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The aesthetics of documentary
‘Documentary is intrinsically aesthetic,’ argues Mark Cousins, ‘it is as much about shots and cuts, structure and rhythm as …
When art meets architecture: Anthony Caro retrospective
Richard MacCormac reflects on the relationship between sculpture and architecture in the light of a visit to Anthony Caro's retrospective …
In the mood of the Old Masters: Balthus
The recent Simon Sainsbury bequest that consists of a gift of five paintings to the National Gallery and thirteen to …
Neuro ways of seeing: Neuroarthistory
In his new book Neuroarthistory: From Aristotle and Pliny to Baxandall and Zeki, John Onians argues that advances in the …
We believe that taste doesn't apply to the honesty of exaggeration: Martin Kippenberger
Associated with the culture of refined abandon is the idea that art and alcohol are related, ending in tragically romantic …
An uncooked perspective on the nature of sex: Sarah Lucas
Since her ironic Two Fried Eggs and a Kebab (1992), which delighted and enraged gallery goers in equal measure, Sarah …
A terrible beauty: Roger Fenton
In 1855 Roger Fenton took a photograph that became an iconic image of the Crimean War. The story of its …
A stubborn cornerstone at the onset of modernism: Henri Rousseau
Dexter Dalwood and Nancy Ireson explore the enduring influence and legacy of the self-taught French artist ±á±ð²Ô°ù¾±Ìý¸é´Ç³Ü²õ²õ±ð²¹³Ü
The museum of tomorrow
Cedric Price said in 2003, ‘A twenty-first century museum will utilise calculated uncertainty and conscious incompleteness to produce a catalyst …
MicroTate 5
Sista Pratesi, Tomma Abts, Gerald Davies and Marcel Dzama reflect on a work in the Tate collection
Merry Jesters: Henri rousseau II
Kathleen Jamie writes a poem exclusively for Tate Etc. inspired by Rousseau's painting The Merry Jesters 1906
Escape from the filmic Bermuda Triangle: Morgan Fisher
Morgan Fisher mixes cinematic history, autobiography and art historical references in his exploration of filmmaking. Mark Webber investigates how the …
The drink that fuelled a nation's art: Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec
The Green Goddess haunted a nation and fuelled its art, including that of Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec.
A drink among friends: Degas, Sickert and Toulouse-Lautrec II
The British-born fin-de-siècle bohemian Charles Conder arrived in Paris in 1890, where he soon discovered a fondness for Absinthe. The …
The death of the body
The body matters, more than at any other time in history. As Abi Titmuss appears in a Sapphic embrace on …
A celestial journey: Clouds
Richard Hamblyn looks at the use of sky to load meaning in painting since the Renaissance, including the work of …
And the word was made art: John Latham
At an 80th birthday celebration of the work of British artist John Latham, Paul Moorhouse looks into his central books …
Use your illusions: The Summer of Love II
Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era at Tate Liverpool explores the psychedelic in the 1960s. Neil Mullholland explores …
Thy hand, by Nature guided, marks the line – That stamps perfection on the form divine: Joshua Reynolds
Forget today’s celebrity icons. Paula Byrne looks at the first ever media frenzy for young actress and lover of the …
From the head to the heart: Behind the curtain
In his fourth visit to the Tate archive, Paul Farley finds some resonant human remains