John Kasmin

‘A wonderful, wacky woman’: a tribute to Betty Freedman

22 August 2026 9:00 am

The gifted pianist, photographer and art collector had an extraordinary love of the contemporary, and this account of her friendship with David Hockney is deeply moving

‘Teaching someone to draw is teaching them to look’: the year’s best art books

7 December 2024 9:00 am

Subjects range from a Paleolithic bone carving to Banksy’s graffiti, via colour concepts, romanticism, tattoos and mirror painting