Art

Art

Illustration of two colorful chairs, one purple and one yellow, with green seats, on a red and orange patterned floor, with a gray and white striped background.
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Illustration of a haywain in Suffolk, painted by John Constable.
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Mrinalini Mukherjee at her studio with large textile sculptures in progress.
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FIRST NIGHT
Mrinalini Mukherjee’s knotted sculptures tell the history of South Asian art
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
The best exhibitions in the UK to see now
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
Instead of attacking the old masters, this exciting show has fun with them
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Anna Ancher — Denmark’s brilliant painter of light
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Inside Jonathan Yeo’s A-list London art studio
Property & Home
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Secrets, lies and mile-high trees — I could spend hours poring over these maps
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
The best exhibitions in the UK to see now
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
The best exhibitions in the UK to see now
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
Instead of attacking the old masters, this exciting show has fun with them
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
Illustration of women in a bar, one pole dancing, another adjusting her leotard, and one in a green hat looking on.
WALDEMAR JANUSZCZAK
Instead of attacking the old masters, this exciting show has fun with them
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Anna Ancher — Denmark’s brilliant painter of light
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Collage of two oil paintings by Anna Ancher: "Sunlight in the blue room" (1891), featuring a young girl in a blue room bathed in sunlight; and "The Maid in the Kitchen" (1883-1886), featuring a woman in a red skirt from behind standing in a sunlit kitchen.
Anna Ancher — Denmark’s brilliant painter of light
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Inside Jonathan Yeo’s A-list London art studio
Property & Home
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Living room in Jonathan Yeo's home with a zebra print couch, two olive green chairs, and art on a brick wall.
Inside Jonathan Yeo’s A-list London art studio
Property & Home
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Secrets, lies and mile-high trees — I could spend hours poring over these maps
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Illustration of a medieval map showing numerous castles, buildings, and rivers, with some areas labeled with names such as 'Carlisle', 'Edinburgh', and 'Dumfries'.
Secrets, lies and mile-high trees — I could spend hours poring over these maps
Illustration of two colorful chairs, one purple and one yellow, with green seats, on a red and orange patterned floor, with a gray and white striped background.

Photography

Sir Winston Churchill memorial in The Times newspaper with photos of the funeral procession.
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
How Churchill’s death led to The Times’s first front-page picture

Queues of mourners, photographers scaling scaffolding — the death of a wartime leader is captured in fascinating detail in these archive images

Sir Winston Churchill memorial in The Times newspaper with photos of the funeral procession.
ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
How Churchill’s death led to The Times’s first front-page picture
‘Whale-watcher’s dream’: humpback double breach captured in Sydney