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James McNeill Whistler review – a luscious, seductive blockbuster for the painter who scandalised Britain

This big, insightful show celebrates the pioneering American who was torn between painting beauty for beauty’s sake – and cutting through the glitz

The Guardian - UK

Bawdy Beryl, slick Seurat, titanic Tracey and the glory of Gaudí: the best art shows and architecture in 2026

Must-sees include Beryl Cook’s postwar brilliance, Tracey Emin’s new highs, Frida Kahlo’s confessions, plus Google’s HQ and Gaudí’s finally finished fever dream

The Guardian - UK

Rarely seen Millais artworks to be displayed in Scotland for the first time

A COLLECTION of rarely seen artworks from influential Victorian painter John Everett Millais and his wife Effie Gray are set to be displayed in…

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Our daughter has Down syndrome – this Lake District destination made the perfect family holiday

A quieter corner of this popular UK region proved to be the ideal spot for a child-friendly break for Anthony Bennett and his brood

The Independent UK

Why JMW Turner is still Britain’s best artist, 250 years on

The revered artist conjured groundbreaking scenes of gods, legends and lost civilisations, but, more than anything, his work came to represent the complex soul of Britain like that of no artist before or since

The Guardian - UK

Clive Wilmer obituary

Poet and scholar who promoted the work of John Ruskin and edited a selection of Thom Gunn’s essays

The Guardian - UK

Reading Whistler’s Nocturne in Blue and Gold – Old Battersea Bridge as a piece of music

In 1877 the American artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) achieved notoriety when he exhibited his recent views of the river Thames at the Grosvenor Gallery in London. He gave his paintings musical titles: Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (1875) and Nocturne in Blue and Gold –…

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Nick Hartley obituary

Other lives: Founder member and chief economist at Oftel who later became head of economics and statistics at the DTI

The Guardian - UK

The French rose from Manchester: in search of Proust’s forgotten muse

The poignant story of the Englishwoman Marie Nordlinger is told in a new book about her life with the writer

The Guardian - UK

Another View: Landscapes by Women Artists – a rare chance to see our rapidly changing world from a purely female perspective

As art and cultural historian Simon Schama has explained, the term “landscape” originated from Dutch and German etymology – literally speaking of shaping the land as a cultural activity. It is gratifying to see this term being rehabilitated after decades of substitution for the term “environment”.

The Conversation

Tim Hilton obituary

Journalist, biographer of John Ruskin and brilliant art critic who wrote for the Guardian and Independent on Sunday

The Guardian - UK

Monica Sjöö: The Great Cosmic Mother; Colour Revolution: Victorian Art, Fashion & Design – review

The late Swedish artist’s anarcho-eco-feminist paintings are as much activism as art in an illuminating Oxford show. Up the road, a look at how the Victorians linked vivid colour and morality

The Guardian - UK

Hilly horizons and shooting stars: a car-free adventure across Coniston and south Cumbria

Boats, trains and buses lead to a hauntingly beautiful side of the Lake District, bursting with wildlife, culture and relics of the past. While dark-sky canoeing makes for a magical night

The Guardian - UK

William Wordsworth and the Romantics anticipated today's idea of a nature-positive life

Musical performances usually happen in concert halls or clubs, but famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma is exploring a new venue: U.S. national parks. In a project called Our Common Nature, Ma is performing in settings such as the Great Smoky Mountains and the Grand Canyon. By making music and bringing people…

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Botticelli’s Secret by Joseph Luzzi review – a great mystery in the picture

Why did Botticelli endure centuries of obscurity? And what happened to those Dante illustrations? A fresh account of the Renaissance explores the answer

The Guardian - UK

Ruskin’s ‘loveliest’ view under threat in Kirkby Lonsdale

Tourist spot made famous by Ruskin, Turner and Wordsworth may be washed away if £1m is not found for repairs

The Conversation

Earth's cathedrals: Europe's mountains are cultural heritage, not just natural heritage

In 2019, alpinism was recognised by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity and “shared culture made up of knowledge of the high-mountain environment, the history of the practice and associated values, and specific skills”. However, alpinism is inextricably linked to mountains – places of extraordinary interest that need to…

The Conversation

'No woman could paint': The Story of Art Without Men corrects nearly 600 years of male-focused art criticism

Have you heard of Surrealist photographer Lee Miller? Or the highly political Dada photo-montagist Hannah Höch? 19th-century sculptor Edmonia Lewis achieved fame and recognition in her lifetime, as did 20th-century sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but none of these women artists have achieved “household name” status, akin to Dali or Duchamp or…

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From Bullet Train to Pussy Riot: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether you want to join Brad Pitt in Japan for the commute from hell or stay home with a noisy Russian art collective, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

Open your eyes to Britain’s hidden history. Here’s our pick of places to explore

From prehistoric stone circles and cave art to castles, houses and galleries, our writers pick their favourite spots for a day out

The Conversation

Raphael: it's time we stopped dismissing Italy's great painter as style over substance

How bountiful and benign heaven sometimes shows itself in showering upon one single person the infinite riches of its treasures, and all those graces and rarest gifts that it is wont to distribute among many individuals, over a long space of time …

The Guardian - UK

A castle to yourself: 10 famous UK properties to book a holiday stay

Stay at these historic piles and you get to experience them after all the tourists have gone home

The Independent UK

No pictures, please! The charming army of penguins not for Instagram

On the shores of a blustery island near Melbourne, Peter Watson is captivated by the world’s smallest species of penguin – but doesn’t have any snaps to prove it

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