The novelty and nostalgia of the Victorian seaside pier
The great iron structures of 19th-century Britain are important parts of the island’s cultural memory
Maeve Brennan puts out a bat-signal for the planet
The artists flags the unforeseen environmental effects of wind turbines in this award-winning film project
Anni Albers weaves her magic at Tate Modern
A major exhibition devoted to the weaver restores her – and the craft of weaving – to the heart of the modern movement
‘Colour became the subject’ – Phoebe Unwin on her new series of paintings
The artist brightens up the Collezione Maramotti with paintings that blur the line between abstraction and figuration
Book competition
Your chance to win Courtauld Impressionists: From Manet to Cézanne (National Gallery)
How is the market for Middle Eastern art faring?
The auctions of the Abraaj corporate collection offer plenty of food for thought
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October 2018
• The modern textiles of Anni Albers
• An interview with Cecily Brown
• The complex art of Pieter Bruegel the Elder
• Digital technology and art history
Plus: previews of TEFAF New York Fall and Frieze Masters, Macron’s culture pass, Edward Burtynsky, and seaside piers
Artists are taking back control at the São Paulo biennial
The displays curated by artists at this year’s event are a welcome change from the traditional biennial format
Psychorealism by the sea with Grace Pailthorpe and Reuben Mednikoff
André Breton once described the pair as the ‘best and most truly Surrealist’ of British artists
A game-changing expansion for the Glenstone Museum
The reopened museum in Maryland raises the bar for what we can expect from private collections
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How Julian Trevelyan made an art of everyday life
The British artist was a key figure in the social research movement known as Mass Observation
Digging down into Turkey’s Neolithic city
Communities past and present are explored in Rossella Biscotti’s film of the excavations at Çatalhöyük
‘It’s hard at this particular moment to be optimistic’ – Edward Burtynsky on the future of the planet
The Canadian photographer talks about ‘The Anthropocene Project’ and trying to capture the spirit of a new geological epoch
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The lasting legacy of Thomas Chippendale
Three hundred years after the cabinet-maker’s birth, his name is still a byword for excellence
Andrea Fraser follows the money
In her new book, the artist uncovers uncomfortable truths about art, money and politics in the US
The remarkable career of Artemisia Gentileschi
The National Gallery’s acquisition of a work by the painter is welcome – not least because baroque women artists were long neglected
Romanticismo
Gallerie d’Italia and Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan
A look at the distinctive contribution made by 19th-century Italian artists to the Romantic movement
26 Oct 2018 - 17 Mar 2019
Edward Burne-Jones
Tate Britain, London
How the Pre-Raphaelite artist looked to the medieval past to invent a new future for painting
24 Oct 2018 - 24 Feb 2019
Good Grief, Charlie Brown!
Somerset House, London
Contemporary artists, from Ryan Gander to Fiona Banner, celebrate the legacy of the Peanuts cartoons
25 Oct 2018 - 3 Mar 2019
Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today
Wallach Art Gallery, New York
Re-examining the central role played by the black female figure in the development of modern painting
24 Oct 2018 - 10 Feb 2019
The oldest drawing in the world has been discovered – but is it art?
A 73,000-year-old fragment of stone marked with red lines raises questions about the nature of aesthetic experience