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THE FINE ART OF ME, MYSELF AND I 

A FACE TO THE WORLD: ON SELF-PORTRAITS by Laura Cumming (Harper Press , Pounds 30)

THERE is a special look in the eyes of artists...

An English prelude to French art? Constable is not usually thought of as a portrait painter, yet it was a significant theme in his career, as an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, reveals. As one of its curators, Martin Gayford, argues, 

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] John Constable's portraits have been a strangely overlooked corner of British artistic history. It would...

Bad boy Baselitz: to mark the opening at White Cube in London of a show of his new work, Georg Baselitz talks to Martin Gayford about Germany, politics and YBAS 

'Stalin and Lenin remain a problem for me', Baselitz announces, 'but by many others they have been forgotten. I've asked people in America, and...

Dog days: at home with Craigie Aitchison: the painter of Bedlington terriers, landscapes and crucifixions was destined to be a lawyer, before a painting in the Tate changed his life. Martin Gayford visits Craigie Aitchison in his south London home and fin 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 'I don't know north London at all,' Craigie Aitchison explains, 'I've only ever been there twice....

Worshipping a golden calf 

Journalists arriving for the press view of Renaissance Faces at the National Gallery last week were greeted by placards. Why, the slogans asked --...

Wanted! Lost portraits 

Criminals can turn into detectives: consider the career of Eugène-François Vidocq, thief, convict and subsequently...

Think of England: Mark Wallinger's proposal for a 50-metre-high sculpture of a white horse at Ebbsfleet, Kent, has captured the headlines. He talks to Martin Gayford about public art, national identity and bloodstock 

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shut your eyes and think of England. If you take that advice, allegedly given to Victorian...

All & nothing: Anish Kapoor's massive works absorb both their environment and the viewing public. Martin Gayford talks to the sculptor about sexuality, spirituality and capturing emptiness 

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] Anish Kapoor is very interested in nothing. He has, in fact, made a considerable number of empty spaces...

Exhibition suspicion 

Towards the end of June, 1814, Maria Bicknell, the wife-to-be of the painter John Constable, went to an exhibition at the British Institute on Pall...

Selling candy to the masses: last year Jeff Koons became the world's most expensive living artist. He talks to Martin Gayford about sex, pleasure, the need for self-acceptance—and an astonishing installation destined for Los Angeles 

Is Jeff Koons the world's first truly global artist? Or, to put it another way, is he the foremost representative in painting and sculpture of...