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John Miller, architect who brought a restrained modernism to Tate Britain and other galleries – obituary
He was inspired by Britain Can Make It, a 1946 exhibition at the V&A that positioned Britain at the forefront of global industrial design
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The little people who kindle architects’ strangest desires
The tiny figures, known as ‘staffage’, were crucial to indicate a building’s purpose and scale. But some architects had more fun with them
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Charlie and Lola’s creator on the secret to a perfect child portrait
Capturing the fidgety energy of the very young is one of the toughest gigs in art – as Lauren Child knows all too well
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The new Fourth Plinth commission is a confused, hollow exercise in ‘visibility’
The committee has chosen two new statues to stand in Trafalgar Square – and they’ve chosen badly
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Why does the art world hate mothers?
In our supposedly enlightened times, the myth that mothers cannot be great artists still persists
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Mick Moon, radical British artist whose achievements were obscured by his modesty – obituary
A friend of Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland and Patrick Caulfield, he evolved from serene paintings on formica strips to complex collages
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The M&S Oxford Street farce proves that London is being stripped of its beauty
Britain’s capital has always thrived on a sensitive mixture of old and new – but it is now in the grip of utilitarian blandness
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A sleeper awakes: How a painting sold for £100 turned out to be a Turner
An early watercolour by the artist – which hung in the owner’s dining room for 30 years – is now going on sale
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The King’s favourite architect, Léon Krier: ‘Europe has, in 70 years, never built a decent building’
The committed traditionalist on the ills of modern architecture, the model town of Poundbury, a car-free future, and meeting the King
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Artist Jonathan Yeo: I made a collage of George W Bush out of porn mags – and the White House found out
The contemporary portraitist reveals his personal highs and lows in this week’s ‘Best and Worst’ series
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The man who found a solution to the museum restitution row... using a 3D scanner
Otto Lowe’s 3D restoration technique preserves ancient heritage sites by producing startlingly accurate copies of cultural treasures
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I went to the Middle East’s most pro-British country – what I found took me by surprise
The region is far more than a conflict zone, as a visit to the ancient treasures of Bahrain proved
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William Blake’s Universe: Think art’s great oddball couldn’t possibly seem any odder? Think again
This may be an academic exhibition, fit for a university town, but it understands why its famously eccentric subject still matters
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This scandalous Gilded Age artist is having a modern-day comeback
John Singer Sargent continues to inspire fashion today – and a new Tate Britain exhibition is reuniting two of his pin-up paramours
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The Time is Always Now: straightforward visual pleasures abound in this stirring celebration of black artists
This exhibition reflects the ascendancy of a new artistic establishment – black artists today aren’t marginalised, they’re mainstream
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Sargent and Fashion, Tate Britain: confirms suspicions that Sargent is superficial
For a while it feels exciting to be swept up in the Gilded Age's opulence, but is there anything to this art other than sheen and sparkle?
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Inside the elite artist’s studio on the side of the A4
The capital’s art scene is defying the encroachment of a grey, modern world at Talgarth Mansions on the banks of a London dual carriageway
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The original punk? How William Blake became rock’s favourite poet
Unrecognised in his lifetime, Blake has finally achieved immortality – as a proto-rock star
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Geoff Dyer: He toiled in obscurity – but now Saul Leiter is recognised as a true photography pioneer
What does it mean to be an ignored artist? For Leiter – left alone to his colourful craft – it was the making of a master lensman
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How Nixon rose from the dead to deliver a eulogy to astronauts
Could you be fooled by a deepfake of Nixon announcing death on the moon? A new installation examines how paranoia and AI is warping truth
