In the Frame: National Gallery celebrates an overlooked art form
For many of us, frames are something of an afterthought, but it wasn’t always so
Review: Kenneth Clark at Tate Britain
It won’t pull in the crowds, but this niche exhibition rewards those who do visit
Gerry Judah’s First World War memorial for St Paul’s Cathedral
Judah’s sculptures remember all those affected by war throughout the last century
Beyond Painting: ‘Renaissance Impressions’ at the RA
The chiaroscuro woodcut prints in this exhibition are technically brilliant and visually beautiful. The only thing they lack here is context
Intelligent Design: Beautiful Science at the British Library
We tend to forget how good art and design can be at communicating big ideas, and, it turns out, big data
Losing Control: ‘Martin Creed: What’s the point of It?’
Creed asserts himself over the Hayward Gallery’s spaces and his presence is never entirely benign
Play Your Cards Right
You may come to the Museum of the Order of St John for its ‘Caravaggio’, but you’ll stay for the rich stories
Spot the Difference
One set of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers was popular enough – it’s worth braving the crowds at the National Gallery to see two side by side
Missing Genius
Castiglione’s works at the Queen’s Gallery skilfully emulate, but never quite live up to, those of his more famous contemporaries
A Roman Renaissance
‘Antoniazzo Romano: Pictor Urbis’ at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome attempts to shed new light on this enigmatic artist’s career
Cross Hatchings
Wherever tradition clashes with the public interest, there lies the satirist’s pen. Little wonder that cartoonists periodically target museums
Spencer’s Tour
Stanley Spencer’s paintings from the Sandham Memorial Chapel – currently touring the UK – are among the most important artistic responses to the First World War
Absent Elizabeth
The queen’s portraits in ‘Elizabeth I & Her People’ are among the least interesting in the NPG’s revealing exhibition of Tudor art
Preaching to the Choir
TEDxAlbertopolis promised to dispel the myth that science and art are divided. They clearly aren’t and arguably never have been
Controversy by Design
It may be a publicity stunt, but the V&A’s controversial acquisition of the ‘Liberator’ 3D printed gun says a lot about our ambivalent relationship to new technologies
Gauguin’s Gap Year
The story behind Samuel Courtauld’s collection of Gauguin paintings is more compelling than the works themselves
Review: Giants in the Field
Moore and Rodin make unlikely bedfellows but their pairing at Perry Green results in some fruitful juxtapositions
Review: Ghost in the Machine
This summer Michael Landy brings giant robots to the National Gallery in London
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