For the February 2025 Art Diary, I begin with exhibitions by artists I’ve followed and whose work I’ve written about. These include Peter Howson, Jonathan Anderson, Barbara Hepworth and Theaster Gates ...

Peter Wolf, has always been one of the great rock & roll raconteurs, ever since his days as the loudmouth singer of the J. Geils Band. But the Boston blues madman has finally written the book ...

Michael Carrick had high praise for Jonny Howson once again, as he revealed the Middlesbrough captain made it through two 90 minutes of football this week without a single training session.

Fitz Henry Lane, 1804–1865, View of Gloucester Harbor, 1858. Oil on canvas. From the Carolyn A. and Peter S. Lynch Collection at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College. Peter Lynch, vice ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The painter Jack Vettriano has died at the age of 73. He was found dead in his apartment in Nice over the weekend, and will be remembered as one of Scotland’s most popular artists. Born Jack ...

“It was shocking to me that there had never been a project that really looked into their work in depth,” she said. “A few of the members like Hughie Lee-Smith were able to build a more of a ...

The German city where the Bauhaus was born a century ago is paying tribute to the school behind a string of modern design icons with a new museum opening Friday meant to anchor it in its turbulent ...

Over nearly six decades, this fantastically inventive artist experimented with paint, turning it into a sculptural medium. Our critic calls his survey “scintillating and sweeping.” By ...

Election offerings so far, from both sides, are coherent, but insignificant. As one political observer quipped, it’s like a “battle of the Band-Aids”. Shane Wright, Ross Gittins, Peter ...

A rare painting by the street artist Banksy, inspired by the recently deceased Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, sold for nearly 4.3 million pounds ($5.5 million) Tuesday, according to auction ...