Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones writes on art for the Guardian and was on the jury for the 2009 Turner prize
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Drawing exhibition hints at the inexhaustible creativity that comes about when a human being takes hold of a pencil
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Jonathan Jones on art A manifesto of no ideas: artist Gordon Shrigley stands in the general election
Elections only interest artists when democracy is in crisis – and Shrigley is standing with apathetic slogans like ‘I have nothing to offer but offer itself’, writes Jonathan Jones
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From Hogarth to Van Gogh, art has challenged and shaped our understanding of mental illness. Here are Jonathan Jones top ten
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This surprising Sicilian painter and staunch communist showed the joys of real Italian life – by inserting Monroe and Picasso into its streets, writes Jonathan Jones
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As Russian investors snap up an even greater stake in the contemporary art world, Jonathan Jones asks if there can ever be a truly independent art press
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Jonathan Jones: Marlene Dumas isn’t the only artist to feel anxious about the money. Fortunately, though, it tends to be the best who benefit
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Jonathan Jones: Anti-fascist painting from Italy hits London in a week that demonstrated beyond all doubt the political clout of visual art
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Jonathan Jones: Humour is an essential force in the defence of free speech, as the murdered cartoonists’ final cover on Michel Houellebecq defiantly attests
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With his homage to the 90s animated film starring Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny, LA artist Devin Troy Strother joins the canon of pop art greats who immortalise funny objects, writes Jonathan Jones
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A new art tour celebrating the sexuality of the Catholic church’s best artists provides exciting new perspectives, writes Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones: Rather than letting the paintings speak for themselves, Frederick Wiseman’s insipid and elitist documentary just gets in the way of the National Gallery’s treasures
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Caravaggio, Bruegel and Van Gogh all made studies of the poor in spite of rich patronage. Why aren’t more artists doing that now, asks Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones: Rubens used to be called ‘The Prince of Painters’ – this old term of praise is, today, more like a warning light
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Two thousand years ago, Buddhist not Christian art was our guiding light – and had all the best nativity scenes, writes Jonathan Jones
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When the weather outside is frightful, Jonathan Jones looks to art rather than the night sky to follow the three kings’ Christmas star – with curious results
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Jonathan Jones: A new map made by eBay shows the most searched-for artists by its US customers – and it seems that in the midwest, all Americans want for Christmas is the corny, cosy art of Terry Redlin
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Artists Justin Bettman and Gözde Eker’s Set in the Street project puts living rooms and bathtubs on the streets of New York – and lets the public take a seat and act out their own stories
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Jonathan Jones: Great abstract painters like Pollock and Monet lose themselves in colour, sensation and memory to show that reality is subjective
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Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: This photograph is as arrogant as any colonial portrait. Harry may as well have a gun in his hand and a dead lion at his feet
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Robert Longo’s powerful drawing of police holding back protesters in Ferguson is a vital record of the resurgence of racism, writes Jonathan Jones
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The alchemist of the art world effortlessly transports us into the sublime, writes Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones: The great abstract artist’s paintings are spiritual symphonies that speak directly to our senses and feelings
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Jonathan Jones: An exhibition devoted to the hirsute is announced, as our critics pick their top events of the year. Plus California’s pioneering skaters and rollergirls, ancient trees and the world’s most expensive photograph
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From Anselm Kiefer’s rotting sunflowers to a rollicking super-show all over Scotland, via Rembrandt, Matisse, Andy Warhol and Egon Schiele … it was an eye-opening year
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The Yuletide spirit makes today’s art look brittle, cold and unseasonal – it’s time to set aside good taste and embrace the kitsch, writes Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones: Renaissance art rejoices in breastfeeding. Does the Ukip leader think all the paintings of Madonna and child should be banished from UK galleries?
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Jonathan Jones on art Mr Turner’s record year should blaze a trail for British painting’s other greats
The avalanche of interest in JMW Turner is welcome – but he was not the only artist to give colour to the 18th and 19th centuries. Let’s give some others a chance -
A total lack of integrity distinguishes Hambling’s latest collection of daft daubs
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Art doesn’t have to shock, but when the thrill of the avant garde has been subsumed into middle-class culture, we find ourselves in a terrible place, writes Jonathan Jones
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Jonathan Jones: Framing the debate: It’s absurd that a nation’s new, yet old, encounter with its most destructive division can be summed up by this soppy picture of a tearful hug
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Performance art is a difficult genre that often exploits physical threat, but LaBeouf’s #IAMSORRY is simply bad
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Documentary shows an artist who matters leave his pastoral period and begin to match himself against modern masters
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Jonathan Jones: Tate teams up with Minecraft, Hipgnosis turn the Stones into goats, and a new Hockney documentary hits the screens
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Jonathan Jones: This new collaboration is proof that video games hark back to an artistic age obsessed with realism and perspective – the Renaissance
The panel Did Charlie Hebdo's cover get it right? Our writers' verdict
Myriam Francois-Cerrah, Timothy Garton Ash, Nabila Ramdani, Padraig Reidy, Joseph Harker, Jonathan Jones: The first edition of the magazine since the attack in which 12 people were killed has a cartoon of Muhammad on its cover. Our writers share their views