‘I thought, I’ll show you guys’: eye-popping artist Lesley Dumbrell finally gets her due at 82
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Modernist Paris, a Monet adventure park and the death of life drawing – the week in art
‘It was magical’: hidden self-portrait by English artist Norman Cornish found at museum
Summer games previews
Été, the Amélie-inspired game where you paint Montreal into life
Sunbonnet supernova: the ‘fun gal’ who put the glorious Glasgow Boys in the shade
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Mona’s fake Picassos: performance or prank? – Full Story podcast
Australian arts in focus
‘Childish and unprofessional’: art experts say Mona’s fake-Picasso stunt may undermine gallery’s reputation
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A very British surrealist and the Tories’ legacy in cartoons – the week in art
Leonora Carrington: Rebel Visionary review – wild dreams of a titan of surrealism finally get their due
Actors’ show-stopping art exhibition: ‘We’re used to rejection so nothing was turned down!’
Mohammed Sami review – phenomenal paintings send depth charges through Churchill’s home
Slashed painting owned by Stephen Fry’s mother tells chilling story of fleeing from Nazis
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s review – a small yet blazing act of solidarity
My friend David Hockney: Martin Gayford on the prophet of painting
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Barbie graces London and the Rokeby Venus heads to Liverpool – the week in art
‘I took it personally’: Rejects, the show for artists rebuffed by the Royal Academy
Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success
June 2024
Long ignored, at last the surrealist art of Leonora Carrington is getting the attention it’s due
The artist and writer is celebrated in a new UK show – but why was a woman of such talent so little known in her lifetime, asks her cousin?
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Giants of Ukrainian art, Henry Moore goes to war and Chris Ofili’s myth making – the week in art
A showcase of modernist greats from Malevich to Delaunay, the Yorkshire sculptor’s Blitz drawings and Ofili’s tapestry returns home to Scotland – all in your weekly dispatch
‘Infectious enthusiasm’: Jonathan Yeo’s green portrait of David Attenborough unveiled
Painting of 98-year-old broadcaster, commissioned by Royal Society, goes on public display 2 July