British painter Edward Burra: A neglected chronicler of 20th century society
Tate Britain presents the first major London retrospective in forty years of Edward Burra (1905–1976), one of Britain’s…
‘Out on a damn limb’: the daredevil photography of Lee Miller – in pictures | Art and design
Fire Masks, Downshire Hill, London, 1941Miller was born in 1907 in Poughkeepsie, New York State. She initially studied…
National Gallery’s modern art push is a disaster for the Tate
This week, the National Gallery made an eye-popping announcement that it has secured £375 million of philanthropic funding…
Edward Burra’s Satirical Surrealism
LONDON — Edwards Burra was a chronically ill English painter, suffering from debilitating arthritis and asthma throughout much…