger-than-life characters in their most hidden moments. Liam Hess takes a look

Young British Artists like Damien Hirst may seem mainstream now. But they got their start with a show as messy and explosive behind the scenes as it would be for the art world.

There is much more to Francis Towne’s sketches of Rome than meets the eye: they were enchanting – and sharp – criticisms of a Britain in crisis, writes Amanda Ruggeri.

Over the past few decades, Britain's public art has been thrown out, bulldozed, melted down or sold off. A new campaign seeks to track down what’s missing – and protect what remains

The celebrated 84-year-old artist Frank Auerbach paints the same subjects time and again in a tiny studio. What is it like to sit for him? Alastair Sooke goes behind the scenes.

What makes old-school tourism posters so appealing? And how did they get so strikingly stylish? We take a whistle-stop tour of 60 years of British railway posters to find out.

Much we take for granted today – from Christmas trees to birthday gifts – comes from the domestic traditions of Victoria and Albert, writes Lucinda Hawksley.