Must-see pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
Jef Verheyen’s brush with the infinite
An exhibition in Antwerp celebrates the Belgian painter’s cosmic canvases – but it’s the 15th-century artworks hanging nearby that really put his achievements into perspective
Fjord focus – how Ibsen inspired the art of Edvard Munch
The Norwegian painter was referring to Ibsen’s play ‘Ghosts’ when he painted his dream-like landscape of 1906
Must-see pavilions at the Venice Biennale 2024
From the recent history of Timor-Leste to world-building in Bulgaria, this year’s shows present a rich and varied cross-section of contemporary art from around the world
How Italy remade Willem de Kooning
At the age of 65, the artist went to Rome a painter and returned to the United States a sculptor. It wasn’t the first time the city had changed him
Space explorer – an interview with Kapwani Kiwanga
Despite the painstaking research that underpins the artist’s work, there’s nothing dry about its outcomes – as visitors to the Canadian Pavilion in Venice will discover
Who really pays for public exhibitions?
The Venice Biennale is a good time to pull back the curtain on the funding of major arts events, which can often be shrouded in mystery
Who really pays for public exhibitions?
The Venice Biennale is a good time to pull back the curtain on the funding of major arts events, which can often be shrouded in mystery
The basic instincts of Benjamin Franklin
The founding father who was careful to cultivate his public image is played by gusto by Michael Douglas in a new TV biopic
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The unstable bodies of Gabriella Boyd
For the Scottish painter, the line between figures and their surroundings can be intriguingly blurry
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In the studio with… Ibrahim Mahama
When he’s not using stadiums to realise his visions, the artist welcomes all manner of visitors, from school kids to tuk-tuk drivers, in his studio-cum-gallery in northern Ghana
In the studio with… Tammy Nguyen
The American artist and academic gets up at 5.30am and finds inspiration in moths, dinosaurs and Dante when working in her barn in Connecticut
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Who’s afraid of immersive art?
Why everyone loves Keith Haring
Counting the cost of the Venice Biennale
The Dutch artists who were drawn to Rome
Plus: how to eat beans in the baroque style, an interview with Kapwani Kiwanga, the daring experiments of Yoko Ono, the restless spirit of Sonia Delaunay, and a monumental survey of British architecture between the wars
How Compton Verney stays ahead of the flock
Now 20 years old, the country house museum in Warwickshire has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely
Museums should do more to cater for autistic people
Immersive and interactive exhibitions can be uncomfortable for neurodivergent visitors, but if galleries made more of an effort, everyone would benefit
The Royal Academy reframes its past
The institution’s unravelling of its involvement with empire is very welcome, but has ‘Entangled Pasts’ bitten off more than one exhibition can chew?
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James Cameron’s titanic bid to save the oceans
Can four high-priced works of art help conserve marine life? The Canadian film-maker certainly thinks so
The week in art news – Marlborough Gallery to close after nearly 80 years
Plus: Endeavor, the owner of Frieze, goes private for $13bn; and Kim Conaty is the Whitney’s new chief curator
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2024
A Poussin Last Supper and a rare oil painting by Remedios Varo are among the most exciting works to have entered public collections over the last month
The dreamlike visions of Julia Margaret Cameron and Francesca Woodman
Despite being separated by more than a century, the two photographers shared a distinctly hazy aesthetic
For Howard Hodgkin, collecting was as important as painting
The artist amassed one of the finest private collections of Indian court paintings, an activity that preoccupied him as much as making art
Fifty years on, this biopic of Edvard Munch deserves a new lease of life
Peter Watkins’ 1974 film is no ordinary portrait of the artist – and feels more current than ever as the art-historical canon is up for debate
The doctor who was devoted to Van Gogh
The painter’s final months in the care of Dr Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a physician as interested in art as he was in medicine, were an extraordinarily productive period
How the Bauhaus exiles shaped a new urban landscape
The westward spread of modernist design between the wars was shaped by the migrant experience
Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., shows that the French capital was the place to be for forward-thinking American women
Niki de Saint Phalle: Rebellion and Joy
The first survey of the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle opens at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider
The spiritual side of space, colour and light preoccupied the modernist artists who gathered in Munich before the First World War
Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
The Louvre looks at the ancient history that inspired a French aristocrat to create a modern form of the Olympic Games
Why are fathers so absent from art history?
Artists over the centuries have often depicted women as mothers, but where are all the deadbeat dads?