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In Focus: The David Hockney Grand Canyon image at the end of a years-long mission to 'photograph the unphotographable'
David Hockney's mission to create art that captures the natural wonder that is the Grand Canyon takes centre stage at a new exhibition of his work in Woking. Lilias Wigan went along.
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In Focus: A masterpiece by Fergusson, the Scottish colourist whose work is tinged by French avant-garde
Lilias Wigan takes a look at a work by JD Fergusson that's statuesque, sculptural and erotic.
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In Focus: The Magritte painting that plays with fiction, reality... and unpredictable weather
Lilias Wigan takes a look at Le Temps Menaçant, a work created by René Magritte while he stayed with Salvador Dalí.
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In Focus: A self-portrait by Gaugin which fuses the real and the imaginary in a picture of narcissism and divine comparison
Lilias Wigan analyses Gaugin's 'Christ in the Garden of Olives', commenting on the painter's propensity to focus on himself, understanding the world purely as it could be viewed through his own eyes.
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In Focus: The William S. Burroughs shotgun art which was collected by Damien Hirst
A new exhibition in London brings together pieces from Damien Hirst's personal collection — including a shocking piece by William S. Burroughs, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.
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In Focus: The masterpiece painted in Cornwall by an iconic Finnish artist
Helen Schjerfbeck is a national icon in Finland but hasn't had a solo exhibition in Britain since the 19th century. The Royal Academy have now corrected that oversight; Lilias Wigan went along.
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In Focus: Billy Childish's poignant, tender depiction of his wife, completely idiosyncratic and entirely compelling
Billy Childish's art is both outstanding yet often misunderstood — something that an exhibition in Margate's Carl Freedman Gallery looks to rectify. Lilias Wigan paid a visit.
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In Focus: Edvard Munch's Madonna — sanctity, fertility and mortality in a picture as startling as The Scream
Edvard Munch's fame rests on 'The Scream', but his other works are equally riveting. Lilias Wigan paid a visit to the British Museum's exhibition and took an in-depth look at one of the masterpieces on display.
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In Focus: The Bald Eagle, America's symbol, 'torn apart, deranged and fragmented' by Lee Krasner
Lee Krasner's bold work is the subject of an exhibition at The Barbican. Lilias Wigan paid a visit, and focuses in one one of the artist's extraordinary collages.
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In Focus: The Sean Scully masterpiece full of 'complex, layered bands that shift seamlessly in tone'
A son of Dublin and South London, Sean Scully's five-decade career has seen him become one of Britain’s most admired living artists. Lilias Wigan takes a look at one of his latest pieces.
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Carlisle Bay, Antigua: A blissful retreat set in its own private Caribbean cove
Carlisle Bay offers a wonderful place to stay on the enchanting and unspoilt island of Antigua, as Lilias Wigan found out.
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In Focus: Dorothea Tanning's 'Birthday', the paradoxical self-portrait that challenged and redefined Surrealism
The life and career of Surrealist artist Dorothea Tanning spanned two continents and more than a century. Lilias Wigan picks out a key image from the current exhibition celebrating Tanning's work at Tate Modern.
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In Focus: The exquisite yet tiny botanical study by John Ruskin that took him four years to complete
Lilias Wigan looks at a key work by the trailblazing thinker, artist and philanthropist John Ruskin, whose focus on nature seems ever more apt with each passing year.
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In Focus: How Pierre Bonnard used photography to help him paint pictures that would once have been near-impossible
The mysterious French artist Pierre Bonnard is the focus of a new exhibition at Tate Modern. Lilias Wigan went along.
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In Focus: Paolozzi, Warhol and the promise and fears of the mechanised world
The uncanny connections between Scottish artists Eduardo Paolozzi and his American contemporary Andy Warhol are the subject of a fascinating new exhibition in Edinburgh. Lilias Wigan paid a visit.
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Skiing in South Tyrol: Mountains that inspired Le Corbusier, exquisite dining and the world's most picturesque museum
On the border with Austria and set against the startling backdrop of the Dolomites, skiing in South Tyrol offers a great range of things to do – both on the slopes and off. Lilias Wigan paid a visit.
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In Focus: Leonora Carrington's extraordinary portrayal of Max Ernst, the surrealist pioneer who inspired Dalí
A stunning portrait of Max Ernst, one of the key figures in 20th century art, is at the heart of an exhibition of creative couples at the Barbican's exhibition – but be quick if you want to see it, warns Lilias Wigan.
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In Focus: The work by a Bloomsbury Group stalwart which fuses nature, nostalgia and Impressionism
Britist artists Duncan Grant's wonderful versatility allowed him to mix traditional and modern, natural and man-made, as this picture on show at the William Morris Gallery demonstrates. Lilias Wigan went along to take a look.
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In Focus: A silent cellist, blazing with pleasure, by Klimt's great young protégé Schiele
When he first came on to the Vienna art scene, Egon Schiele hero-worshipped Gustav Klimt. Once they met the two became friends, forming a bond and inspiring each other's work, as Lilias Wigan explains.
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In Focus: The Spanish painter whose visceral depictions of martyrdom still have the power to shock
The unflinching representations of brutality in Jusepe de Ribera's images of martyrdom is the focus of a new exhibition, the first in the UK focusing solely on this Baroque painter. Lilias Wigan reports.
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In Focus: The women who defied their husbands – among them England's richest men – to care for abandoned children
A fascinating exhibition at the Foundling Museum focuses on the women who refused to countenance the prejudices of the time, and in so doing established Britain's first children's charity. Lilias Wigan explains.
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In Focus: The unforgettable art of the British WW1 soldier who might have been the Kaiser's son
Karl Hagedorn's contribution to Post-Impressionist art in Britain has been neglected for too long – a new exhibition in Chichester seeks to right that wrong and put this intriguing figure back on the map. Lilias Wigan reports.
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In Focus: The photographer obsessed with why we all like to be beside the seaside
David Hurn has spent over half a century capturing the lives of ordinary people in an affectionate and honest manner. Lilias Wigan takes a look at some of his works, which are featured in an exhibition at National Maritime Museum.
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In Focus: The evocative, sensual masterpiece created in the wake of the First World War
Edward Burra was too young to have fought in the First World War, but his powerful oil painting The Snack Bar shows just how pervasive the conflict's consequences were in art and life. Lilias Wigan takes a look.
