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Michael Prodger is associate editor at the New Statesman.
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.
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
The artist moved to Arles in 1888 full of optimism. The National Gallery’s major new exhibition, “Poets and Lovers”,…
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
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
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
Four and a half centuries after his death, we still owe our understanding of art’s greatest period to Giorgio…
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