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Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya (1820-1823). Museo del Prado

October 30, 2025

The painting that haunts me – seven experts share their favourite scary artwork

Chloe Ward, Queen Mary University of London; Åsa Harvard Maare, Malmö University; Catherine Spooner, Lancaster University; Daisy Dixon, Cardiff University; Frances Fowle, University of Edinburgh; Karl Bell, University of Portsmouth, and Pippa Catterall, University of Westminster

From gruesome portraits to creepy critters, these are the paintings that have stayed with our experts long after their first glimpse.

Damien Hirst photographed in Ukraine’s capital city, Kiev, in 2009. Efrem Lukatsky/AP/Alamy Stock Photo

June 5, 2025

Daisy Dixon, Cardiff University and Elisabeth Schellekens, Uppsala University

On the eve of Damien Hirst’s 60th birthday, two philosophers of art explore the true value of the ‘world’s richest artist’.