Niko Pirosmani
Georgia’s most celebrated painter documented his nation’s customs and landscapes in a distinctive, naive style
Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece
How the Persian empire set the standard for luxury living in the ancient world
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
Garments and hand-drawn sketches trace the extraordinary career of the pioneering designer
Saint Francis of Assisi
The National Gallery considers how Franciscan teachings have inspired artists from the Renaissance to the present
In the studio with… Keith Coventry
The artist starts the day by watering the plants on his balcony from where he can watch people eating at a neighbouring restaurant
Baroque in Florence
The Bozar in Brussels shows that in Florence, the style was considerably more refined than in Rome
Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me
The film-maker’s lyrical explorations of race and cultural history go on show at Tate Britain
A Century of Dining Out: The American Story in Menus, 1841–1941
The Grolier Club serves up a feast of menus that tell us much about changing social mores
Printed in 1085: The Chinese Buddhist Canon from the Song Dynasty
The Huntington presents a rare opportunity to view the oldest printed book in its collection
In the studio with… Maki Na Kamura
The Japanese painter works to the sounds of birds chirping and receives regular visits from figures from the past
Jaune Quick-to-See-Smith: Memory Map
The Whitney puts on the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist’s work to date
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
The Queen’s Gallery in London puts on a courtly fashion show
Moï Ver
The photographer documented Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe from the late 1920s to the start of Second World War
Hilma af Klint & Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life
The Tate considers how both artists used abstract painting as a means of understanding the natural (and supernatural) world
Anxiety and Hope in Japanese Art
More than 250 works at the Met testify to millennia-old concerns about death and the afterlife
Giacometti—Dalí: Gardens of Dreams
The Kunsthaus Zürich explores the two artists’ fleeting but formative friendship
All Consuming: Art and the Essence of Food
The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena lends new meaning to the trope of the ‘starving artist’
Sarah Bernhardt: And the Woman Created the Star
The Petit Palais pays homage to France’s most famous thespian
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2023
A rare 17th-century gold ruby glass goblet and original designs by Augustus Pugin are among this month’s highlights
14th Gwangju Biennale
This year’s event brings together 79 artists from South East Asia and further afield
The Rossettis
Tate Britain presents a Pre-Raphaelite family affair in the form of paintings, designs and poetry
Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter
The subject of a famous portrait by Velázquez was a talented painter in his own right
Going through Hell: The Divine Dante
The NGA in Washington, D.C. explores how artists through the ages have drawn on the ’Commedia‘ for inspiration
Manet / Degas
While the two painters had little in common, this show at the Musée d’Orsay shows how they spurred one another to new heights
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