Kinetic art – a field that has always refused to stand still
From Calder to Kusama, modern and contemporary artists have created many different versions of kinetic art
The bleak beauty of Berlinde de Bruyckere
An interview with the Belgian sculptor, who discusses hope, suffering, bodies, and blankets
The impressive cultural achievements of China’s Qing empresses
New research shows that women in the Forbidden City had more influence on the arts than previously thought
Harold Gilman cuts a dash
In praise of the Camden Town painter’s bold brushwork and daring draughtsmanship
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December 2018
• The Apollo Awards 2018
• Lagos’s thriving arts scene
• Fernand Khnopff in fin-de-siècle Belgium
• Should paintings be conserved in public?
PLUS: Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, American art pottery, Tintoretto’s drawings, and much more
Tintoretto’s drawings fizz with energy and invention at the Morgan
The 500th anniversary of the Venetian master’s birth prompts this celebration of his sprightly draughtsmanship
How political is political art?
Many artists take themes such as migration, climate change, and human rights as their subjects, but what are they actually doing with them?
The everyday cruelty of Ribera’s world
The baroque painter’s depictions of human suffering are extreme – but so was the violence of much early modern life
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A tribute to Robert Morris (1931–2018)
The artist is remembered as a pioneer of Minimalism, but his legacy as an experimental performer is equally powerful
New ways of seeing Andy Warhol
As an exhibition at the Whitney proves, there’s far more to the Pop art superstar than Marilyn and soup cans
Highlights from London Art Week’s winter edition
The exhibitions and events not to miss in Mayfair and St James’s this year
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‘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
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
Anni Albers weaves her magic at Tate Modern
A major exhibition devoted to the artist restores her – and the craft of weaving – to the heart of the modern movement
In search of the Venus de Milo – on Milos and in Paris
The statue has been in Paris for nearly two centuries, but does it belong back on the island of Milos?
Seeing the Divine: Pahari Painting of North India
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
In the Pahari courts, new kinds of paintings enabled fresh ways of thinking about the gods
22 Dec 2018 - 21 Jul 2019
Before the Deluge: Apocalyptic Floodscapes
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
How artists since the Romantic period have responded to the idea of the apocalyptic flood
18 Dec 2018 - 24 Mar 2019
Maurice Wyckaert: Inner Landscapes
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
A philosophical undercurrent runs through the Belgian post-war painter’s colour-filled canvases
18 Dec 2018 - 24 Mar 2019
Charles Burchfield: The Ohio Landscapes, 1915–1920
Cleveland Museum of Art
The American watercolourist was inspired by the colours and forms of the midwestern landscape
22 Dec 2018 - 5 May 2019
Natural history museums have never been more necessary
Natural history collections are uniquely placed to help us make sense of the relationship between humans and catastrophic climate change