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Michael Prodger is associate editor at the New Statesman.

Paul Gauguin’s art monster myth

Paul Gauguin’s art monster myth

Sue Prideaux’s biography of the unruly French painter shows his story was more complicated than that of colonial seducer.

By Michael Prodger

From Rachel Kushner to Mark Rowlands: new books reviewed in short

From Rachel Kushner to Mark Rowlands: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Stone Circles by Colin Richards and Vicki Cummings and The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective…

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and Megan Gibson

Van Gogh in the yellow house

Van Gogh in the yellow house

The artist moved to Arles in 1888 full of optimism. The National Gallery’s major new exhibition, “Poets and Lovers”,…

By Michael Prodger

From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short

From André Aciman to Vanessa Kisuule: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Four Points of the Compass by Jerry Brotton and The Invention of Good and Evil by Hanno…

By Michael Prodger, Zuzanna Lachendro, Zoë Huxford and Finn McRedmond

From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short

From Robert Bartlett to Donal Ryan: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Sing Like Fish by Amorina Kingdon and Tracks on the Ocean by Sara Caputo.

By Michael Prodger, Pippa Bailey and George Monaghan

From Andrea di Robilant to Simon Morrison: new books reviewed in short

From Andrea di Robilant to Simon Morrison: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring Turning to Stone by Marcia Bjornerud and True Love by Paddy Crewe.

By Michael Prodger, Zoë Huxford, Zuzanna Lachendro and Nicholas Harris

The inventor of the Renaissance

The inventor of the Renaissance

Four and a half centuries after his death, we still owe our understanding of art’s greatest period to Giorgio…

By Michael Prodger

From Lore Segal to Steve Tibble: new books reviewed in short

From Lore Segal to Steve Tibble: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Boundless River by Mathijs Deen and Systemic by Layal Liverpool.

By Michael Prodger, Megan Gibson, Sarah Dawood and Zuzanna Lachendro

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