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Martin Gayford

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Cambridge, UK

I'm a critic and author of books on art. My next book will be A History of Pictures, co-written with David Hockney.

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Topics

antony gormley, art, arts, authors, books, cave painting, exhibitions, frank auerbach, jackson pollock, landscapes, leonardo, lucian freud, martin gayford, michelangelo, painting, prehistoric art, public sculpture, renaissance, royal academy, sculpture, visual art, walter de maria, women’s art

Recent articles

The greatest decade for British painting since Turner and Constable? The 1970s

Jul 02, 2025

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‘Death is a very poor painter’: the 19th-century craze for plaster casts

Apr 22, 2025

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‘The possibilities of paint are never-ending’: Sir Frank Bowling interviewed

Mar 13, 2025

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

Dec 03, 2024