Idris Khan: Repeat After Me
The British artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States includes characteristically layered works that dwell on the themes of memory and emotion
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance
The practice of concealing portraits behind sliding covers or in puzzle-laden boxes is being unpacked in an unusual exhibition at the Met
Camille Claudel
The Getty Center is celebrating one of the most precociously gifted sculptors of the late 19th century
The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles: Exchanges between China and France in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Beijing’s Palace Museum explores 200 years of diplomacy through more than 150 artworks and objects
Nicholas Cullinan appointed director of the British Museum
The director of the National Portrait Gallery will take up his post at the troubled museum in the summer
The week in art news – the Met hires its first head of provenance
Plus: Denver Art Museum returns 11 more artefacts to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and some Damien Hirst sculptures may be more recently made than they seem
Wilhelm Sasnal: Painting as Prop
The Polish artist’s paintings inspired by famous works and made for an upcoming film get star billing at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam
Art without Heroes: Mingei
The William Morris Gallery in London is a fitting host for works by Japanese makers inspired by the Art and Crafts movement
Bruegel to Rubens: Great Flemish Drawings
Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Peter Paul Rubens are known primarily for their virtuosic large-scale paintings, but both were also highly skilled draughtsman
Paris 1874: Inventing Impressionism
The Musée d’Orsay demonstrates how far the work of Monet, Morisot, Renoir and co. has come since the art establishment shunned it 150 years ago
Four things to see: Holi
As Hindu communities around the world celebrate Holi, we look at four artworks that depict this vibrantly colourful festival
Rembrandt’s sorrowful Jeremiah shows the painter at his best
Koen Bulckens of the Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp explains what makes the painter’s portrait of ‘the weeping prophet’ such an emotional tour de force
In the studio with… Leilah Babirye
The Ugandan-born artist treats her sculpture studio as a strict place of work – except for the occasional glass of Japanese whisky
Pierre Huyghe: Liminal
The French artist wrestles with the limits of reality in Venice, a city famous for masks and disguises
A New Look at Van Eyck: Madonna of Chancellor Rolin
The Louvre has restored the Van Eyck masterpiece for the first time since it entered the museum in 1800
Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In
London’s National Portrait Gallery brings together the work of two photographers who worked a century apart
Roni Horn: Give Me Paradox or Give Me Death
The artist’s refusal to restrict herself to a single medium makes the Museum Ludwig’s retrospective a restless affair
Germany to replace advisory panel for Nazi-looted art with binding arbitration
Plus: Met employees and volunteers call for the museum to defend Palestinian cultural heritage, and Russian security forces raid artists’s homes before the presidential elections
Four things to see: Isadora Duncan
To mark the anniversary of Isadora Duncan’s first performance in Europe, we look at four artworks that immortalise the trailblazing dancer
How should collectors handle restitution? – a talk at TEFAF Maastricht
Apollo editor Edward Behrens chairs a panel discussion on the complex topic of restitution in the art world
French court finds Guy Wildenstein guilty of money laundering and tax fraud
Plus: tax relief for museums and galleries in the UK is made permanent, and Lucas Samaras (1936–2024)
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2024
A Chardin still life and a pair of wooden sculptures from medieval Japan are among the most important works to have entered public collections last month
Britta Marakatt-Labba: Moving the Needle
The Nasjonalmuseet Oslo’s retrospective of work by Britta Marakatt-Labba includes embroidered pieces that tell stories of Sami life
Broncia Koller-Pinell: An Artist and her Network
Paintings by the Austrian Expressionist artist are paired with work by her better-known peers at the Belvedere in Vienna
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