The razing of mosques is the next step in China’s crackdown on Uyghur culture
When a million Uyghur Muslims are being held in detention, the demolition of mosques comes as no surprise
Walter Gropius: the man who built the Bauhaus
Fiona MacCarthy’s new life of the architect suggests that his greatest achievement may have been the talent he assembled in one place
The painter who made his name on the Western Front
Alfred Munnings was an official war artist who took a curiously pastoral approach to the conflict
The most influential and most detested architect of the modern age
Philip Johnson was not the most talented modern American architect, but he was certainly the most important
Politics, performance and porcelain – at the Venice Biennale and beyond
Themes of exile and migration thread their way through the works in the main exhibition, national pavilions, and elsewhere
Lavish tapestries and pious paintings – Bernard van Orley weaves his magic in Brussels
The Flemish master, whose workshop was one of the busiest in 16th-century Brussels, gets his first major survey in the city of his birth
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Flowers, hyenas and haunted hotels – the surreal world of Dorothea Tanning
The Tate’s survey of Tanning’s long career testifies to her lifelong commitment to Surrealism
Acquisitions of the month: April 2019
Paintings, prints and a vast video panorama – the best works of art to enter public collections recently
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May 2019
• An interview with Enrico David
• Costumes, catwalks and curators
• The Hittites in Paris
• Do museums still value volunteers?
Plus: Bernard van Orley’s tapestries, a new biography of Walter Gropius, and previews of the Venice Biennale and TEFAF New York
Behind the curtain – it’s time William Larkin finally got his due
This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the great English court painter, long known only as the ‘Curtain Master’
The legacy of Alberto Burri burns bright – at home in Umbria, and in Venice
Some 50 works by the enigmatic artist have travelled from his hometown to Venice this summer
David Salle puts a new spin on history painting
The painter’s witty and deceptively effortless works combine high and low culture to enjoyable effect
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Venice in furs – an Inuit collective at the Biennale
The Isuma collective’s new film draws on the history of coerced relocation of Inuit communities in Canada
Stepping back in time at Palazzo Grimani in Venice
Returning the Grimani sculpture collection to its dramatic 16th-century setting feels like a dream, says Toto Bergamo Rossi
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
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Performance art costs a lot to produce – but can it make money, too?
The status of performance may be on the up, but its place in the art market is still precarious
Against boredom: a tribute to John Richardson
John Richardson was lavish, louche and learned – and one of the great characters of New York
Church, mosque and museum – the Hagia Sophia could be all things to all people
The status of the Byzantine church turned mosque turned museum shows no sign of being settled – but perhaps it shouldn’t be
Gauguin: Portraits
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Tracing the painter’s life through his images of others – from his early career in Paris to his Tahitian voyages
24 May - 8 Sep 2019
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing
Queen’s Gallery, London
From studies for paintings to anatomical sketches, Leonardo’s drawings reveal the sheer range of his imagination
24 May - 13 Oct 2019
Huguette Caland
Tate St Ives
Sensuous abstractions, surreal drawings and crazy caftans – the Lebanese artist gets her first solo show in the UK
24 May - 1 Sep 2019
Manet and Modern Beauty
Art Institute of Chicago
How the Impressionist pioneer came to focus on feminine fashion and flower studies
26 May - 8 Sep 2019
Museums need to move with the times – that’s why deaccessioning isn’t always bad news
In their missions to stay modern, institutions are sometimes right to reevaluate their holdings