All dressed up and nowhere to go – the art of sprucing up public statues
There’s more than one way to knock a figure off its pedestal, as a documentary about dressing up public monuments in Liverpool shows
The man who designed modern Britain
Tom Eckersley’s posters are rightfully regarded as masterpieces – partly because he worked with clients who were also first-rate
Rankin’s Great British Photography Challenge is too polite for its own good
The TV competition series is billed as a ‘masterclass’ – and none of the contestants will be booted off until the finale. Where’s the fun in that?
How to turn your home into a DIY art gallery
Will Martin steps away from his screen and takes his cues from some of the world’s leading contemporary artists
Ralph Steadman fully deserves his place in the history of art
In his skewering of authority figures, Ralph Steadman bears comparison with some of the great artists of modern times
How to own a Rembrandt
An engaging documentary profiles the collectors who possess – or would like to possess – paintings by the Dutch master
Grayson Perry becomes the nation’s art teacher
The artist’s encouraging approach shows a nation in lockdown that technique isn’t everything
Feat of Klee – how the Swiss-born artist saw comic potential in dark times
The final years of Paul Klee’s life coincided with the rise of Nazism – but the painter deployed his taste for humour and satire to the last
George Herriman’s Krazy Kat – revisiting an abstruse but charming comic strip
The story of a simple-minded cat and his animal neighbours was never widely popular – but it counted E.E. Cummings and De Kooning among its fans
Public relations – solidarity posters from Castro’s Cuba
The 1960s and ’70s were a golden age for Cuban artists who designed striking graphics for liberation movements across the world
Street-smart – how Keith Haring took art out of the gallery
From subway drawings to T-shirt designs, the artist was determined to make his work accessible to all
Lost without words – Manga at the British Museum, reviewed
Despite its international popularity, the Japanese art form cannot be understood through images alone
Cartoons and camaraderie – the Chicago Imagists, reviewed
In the 1960s and ’70s Chicago was the home of a movement that gleefully broke all the rules of good taste
How Campari built its brand
An exhibition tracing the advertising history of the Italian liqueur reflects the changing tastes of the 20th century
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion is a more serious affair than usual
Frida Escobedo has created a surprisingly sombre structure for this year’s temporary pavilion
Chloe Dewe Mathews looks beneath the surface
The photographer’s austere images hint at natural disasters, nuclear horrors, and man-made monsters
Mike Nelson sets up camp in Walsall
At the New Art Gallery the artist remakes an old installation exploring migration and belonging in Europe
Posing for Martin Parr
The photographer’s foundation opens with pop-up portrait sessions and an exhibition of images of the West Midlands
Taking notes with Alec Soth
Soth’s photographs in ‘Sleeping by the Mississippi’ are beautiful and intriguing, but the stories behind them bring them to life
Enrique Metinides made an art out of looking at people looking at death
The photographer’s images of disaster combine grisly detail with gifted composition, and implicate the viewer as much as the gathering crowds at the scene
‘A poster has to be joyous’. The energy and enthusiasm of Willem Sandberg
The designer and director of the Stedelijk Museum had a remarkable life: don’t miss an opportunity to learn about him at the De La Warr Pavilion
Crumbs! Here’s a gallery full of somebody else’s seedy secrets
‘I began wasting my god-given talent drawing pictures of sexy women the way I liked ‘em’. An exhibition of R. Crumb’s work invites us all to become voyeurs
Art Imitating Life: Duane Hanson at the Serpentine
Hanson’s lifelike works are perfectly suited to a public gallery space in London’s main park
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Remembering the graphic designer, who has died at the age of 91, through three of his most memorable designs