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INSANE: Kenneth clark - The Real Truth

The National Gallery’s £750m new wing has reignited London’s art turf war

“When should painters become old masters?” Former National Gallery director Philip Hendy put that question to then Tate director John Rothenstein almost 70 years ago. Founded in 1897 as the National Gallery’s annexe for British Art, by the 1950s Tate had developed into a gallery of modern as well as…

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Why Queen Elizabeth Was "Furious" About "Sarcastic" 1960s Palace Documentary and "Swept Out" of Its Screening

One was not amused.

Marie Claire

The art expert did it: LGG Ramsey revealed as 1951 thief of Van Dyck painting

Exclusive: How one historian’s investigative work led to artwork finally being returned to ‘English Versailles’

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David Heycock obituary

Other lives: BBC TV producer who worked on Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation and Alistair Cooke’s America

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Why I won't let my daughter watch Barbie

I was super excited about "Barbie" until I realized I would have to explain their ideas of beauty to my child

Salon

Being the only one leaves a mark: a Black mother on the long shadow of school segregation

My grandparents were key to integration. Decades later, I belong to several groups and none at the same time

The Guardian - US

Love Lucian by David Dawson and Martin Gayford review

Lucian Freud’s letters reveal the artist in all his rambunctious, irreverent and amusing glory

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‘My neighbour said: Do you want to be in The Empire Strikes Back?’ – Julian Glover on his amazing breaks

From Bond to Indiana Jones to Game of Thrones, Julian Glover has starred in some of the biggest franchises ever. As he appears with Russell Crowe in Prizefighter, the great actor spills his secrets

The Guardian - UK

Ways of Seeing at 50: an icy blast of a book about male voyeurism, art, capitalism and so much more

I still remember the shock when I first saw John Berger’s television series, Ways of Seeing, in 1972. In the years before Australia had colour television BBC art programs were often screened at the Art Gallery of NSW. (Previously the same venue had shown Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation).

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