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"For all the telling detail of his paintings, it is less what Shaw puts in than what he leaves out that lends his images their power", Rachel CJ on George Shaw's latest exhibition at The Box, Plymouth ★★★★☆ thetimes.co.uk/article/george…

Bowl Depicting a Swarm of Mice. Medium: ceramic and pigment Period: 180 BC - 500 AD. Culture: Nazca; South coast, Peru. Now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustration by Elena Izcue (1889-1970).

The fate of John Cantlie – kidnapped in Syria in 2012, last seen in 2016 – has long obsessed Anthony Loyd, who knew the British war reporter personally and was himself abducted and tortured. He speaks to Cantlie’s cellmates to uncover the truth

I’m delighted to announce that The Times’s new chief art critic will be Laura Freeman, starting next month. She has been a regular columnist, book and art critic for the paper and we are thrilled that she’s taking on the gig that Rachel CJ has done so magnificently for 20 years

How wonderful to see this arrangement of Feed the Birds which I wrote for Lang Lang during the depths of lockdown, now free, flying in front of the castle Disney Deutsche Grammophon (DG) youtube.com/watch?v=CzYwjc…

Three cheers for Laura Freeman. I know she will be a most wonderful, well informed and entertaining chief art critic for The Times. Am delighted - and I think you will be too

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darksom rose of midsummer for William Blake

The new architecture of Charing Cross Road is truly the worst in the city’s history.

🎉 Delighted to be the Winner of the Sloane Medal🥇 at the Chelsea Art Society Member’s show. It was judged by the eminent Rachel CJ the Art Critic of the Times for the past 20 years. I feel honoured she selected my work! 🙏🙏

The golden apples and the bluest light - couldn’t have loved this more theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Brancusi’s iconic work is crumbling in a cemetery — there’s a solution, says ✍️ Rachel CJ thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ki…

'She said 'I don't care one iota about the Tate, all I want is to give people enjoyment' Art critic Rachel CJ joined Emma Barnett to talk about the work of the artist Beryl Cook, along with Beryl’s daughter-in-law Teresa. Listen here ⬇

In an immersive experience that doubles up as a gloriously illustrated lecture, is a summary of all he has learnt: about light and colour and composition and drawing, not to mention how time or music might be captured in a visual medium. By Rachel CJ (£)thetimes.co.uk/article/david-…

An excellent intro by Rachel CJ to the lives & art of Berthe Morisot & Mary Cassatt - which I needed, as I knew next to nothing about either, & now very much want to know & see more. (Does the link work w/o a subscription? Hope so!) thetimes.co.uk/article/1a7425…

NEW EXHIBITION. Hogarth’s Britons: Succession, Patriotism and the Jacobite Rebellion – A Nation Divided. A Kingdom at Stake. With over 70 loaned works from national organisations. Opens Friday 10 March at Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Find out more: bit.ly/DMNewsHogarths…