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‘I am such a lazybones’: new book reveals Claude Monet’s life through his letters
A collection of the artist’s correspondence provides fascinating new insights, from his domestic life to acquisition negotiations
Ultimate reading lists
Interviews with writers
Features
A bonanza of Bayeux Tapestry books to accompany the blockbuster British Museum exhibition
There is plenty to read about the medieval masterpiece as it returns to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years
How novelists continue to be inspired by artists
Several books out this summer use art as a springboard—we speak to some of their authors
Mapplethorpe nudes, the NEA and the birth of America’s culture wars
We speak to the writer Isaac Butler about his book revisiting the battles over censorship and public funding in the US during the 1980s and 1990s










































