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Restorers uncover demon in a 1789 painting – and reveal the decline of superstition in the Age of Reason

Recent news that restorers had uncovered the image of a Gothic-looking demon in a late work by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) seems fitting for these long, dark evenings. The sinister face hovers above the head of a dying clergyman in The Death of Cardinal Beaufort, painted in 1789.

The Conversation · Nov 10, 2023

‘I’m going to get a beating’ – artist Peter Doig on taking on Cézanne, Renoir, Monet and more

Once Europe’s most expensive living painter, Doig is feverishly trying to finish 10 new works that will hang alongside some old masters. No wonder he isn’t getting any sleep

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2023

A city that can’t save an institution like Simpson’s is no sort of city at all

A greedy London landlord threatens the centuries-old haunt frequented by Dickens and Thackeray

The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2022