Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Abstract versus figurative art, can the one ever equal the other? The argument has been going on for very nearly a century now. But, ...
On paper, the idea of staging an exhibition in which the work of Nicholas Poussin and Cy Twombly are contrasted and compared must have sounded plausible. Both artists were foreigners who settled in ...
The Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth purchased one of its most important acquisitions for $24.3 million: Nicolas Poussin's "Sacrament of Ordination (Christ Presenting the Keys to Saint Peter)." FORT ...
A great work by Nicolas Poussin has confounded scholars and spies alike This beautiful painting by Nicolas Poussin has for centuries bamboozled art historians, who can’t decide whether it’s showing ...
The paintings of the old master Nicolas Poussin tend to be respected rather than enjoyed. The 17th Century Frenchman, who moved to Rome in his 20s and never really left, is renowned for his austere ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Though he is mostly known for his febrile pencil markings, Cy Twombly is, I would say unarguably, a far better painter than Hodgkin. He is a far better, more subtle colourist, too, that gift for which ...