‘Mind-blowing’: Why do men’s paintings cost 10 times more than women’s?
For every £1 fetched by a male artist’s work, one by a woman gets a mere 10p – and its value plummets further if she signs it. The creator of Recalculating Art, a shocking new radio exposé, reveals her findings
June 2022
Haunted Realism review – a queasy, intoxicating view of late capitalism
Rachel Whiteread, Gerhard Richter, Jenny Saville and co explore the age of ‘lost futures’ in a group show that works best unimpeded by theory
November 2021
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Black British painting, gay New York photography and Dr Eno will see you now – the week in art
Tate Britain is preparing the definitive survey of Caribbean British art while Alvin Baltrop cruises the Hudson River piers and modern art turns therapeutic
March 2021
'My pubic hair paintings could hang in your living room': the artists reclaiming women's sexuality
A Woman’s Right to Pleasure is a new compendium celebrating female erotic art. We meet its contributors, including the photographer who turned her vagina into a camera
January 2020
Great expectations: art's struggle to depict pregnancy
From the Virgin Mary to Demi Moore, art history swells with iconic mums-to-be. But can a single image ever do justice to such a head-scrambling state of flux – especially one made by a man?
March 2018
Tacita Dean and Jenny Saville lead strong female presence at Edinburgh art festival
Phyllida Barlow, Lucy Skaer and Victoria Crowe also feature in the lineup alongside old masters including Canaletto and Rembrandt
December 2017
Anatomy of an artwork
Jenny Saville’s Entry: humanness reduced to meat
A naked Iggy Pop rubs shoulders with 1,000 Chinese artists – From Life review
March 2017
Artworks made from fire-gutted Mackintosh library sell for £700,000
Art by Antony Gormley, Jenny Saville and Paula Rego, who used debris from fire, is auctioned for Glasgow School of Art
April 2016
Jenny Saville: 'I used to be anti-beauty'
Saville made her name with giant paintings of fleshy, flawed bodies. She talks about being bankrolled by Charles Saatchi, how having children is changing her art – and the joy of late-night vacuuming
September 2013
100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age by Kelly Grovier – review
This lavish survey recalls some great art of the past 20 years. It is also, like any list, a hostage to fortune, writes Rachel Cooke
January 2013
Jonathan Jones on art
Art criticism has become too fawning – time for a best hatchet job award?
Jonathan Jones: Jenny Saville? A heroic mediocrity. Tracey Emin? Outshone by your average newspaper cartoonist. And art critics, like their literary counterparts, should be encouraged to say so
July 2012
Music blog
The greatest ever album covers
From Miles Davis to Manic Street Preachers, six readers tell us about their favourite album sleeve art – what's yours?
June 2012
This week's new exhibitions
Jenny Saville | Mark Wallinger | Diane Arbus | Stanya Kahn | Erwin Wurm | Andrew Kötting & Iain Sinclair
Exhibitionist
Exhibitionist: the week's art shows in pictures
From monumental flesh paintings in Oxford to portraits of celebrity lookalikes in London, find out what's happening in art around the country
Jenny Saville's first UK solo show opens – but mind the wet paint
Jenny Saville's work - in pictures
Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies'
September 2011
Jonathan Jones on art
Does Jenny Saville fix it for you?
Jonathan Jones: For once, I'm not offering an opinion, because I can't decide. Is feminist activist and YBA Jenny Saville the real deal or not?
October 2005
A voyage around myself
Art: A collection of self-portraits from Joshua Reynolds to Jenny Saville gives a fascinating insight into how we view ourselves. And it's not always flattering, says Peter Conrad.
