The years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 have seen the rise of a new freedom to define art -- Who makes it? Where can it be found? What is its commercial value? -- and, consequently, the reevaluation of art's place in society. Kelly Grovier surveys the dyn...
For over 800 years Newgate was the grimy axle around which British society slowly twisted. This is where such legendary outlaws as Robin Hood and Captain Kidd met their fates, where the rapier-wielding playwrights Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlowe sharpened their quills, and whe...