Sarah Moss returns to a Pre-Raphaelite painting that made a lasting impression on her when she was a teenager
Amid a narrowing market for Old Masters, paintings from 17th-century Naples are still holding their own
Modern Italian artists rub shoulders with Old Masters including Titian and Bronzino at the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence (BIAF)
On World Tourism Day, it seems a perfect time to revisit the ways in which artists have depicted global travel over the last two centuries
The National Gallery has pulled off a seemingly impossible feat – to allow us to experience the intensity of the artist’s vision as if for the first time
The Italian modernist who was at his most creative working in historic settings left behind an intensely individual legacy
When working in her suntrap of a studio in Rome, the artist enjoys people-watching, listening to jazz and admiring an antique manhole cover made of travertine
The Mexican artist, known for his woven works that borrow from folk-art traditions, listens to Bach and Rosalía while working in his studio in Colonia Roma, Mexico City
An interview with Liliane Lijn
The dealer who launched Picasso
The marvels of Mughal painting
Impressionism and its discontents
Plus:
The many faces of Mary Magdalene, memory and modernity at the new-look Warburg Institute, how Paris will cope without the Pompidou, the richness of Arte Povera, the joy of arty plates, and what a dearth of young collectors might mean for the market; plus reviews of Mark Bradford in Berlin, what Scotland thought of the Cold War, and how printmaking made an impression
As the cutting-edge arts organisation in south London turns 30, Joe Scotland talks to Apollo about class, community and contemporary art
The four nominees for the prize in its 40th year all fold forms of biography into their art – with mixed success
Spanning several continents and 13,000 years of graphic art, Susan Owens’s new book outlines the many reasons why artists have always been drawn to drawing
Sarah Purser’s reputation faded after her death, but an exhibition at the Hugh Lane in Dublin is putting her back in the frame
The rapid rise to fame of a baby pygmy hippopotamus in Thailand has raised concerns about her well-being – and about who will own her image rights
Sculptures and their natural surroundings can shape each other in subtle and sometimes visually stunning ways, as these four artworks demonstrate
As the collection of Renaissance silver Selim Zilkha formed with his wife Mary comes to auction, his children Michael and Nadia recall their father’s dazzling hobby
Outdoor activities offered Bloomsbury’s women welcome respite from their indoor pursuits
Edward C. Moore played a crucial role in the firm’s 19th-century success and his own collecting inspired some of its most impressive creations.
The story of Kazimir Malevich and Vladimir Tatlin’s competing artistic outlooks is told with verve in Sjeng Scheijen’s new book
Most paintings of the Virgin Mary show her holding the divine infant, but a 14th-century panel by Cenni di Francesco reminds us of more earthy realities
What was on the mind of Indian artists between the Emergency declared by Indira Gandhi in 1975 and the secret nuclear tests of 1998? The Barbican presents some clues
The Getty shows that European rulers wanting to start a war or send an embassy had the movements of the sun, moon and the stars to reckon with as well
MoMA’s retrospective of the German artist best known for his grotesque sculptures takes us into more unfamiliar territory
Tate Modern celebrates the full scope of the career of an artist who took a childlike view of creativity
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Is Labour’s arts policy a case of warm words, no cold hard cash?
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