Money matters – the art of German hyperinflation
The emergency money issued by many German towns during the First World War featured a range of designs – including witches, devils and donkeys
‘I’ve earned my reputation out of other people’s downfall’ – an interview with Don McCullin
The legendary photographer talks about his images of war abroad and poverty at home – and what now draws him to landscapes
‘The full measure of the great artist so many suspected had always been there was becoming visible’
Joshua Chuang remembers working with Santu Mofokeng on a series of books presenting the South African photographer’s life’s work
Sotheby’s is at the centre of a stitch-up – but it’s all for a good cause
The auction house is hosting an exhibition and online auction for a charity that trains prisoners in craft work
The ancient heritage at risk from Trump’s border wall
With ‘controlled blasting’ underway in a national monument area in Arizona, cultural sites and their attendant artefacts may be lost forever
‘These remarkable examples of Mughal technology spoke to an India freed from British rule’
An 18th-century observatory in Delhi has inspired many architects in the post-Independence era
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Nature boy – how John Nash brought new life to British landscape painting
A new biography reasserts the significance of the self-described ‘artist plantsman’ among his modern British peers
Open access image libraries – a handy list
A round-up of museums and archives that have released high resolution images into the public domain
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February 2020
• An interview with Don McCullin
• Collecting Etruscan art in Milan
• Ingres in the south of France
• Is contemporary art too wasteful?
Plus: A visit to the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi, and a preview of Asia Week New York. And reviews of Charlotte Salomon at the Jewish Museum in London and Leonardo at the Louvre, and a new biography of Lucian Freud.
A cut above – Linder takes over Kettle’s Yard
The artist’s feminist photomontages fill the galleries, while the house is now punctuated with her interventions – and the scent of potpourri
Force of nature – the weathered canvases of Vivian Suter
Vivian Suter’s paintings, on show at Camden Arts Centre, are marked by the elements of the rainforest where she works – as well as by her dogs’ paws
The emperor who rooted out magic in medieval Ethiopia
Vivid illuminated manuscripts show how important the cult of the Virgin Mary was to the emperor Zar’a Ya‘eqob
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Surreal deal – on Salvador Dalí’s tarot deck
Long out of print, the cards have been reissued by Taschen. But what of the artistic merits of their designs?
Floating around on Planet Polke
Potatoes orbit around barstools and beer spurts out of coasters in the whimsical worlds explored by Sigmar Polke
Frayed histories – unravelling the stories behind seven women’s textile collections
An exhibition on the textile collections of women from the 19th century to the present day tells us as much about their own lives as about the objects themselves
Sheer delight – at the State Silk Museum in Tbilisi
The world’s most significant collection of silkworm cocoons, and many other marvels of sericulture, can be found in the capital of Georgia
Reign makers – Roy Strong’s guide to Elizabethan portraits, reviewed
This authoritative survey gives some of the most familiar works of English art a new lease of life
Haul of shame – the ‘trophy art’ taken from Germany by the Red Army
Their existence is no longer a secret, but the status of many of the works seized after the Second World War remains unclear
‘Frustrate the Feminine Fanatics’ – how women overcame their critics at Cambridge University
It is 150 years since women first arrived at Cambridge – and the fight for equality has taken almost as long
‘He taught by example’ – a tribute to John Baldessari (1931–2020)
One of the inventors of conceptual art, and a towering figure on the West Coast scene, he was also a dedicated mentor to his students
Savor: A Revolution in Food Culture
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
From serving dishes to cookbooks – the art of fine dining in 17th- and 18th-century Europe
29 Feb - 25 May 2020
Neurons: Simulated Intelligences
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Exploring the connections between artificial intelligence, neuroscience and the arts
26 Feb - 20 Apr 2020
British Surrealism
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
A survey of the artists in the UK who took up the baton from André Breton
26 Feb - 17 May 2020
Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
How the national dress of Japan has evolved – and its influence spread – over the centuries
29 Feb - 21 Jun 2020