Lilias Wigan

In Focus: A sculptor creating 21st century art from the detritus of 20th century life

You're more likely to find artist James Wild hunting through a scrapyard than to find him among the normal haunts of artists, as he seeks materials and inspiration for his work. Lilias Wigan reports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Skiing in South Tyrol: Mountains that inspired Le Corbusier, exquisite dining and the world's most picturesque museum

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.

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.

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.