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‘Not for ogling’: forget Titian, Botticelli and the male fantasists – only women can paint great female nudes

From Yoko Ono to Frida Kahlo, from Louise Bourgeois to Artemisia Gentileschi, women have long been capturing the unvarnished truth about their own bodies – and that’s why my novel Female, Nude weaves them into the plot

The Guardian - UK · Feb 12

Turner & Constable review – boiling portentous skies versus two men and a dog

JMW Turner is beaten by John Constable in this mighty show. But who cares when the work is so sublime you can hear the squelching and smell the river?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2025

The Guardian view on art and health: the masterpiece can cure the body as well as the soul

Editorial: From a Van Gogh self-portrait to Gauguin’s dreamscapes, new studies show that seeing original art can calm stress and boost health

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025

After Impressionism review: ‘incontestable masterpieces’ at the National Gallery

The story of the great changes that occurred in painting in late 19th and early 20th century France is “probably the most frequently told” in all art history, said Mark Hudson in The Independent. The period produced “some of the most genuinely popular art ever created”, giving us Cézanne, van Gogh,…

The Week · Mar 31, 2023

Italian eeriness, British villainy and Cornish splendour – the week in art

Giorgio Morandi gets a startling new show, Marcus Harvey takes on antiheroes and Barbara Hepworth in St Ives – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK · Jan 6, 2023

Picasso, Monet and Cézanne lead the way in $400m New York art auction

Ten works sell for more than $10m each in sale featuring giants of art, also including Gauguin and Magritte

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2022