Mark Hudson

Jenny Saville’s fleshy, visceral art isn’t for everyone but nobody can deny her skill

These twin exhibitions, curated by the artist’s son, focus on the more niche allures of the Hirst collection

It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured paintings have never been surpassed, says Mark Hudson

It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured paintings have never been surpassed, says Mark Hudson

Lesser-seen works by the Norwegian master behind ‘The Scream’ are on display at the National Portrait Gallery, showcasing a solitary artist at his most social and intriguing

Mark Hudson talks to China’s most provocative exile about his new exhibition, the triple standards of the West, the crisis of AI and the certainty of nuclear war

In 1504, three huge figures of the Renaissance era found themselves in Florence, then a city in turmoil. A fascinating new exhibition puts that rare period of artistic overlap under the spotlight

Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away

Mark Hudson explores how a radical London arts charity taps into something that has been going on at grassroots level for 40 years

Perverse genius or stroppy teenager? The first major UK exhibition of the work of American artist Mike Kelley, who died of apparent suicide in 2012, suggests he was a brilliant mix of both