Jonathan Jones
The Guardian
Somerville, MA, United States
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Watercolour slamdown, changing Chanel and Ofili’s Grenfell mural – the week in art
Turner and Bonington duke it out, a fashion icon gets a major show and Chris Ofili tackles the burning tower with swirling emotion → Read More
Edinburgh’s art takeover, sensational saris and a punk icon passes – the week in art
The city’s art jamboree rivals its theatre and comedy onslaught, the traditional garment gets a playful makeover and a tribute to Sex Pistols artist Jamie Reid → Read More
Jamie Reid’s Sex Pistols artwork was a glorious assault on authority
Taking dada and adding a snotty British energy, the late artist gave punk its sharp edges and revolutionary force – and by attacking Putin, carried it into the present → Read More
Ukrainian folk art, mysterious totems and AI plays spot the Raphael – the week in art
Maria Prymachenko stared down Stalin and is again inspiring resistance, mysterious totems appear in Llandudno and Wakefield’s new sculpture trail → Read More
Lagos, Peckham, Repeat review – Yoruba culture and musical craft beer
The cross-cultural circuits between west Africa and south London ignite startling works – and snacks! – by artists including Yinka Shonibare and Chiizii → Read More
Saint Francis of Assisi review – did you know the bird-loving roamer was a Marvel superhero?
From Caravaggio’s most explicitly gay painting to an action-packed pages of a superhero comic, this exhibition of art inspired by the roving radical is enrapturing → Read More
Luxury and Power review: boozed-up Persians and Greeks on a 500-year bender
Centuries of conflict between the civilisations of Persia and Greece are chiefly captured through elaborate drinking vessels in this lively – and occasionally puzzling – show → Read More
Held in trust or hidden from view? A guide to the royal art collection
From Leonardo’s drawings to Rembrandt’s Mother, the royal collection includes some of the world’s greatest masterpieces → Read More
Persian power, Pinochet protests and postwar punks and princes – the week in art
A new twist on Greece v Persia, the Pinochet dictatorship remembered through art, and a provocative mash-up of art history and modern life → Read More
Bottom-fondling audacity: how did Lavinia Fontana get away with it?
Her nude paintings were unprecedented in the 1500s – and, as a new exhibition makes clear, this Renaissance artist could be every bit as outrageous and licentious as the boys → Read More
Animals storm the library and AI snaps up a prize – the week in art
Jeremy Fry’s democratised art, Sean Scully’s country-house takeover and the Parthenon’s majestic mare – all in your weekly dispatch → Read More
Animals review – a carnival of curious fish and fantastic beasts
From a medieval monk mixed with a fish to the call of an extinct Hawaiian bird, this entertaining show revels in nature’s marvels – real or otherwise → Read More
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian review – Swedish mystic is no match for the great modernist
Connecting the two through their shared religious interests misunderstands the Dutch artist – and does Af Klint no favours → Read More
Frank Auerbach: Twenty Self-Portraits review – savage, compassionate and pineapple-like
Now in his 90s, the great German-British painter is finally putting his own face up for scrutiny – with wondrously strange results → Read More
Spiritual visions, robot stags and Auerbach through a glass darkly – the week in art
Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian unite, Mat Collishaw dives into the digital and a modern master considers himself in his 90s – all in your weekly dispatch → Read More
Ai Weiwei smashes it, Steve McQueen stuns and Brookside goes ceramic – the week in art
The Chinese activist artist demolishes his sculptures, the Turner-winner memorialises Grenfell and the 90s soap opera is immortalised in Yorkshire → Read More
The coronation invitation reviewed – is Charles planning a pumping pagan party?
Does the king actually wish to be crowned Archdruid, Master of the Hobby-Horse? That would appear to be the pagan message of the elegant, floral design – and its standout character, the leafy-faced Green Man → Read More
The Rossettis review – lurid, luscious-lipped beauties drown out the family’s real talent
Dante Gabriel’s paintings are shown up by his sister Christina’s poetry in this baffling, overblown exhibition about the decidedly non-revolutionary pre-Raphaelites → Read More
Radically romantic Rossettis, female impressionists and whisky – the week in art
Preraphaelite sensuality gets complex at the Tate, the great Berthe Morisot wins her due and Northumberland distils Anglo-Saxon history – all in your weekly dispatch → Read More
‘Before cancer I was really unhappy’: Tracey Emin on the joy of founding her own art school
When she thought she was dying, Emin vowed to create a lasting legacy. Now she has opened the doors of a new art school and studio complex in Margate, and found fulfilment in helping younger artists → Read More