Articles by Jonathan Jones

Cupid’s dazzling arrival, Bridget Riley’s rollercoaster and a dual of two masters – the week in art

Caravaggio’s masterpiece hits the UK, Margate goes dotty for Riley, and it’s paintbrushes at dawn for Turner and Constable

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Technology

Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas: Ooo La La review – from the sublime to the ridiculous

The two artists, friends, are paired in this joint show that juxtaposes Lucas’s precise and witty sculptures with Hambling’s semi-abstract dollops

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Technology

Maggi meets Sarah, Anish Kapoor takes on Ice and Suffolk seduces Spencer – the week in art

Hambling and Lucas join forces, Roger Fry gets a rare show and an aerial daredevil captures stormy Scotland

Nov 14, 2025

World

Luminous Enlightenment, dark genius and Soviet shades – the week in art

Joseph Wright of Derby’s shining innovation, Diane Arbus’s haunting portraits and an Uzbek angle on the end of the USSR

Nov 7, 2025

World

Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum review – a grotesquely bleak but brutally truthful vision of humanity

From cruel pictures of elderly widows to a shocking image of motherhood, the American photographer’s genius is on full display in a show that finds ugliness all around her

Nov 7, 2025

A Story of South Asian Art review – banging sculpture marred by dreary neighbours

Royal Academy, London Mrinalini Mukherjee’s surreal spins on Indian folk and sacred art are powerfully fascinating, but they gain nothing from works shown with them here

Oct 28, 2025

Wales revs up, Turner casts his shadow, Gursky goes large and Wool keeps it woolly – the week in art

Artes Mundi kicks off in Cardiff as JMW hits Liverpool, Germany’s photography star unveils his latest epics and acclaimed abstractionist Wool tries not to unravel

Oct 24, 2025

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We’re lucky the Louvre raiders had dreadful taste in art

The philistine thieves skipped the museum’s real treasures in favour of dull royal knick-knacks. Was the French cultural minister serious when he talked about their ‘immeasurable cultural value’?

Oct 20, 2025

Nordic Noir review – one severed horse’s head is just not nearly enough noir

While some prints are suitably nasty, these mostly so-so drawings feel more like something you’d see in Ikea. Who thought they were worthy of purchase for the nation?

Oct 7, 2025

Gilbert & George review – a pulsating panorama of sex, violence and glorious urban grime

From the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with life

Oct 6, 2025

Gilbert & George, the wonders of ancient Egypt and Marina Abramović’s erotic epic – the week in art

Britain’s favourite contrarian duo depict the past 25 years, ancient Egypt showcases its incredible artists and the great performance artist stages skeleton orgies

Oct 3, 2025

Made in Ancient Egypt review: a two-day Pyramid bender and the BC Leonardo

Revealing tantalising new details about the real lives of artists and craftspeople, this show takes you beyond the death mythology and into the realm of magic

Oct 2, 2025