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Why are pastel portraits so good?

Why are pastel portraits so good? December 24 2022 Picture: Sotheby's, A Po...

€6,000 for a Michelangelo cartoon?

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London Old Master sales (ctd.)

London Old Master sales (ctd.) December 24 2022 Picture: Sotheby's I promis...

‘We’ve got our Trunchbull’: how Darth Vader inspired...

British actress plays the terrifying headmistress in Netflix’s Matilda the Mu...

Ranked from worst to best, every Hong Kong film rele...

Against the odds, in 2022 Louis Koo sci-fi epic Warriors of Future and wordy ...

On Mel Bochner and Sophie Calle

Mel Bochner, Bochner, Die, 2004, acrylic and oil on canvas, 60 x 80″. Courtes...

Kafka’s Diaries, 1911

Franz Kafka’s notebook, National Library at Givat Ram, Jerusalem. Public doma...

Today I Have Very Strong Feelings

Manuel C., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. A month ago, Gianni Infantino...

The Woman Upstairs (2013), by Claire Messud

All those of us who haunt the Op Shops know the feeling… that title that beck...

The Bookseller of Florence (2021), by Ross King

No, this isn’t a review of an historical novel. The Bookseller of Florence is...

K-pop group Oneus’ commitment to weaving Korean trad...

Oneus write songs using an ancient Korean poetic form, incorporate the Korean...

Christmas Bake Off, seasonal Netflix offerings and S...

There’s a whole lot of festive films and specials to watched this Christmas w...

I Wanna Dance with Somebody movie review: Whitney Ho...

Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance with Somebody, starring Naomi Ackie, tel...

Ranked: the 12 best Asian films of 2022, from RRR to...

South Korean thriller Decision to Leave won best director at Cannes, while in...

£40 Ebay purchase makes £130,000

£40 Ebay purchase makes £130,000 December 20 2022 Picture: Bukowskis A pict...

A new Rembrandt self-portrait?

A new Rembrandt self-portrait? December 20 2022 Picture: Bas Czerwinski/ANP...