Joe Tilson looks back on 70 years of making art
As he turns 90, the British artist reflects on Pop art, politics and leaving London for a life in the country
Alice Kettle’s textiles stitch together the stories of refugees
An exhibition of the artist’s new large-scale textiles in Manchester offers a poignant reflection on the migrant crisis
David Wojnarowicz’s art is as urgent now as it was in the 1980s
The playful, elegaic and militant qualities of the artist’s work make a powerful impression at the Whitney
How the V&A Dundee is rewriting the history of Scotland
The country’s first design museum is taking a cosmopolitan approach to presenting the national story
Highlights of LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair 2018
The works not to miss at the 10th edition of LAPADA’s annual fair
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September 2018
• Berthe Morisot takes centre stage
• An interview with Joe Tilson
• Pots and pans in the paintings of Chardin
• Imagining Armenia
Plus: La Biennale Paris preview, Tintoretto at 500, Amy Sillman, and the biennial boom
‘It is a strange little science-fiction period in the history of photography’ – Wim Wenders on his Polaroids
The film-maker discusses the unique quality of Polaroids – and why in the future no one will see the digital photographs being taken today
Emotional intelligence at the London Design Biennale
Projects from over 40 countries and cities examine the links between design and emotion
AI art is on the rise – but how do we measure its success?
Artworks produced using artificial intelligence have long confounded viewers
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The drawings that capture Ireland’s crumbling castles
John Nankivell has specialised in recording decaying historic buildings, but his work also provides some reasons for hope
The Design Museum Zurich gets a stylish makeover
The refurbished museum is filled with fascinating objects from New Wave typography to a Swiss railway clock
The virtuosic tortoiseshell workers of 18th-century Naples
Objets d’art crafted from tortoiseshell inlaid with gold and mother-of-pearl are rare examples of the technique known as piqué
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Museum leadership in a time of crisis
Why we need agile cultural leadership to meet the challenges of a volatile world
Creating a scene on stage
How set designers and scene painters have beguiled audiences through the centuries
Is the international art world too elitist?
The proliferation of biennials and art fairs has brought with it the rise of a jet-set elite. Do such events encourage meaningful engagement?
How the church-building boom of the 19th century began
Two hundred years ago, the English parliament passed the Act for Building New Churches, allocating £1m for the task
Armenia!
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Celebrating the cultural achievements of the Armenian people, both at home and internationally, over 14 centuries
22 Sep 2018 - 13 Jan 2019
Picasso. Blue and Rose
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Reassessing the significance of the brief but critical period of 1900–06 in Picasso’s early career
18 Sep 2018 - 6 Jan 2019
Alexander Calder: Radical Inventor
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Tracing the development of Calder’s career through more than 100 works, including his famous mobiles
21 Sep 2018 - 24 Feb 2019
Polly Apfelbaum
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
New and recent works explore the intersections between popular culture, craft and politics
19 Sep - 18 Nov 2018
Is it time to call an end to biennials?
Biennials are a mainstay of the contemporary art world, but their purpose seems increasingly unclear