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Lesley Garrett: 'I lost my voice in the middle of an opera; I thought my career was over'
Sunday 15 April 2012
I was shunned by the opera world when I began appearing in musicals There is still a powerful snobbery in the opera hierarchy and because I decided to do a musical or two, such as Carousel and The Sound of Music, all the doors suddenly closed to the opera houses, which surprised me. I believe their thinking is that once a singer departed from the prescribed operatic route, they become contaminated.
Calling the shots: Still-life photography
Monday 05 March 2012
An exhibition of still-life photography in Bath reveals how a new artform successfully challenged the supremacy of painting, says Adrian Hamilton
A passion for India
Monday 27 February 2012
The Ashmolean's new exhibition of Indian art from Howard Hodgkin's private collection is inspired by his love of the country. By Adrian Hamilton
A passion for India
Monday 27 February 2012
The Ashmolean's new exhibition of Indian art from the private collection of Howard Hodgkin is inspired by his love of the country
Fifty years of Hockney are sold in one night
Saturday 18 February 2012
Bidders scramble for a piece of Britain's 'greatest living artist'
One Minute With: William Boyd, novelist
Friday 17 February 2012
Where are you now and what can you see?
Tips and deals of the week: Insight Guides, Milli Millu and Radisson Edwardian
Sunday 12 February 2012
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A shaman and showman who had it all mapped out
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Arifa Akbar looks forward to Tate Modern's retrospective of the Italian artist Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Boetti: An early Damien Hirst who had it all mapped out
Tuesday 07 February 2012
Arifa Akbar looks forward to Tate Modern's retrospective of Italian artist Alighiero Boetti
Philip Hensher: Genius is just a matter of taste
Monday 16 January 2012
Hockney is a fascinating but quirky artist. Some will think his show is horrible
Still dotty about Damien Hirst
Monday 16 January 2012
As Damien Hirst's Spot Paintings go on display at 11 Gagosian galleries worldwide, Adrian Hamilton visits the two London shows and finds real pleasure in their playfulness
Heads Up: Picasso & Modern British Art
Sunday 15 January 2012
How the master of Modernism taught the Brits a lesson
Sticking to their guns
Monday 12 December 2011
While others turned to abstraction after 1945, British painters clung to their figurative instincts. It was a polite but powerful art, says Adrian Hamilton
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