After playing Turner and Lowry, now Timothy Spall has taken up painting for real
Having picked up the paintbrush for film roles, the actor found that he couldn’t stop painting – and he now has a solo show of his own
The disappearance of Joseph Beuys
The German artist’s greatest work was himself – so marking his centenary makes for a curatorial conundrum
Antony Gormley has always believed that sculpture can change the world – and that faith is firmer than ever
An interview with Antony Gormley – public servant, Romantic artist and utopian thinker
Raiders of the lost art – the Gardner heist gets the Netflix treatment
The Gardner Museum heist hasn’t been solved in 30 years – and it’s perfect fodder for a true crime documentary
Sitting witty: Katherine Parkinson reimagines portrait painting for the small screen
For Katherine Parkinson’s TV play about portrait sitters, Roxana Halls ‘ghost-painted’ a series of portraits – a demanding role, as they tell Apollo
Spanish pointers – Rosalind Nashashibi at the National Gallery
During a residency at the gallery, the artist has made works inspired by the drama of Spanish Golden Age painting
‘My painting explores what it means to inhabit your own body’ – an interview with Christina Quarles
In her enigmatic paintings, the California-based artist explores the gap between our bodies and how they’re perceived
‘We are enacting a planetary crisis with electronics’ – an interview with Julia Christensen
The Ohio-based artist discusses her long-term research into our throwaway culture – and how a LACMA fellowship led to her working with NASA
The Apollo 40 Under 40 Africa in focus: Marie-Cécile Zinsou
The founding director of the Republic of Benin’s leading art centre discusses the importance of philanthropy for the arts in West Africa
‘We were documenting for history’ – an interview with Civil Rights photographer Doris Derby
The activist, educator and artist discusses a lifetime spent fighting for racial justice – and the role that images can play in this struggle
A socially distanced stroll around the galleries
Photographs by Gordon Parks and a panoramic painting by Dale Lewis feature amid an unusually plentiful offering in London this summer
The joyful art of Julio Le Parc
The Argentinian-born artist, now in his tenth decade, reflects on a life devoted to trying new things
Spiders and soaring sculptures – Tomás Saraceno in Florence
An exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi positions the wildly ambitious artist as a Renaissance man for our times
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
Viennese whirlwind – the feminist artist who outraged Austrian society
With a London gallery restaging Valie Export’s exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 1980, the artist looks back at her controversial body of work
Stockhausen, Duchamp, and exit signs – an interview with Cerith Wyn Evans
The artist talks about the wide-ranging references in his neon installations and other works – from modernist music to yoga
‘My art is about overcoming our limitations’ – an interview with Agnes Denes
The artist talks about what it meant to plant a wheatfield in Manhattan – and why she wants her work to outlive her
‘Making already complex things more complex’ – an interview with Imran Perretta
The artist discusses his latest film, whose title – the destructors – is borrowed from a short story by Graham Greene
Frieze week highlights: powerhouse publishing from Chicago and power naps in Fitzrovia
Theaster Gates in the archives and Jonathan Baldock’s four-poster bed are among the shows not to miss during Frieze Week
For the record – collecting gallery papers at the Archives of American Art
From inventories to installation shots – Liza Kirwin discusses the crucial role of gallery records in documenting art history
Fog, lights and Lego – Olafur Eliasson at Tate Modern, reviewed
The artist and climate activist’s installations have changed our perceptions of what art can be
Selfie shtick – the many faces of Maria Lassnig
The Austrian painter dedicated her career to translating bodily sensations into visual form – often through self-portraits
Howardena Pindell on politics, painting and punching holes
The American artist discusses the pleasures of her craft – and culture in the age of Trump
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