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Jackie Wullschlager writes on art for the FT. - -
David Hockney at Nottingham Contemporary
The new kid on the block of public art galleries launches with what Jackie Wullschlager calls a sexy, funny, scholarly and extremely relevant show by the illustrator of genius
FT’s art critic turns curator
Being a ‘discerning eye’ for an annual event gave Jackie Wullschlager a chance to play fantasy collector – and to be judged by display of her chosen pieces
Radical interests of 20th-century sculptors
Two new exhibitions explore works that exploited primitivist themes of fertility, sexuality and maternity, reshaping representation in shocking fashion, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Gruesome motifs of Christian suffering
Grisly realism serves a sacred purpose in a revelatory exhibition at the National Gallery, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Damien Hirst, Wallace Collection, London
The British artist’s latest move, 25 paintings made with his own hand, abounds with deliberate self-references and shows that his sense of zeitgeist is unfaltering, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Grayson Perry
Clear, generous and insightful, this lavish monograph positions the ceramic artist – most likely a national treasure – in both historical and contemporary contexts, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Elan about town
Jackie Wullschlager’s top choices from the plethora of London shows riding the Frieze wave
The artist as global brand
Tate Modern’s brave ‘Pop Life’ exhibition explores how Andy Warhol’s ‘descendants’ harnessed the power of celebrity to expand their reach beyond museums, writes Jackie Wullschlager
Turner’s firing of many guns
Tate Britain’s new show illustrates how Turner deconstructed the past to lead to his own triumphs, writes Jackie Wullschlager
What Van Gogh’s letters reveal of his life
Reed-pen drawings of finished works alongside prose descriptions that cannot be bettered demonstrate incontrovertibly that when the artist painted he was not mad but extremely lucid, writes Jackie Wullschlager
The Letters
