The George Washington murals were meant to make viewers uncomfortable
A public high school is the perfect place to consider the flawed lives of America’s founding fathers
Depicting Moby Dick – the artists who set out to capture Melville’s white whale
Moby-Dick is a novel suspicious of visual representation – but one that has inspired scores of illustrators and painters
How Helen Frankenthaler made her mark on the world of printmaking
An initiative spearheaded by the artist’s foundation is spreading her passion for prints across the US
Curve sketching – the sensuous lines of Huguette Caland
Relationships between bodies – filial, friendly or romantic – are at the heart of the Lebanese artist’s paintings and drawings
A history of Bruges in 20,000 objects
The gothic heart of Bruges now beats a little faster at the renovated Gruuthusemuseum
The museums putting Baltimore back on the cultural map
The American city has not one, but two world-class art institutions – both contributing to its wider revival
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July/August 2019
• Félix Fénéon: anarchist and champion of African art
• An interview with the sculptor David Nash
• Art after the lunar landings
• The artists who have tried to capture Moby Dick
Plus: Tal R at the seaside, a preview of Parcours des Mondes, and reviews of Leonardo in London, Maria Lassnig in Amsterdam, and the unsung art of Milein Cosman
Does glassmaking make good television? ‘Blown Away’, reviewed
A new series makes the most of the spectacle that is glass-blowing in action – and adds a competitive element
Félix Fénéon – critic, collector, and champion of African art
The Parisian critic may have been an enigma who stayed out of sight – but he introduced African art to the French avant-garde
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Mummy issues – how ancient Egypt shaped Sigmund Freud
The land of the pharaohs loomed large in the imagination of the father of psychoanalysis
Minimalism, murals and makeshift studios – contemporary art comes to Munich
The Bavarian capital is reasserting its position as a city to rival Berlin in its embrace of the arts
‘All viewers are equal – no one is told how to see’ – at the Menil Drawing Institute
The latest addition to the Menil’s ‘neighbourhood of art’ in Houston offers an expanded vision of what drawing means
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Who’s going to shell out for this monumental crab?
‘Truly grotesque’ it may be, but the export bar placed on this characterful Victorian ceramic reflects its importance as a work of art
The razing of mosques is the next step in China’s crackdown on Uyghur culture
When a million Uyghur Muslims in China are being held in detention, the demolition of mosques comes as no surprise
‘I’m trying to erase myself’ – an interview with Cindy Sherman
The artist has been taking photographs of herself for more than 40 years – but we mustn’t think of the results as self-portraits
Bowled over – the painted pots of the ancient Mimbres people
Around a thousand years ago in the American Southwest, a highly sophisticated ceramic tradition emerged
Musée Ingres Bourdelle
Montauban
A museum dedicated to the two Montauban-born artists reopens after a three-year expansion
14 Dec 2019
Museum of Modern Art
New York
The new MoMA will reopen with a full reinstallation of its permanent collection
21 Oct 2019
A major revamp for the State Apartments at the Royal Palace, and the museum’s Old Master and sculpture galleries
28 Sep - 7 Dec 2019
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem
The museum’s 40,000-square-foot expansion will be unveiled along with 13 brand-new displays of art
28 Sep 2019
Unlocking the secrets of Vesuvius
As Pompeii yields up ever more discoveries about the Roman world, we should not forget that the site still holds clues to the behaviour of volcanoes