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What Fernando Botero’s exaggerated figures reveal about sex, power and violence

Opera Gallery London’s latest show is the first solo exhibition of the work of the Colombian artist Fernando Botero (1932-2023) in the city since 2015.

The Conversation · Oct 22

I wore these obnoxious, travel-focused smart glasses for a week on vacation and learned more than I’d bargained for about the stony steps of Santorini

The L’Atitude 52°N are a promising debut from this new player in the smartwatch game, but they’re not without their issues.

TechRadar · Aug 22

‘Writing is exactly like love – you need to do it in the dark’: novelist Leila Slimani on starting a new chapter in her life

Now in residence at the Madrid Prado, the author talks about its dark, inspirational Goyas, the clandestine nature of her writing – and why she finally wrote about her jailed then posthumously exonerated father

The Guardian - UK · May 27

Goya to Impressionism review – three salmon steaks blow the soppy jugs and flowers away

Is there an ulterior motive to this drearily grand exhibition of paintings borrowed from a Swiss collection? Could it be to show how vastly superior the Courtauld’s own works are?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2025

Guest editor St. Vincent and Alex Da Corte on making the dark and uncanny world of All Born Screaming

St. Vincent is a Wallpaper* guest editor for 2024. Here, the shape-shifting musician deliberates with her long-time collaborator, conceptual artist Alex Da Corte, about the human condition, finding inspiration in dark places, and the merry dance with chaos that is a creative's path

Wallpaper · Sep 5, 2024

The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024

Yoko Ono’s cheeky pieces, a gut punch from Goya and the National’s centenary celebrations will fill the UK’s galleries, while the Louvre’s architect takes his moment in the sun in this stupendous year

The Guardian - UK · Dec 26, 2023

Why I'm glad the Corporate Memphis art style is dead

It represents everyone and speaks to no one.

Creative Bloq · Nov 7, 2023

What did Monet, Goya and Matisse have in common? Their late work was among their best

"Last Light: How Six Great Artists Made Old Age a Time of Triumph" by Richard Lacayo; Simon & Schuster (384 pages, $35)

Los Angeles Times · Mar 1, 2023

Spain and the Hispanic World at the RA review: a stunning selection from 4,000 years of art

From Bell Beaker bowls dating to 2000 BC to Goya and Velazquez and more contemporary work, this exhibition conjures the soul of the Hispanic world

Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2023

Climate activists glue themselves to frames of two Goya paintings in Madrid

The two protesters did not damage the works but ‘caused their frames slight blemishes’ the Prado museum says

The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2022