Hokusai on high, Bruges goes Bosch and Tate’s Turbine Hall has a blast – the week in art The Japanese master celebrates Fuji, Tarek Atoui harmonises in the hall and chalk horses trot into Bath The Guardian - UK · Oct 16
19 Famous Paintings So Strange They Could Have Come From A Nightmare, As Shared By These Pages Artists have been exploiting that fascination for centuries. Monsters, distorted bodies, hybrid creatures, impossible landscapes, and grotesque faces turn invisible fears - temptation, violence, the unknown, even our own irrationality - into something we can actually look at. That may be why the most disturbing paintings are often so difficult… Bored Panda · Sep 16
This newly announced FPS will let you blast through the worlds of Medieval Europe's weirdest artist, and I really hope it includes the 500-year-old butt song from hell Hieronymus invites you to step into artworks like The Garden of Earthly Delights. PC Gamer · Aug 30
David Kemp obituary Artist who built up an imaginative and playful picture of the world using the detritus of defunct industrial plants The Guardian - UK · Jun 14
‘Shocking? It’s only what you see in ancient temples’: painter T Venkanna on his joyous carnivals of copulation Penises, vaginas and breasts abound in the Indian painter’s work. As the son of a Hindu priest, he says his orgasmic scenes give us a way to consider religion The Guardian - UK · May 26
“Makes Hieronymus Bosch’s visions of Hell look like a nursery school”: Thrash veterans Kreator bring demons, wicker men and the most fire this side of Parkway Drive to stunning London show Supported by Nails, Exodus and Carcass, the German luminaries reach a new level of pageantry Metal Hammer · Mar 30
Andy Warhol would have hated safe spaces. So why keep dragging dead artists into today’s culture wars? Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creations The Guardian - UK · Jan 15
I tried using NotebookLM’s new AI Video Overviews and ended up with some usefully informative, but rather dull PowerPoint presentations NotebookLM's Video Overviews are useful but somewhat dull. TechRadar · Jul 31, 2025
I Gave You Eyes and You Looked Toward Darkness by Irene Solà review – makes most fiction feel timid This Catalonian tale of a botched pact with the devil has the demonic excess of a Hieronymus Bosch painting The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2025
To A-Listers, Private Museum Photoshoots Are Priceless Works of Art Celebrities are more interested in 'fit pics than an audio tour. Marie Claire · May 20, 2025
Those Passions: on art and politics by TJ Clark review – show me the Monet The veteran art critic sets out to unsettle received ideas in this collection of 22 dazzling essays The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2025
Those Passions by TJ Clark review – a timely study of the connection between art and politics The British art historian’s essays demonstrate a wide erudition but suffer from his relentless scrutinising The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2025
‘As soon as I feel like somebody has worked me out, I want to switch it up’: set designer Shona Heath on staying authentic in a digital age Shona Heath reflects on her 2024 Oscar win, being named a Royal Designer for Industry and the importance of dreaming Wallpaper · Jan 1, 2025
Painting by surrealist painter Leonora Carrington fetches $28m at auction Late British painter’s Les Distractions de Dagobert, ‘the apotheosis of Carrington’s oeuvre’, was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch The Guardian - US · May 16, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2024 You Are Going to Die review – nothing is off-limits in this naked meditation on mortality Adam Scott-Rowley struts, writhes and jiggles his way from ancient Celt to Hieronymus Bosch wretch in this potent cross between physical theatre and performance art
The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2023 Earthly Delights by Jonathan Jones review – Renaissance mania The Guardian’s art critic casts a meticulous and joyful eye over western art’s big bang
The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2023 Drink, lechery and fellatio by snake: was the Renaissance a sexually subversive love-in? From Bosch’s crazed party to the homoerotic images Michelangelo smuggled into the Vatican, this was an age of taboo-busting. And, as our writer argues in a new book, it sparked its own culture wars
TechRadar · Aug 17, 2023 Baldur’s Gate 3 already has a tabletop prequel: a journey to hell with serious Diablo 4 energy Baldur’s Gate 3 not only has a prequel, but it’s one of the best Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Descent into Avernus will take you to hell and back - if you can find the right DM.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023 Understanding the Renaissance with the Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones Journey through the remarkable creativity and convulsive change of the Renaissance via Bosch and da Vinci, with the Guardian’s art critic Jonathan JonesOnline workshopDate: Tuesday 17 October 2023Time: 6pm-8pm (BST)Catch up recording available
The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2023 Eye-tracking glasses show viewers of Bosch triptych are drawn to hell Heat map shows visitors to Prado museum in Madrid spent most time looking at right-hand panel of artist’s The Garden of Earthy Delights
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2023 Il trovatore; The Planets; Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed at the Orchestra review – from Bosch to Bash Street Spellbinding Jamie Barton and company excel in Adele Thomas’s clear-sighted take on volatile Verdi; to the final frontier via Peckham; and kazoos at the ready for a Beano Concerto
The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023 A walk-in wedding cake, Kiefer’s impossible task and a Bloomsbury master – the week in art Visionary Joana Vasconcelos has cooked a giant gateau, Anselm Kiefer is taking on Finnegans Wake and Stephen Tomlin has finally found the spotlight
The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023 People power: music, film, books and more about the madness and wisdom of crowds From Dickens’s depiction of the Gordon riots to Alessia Cara drifting around a party, our critics select culture about the seething masses
Creative Bloq · Mar 24, 2023 The Frameless digital art exhibition puts you inside iconic paintings – I'm inspired Frameless brings art to life.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023 Da Vinci’s dark side, our need for nature and a big pinch of salt – the week in art Renaissance grotesquerie with the Ugly Duchess, our fragile relationship with nature, and prize-winning Finnish video art about sea salt