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‘The Man Who Laughs’ is a cautionary tale about grinning and bearing it
The inspiration behind Batman’s Joker and many a monster movie, Paul Leni’s ‘The Man Who Laughs’ is a masterpiece of Expressionist cinema
How to own a Rembrandt
An engaging documentary profiles the collectors who possess – or would like to possess – paintings by the Dutch master
The Design Museum takes to the dance floor
An exhibition dedicated to the music of the future may be too respectful of its past
Sea change – a fresh perspective on the art of Oceania
A rehang of Christchurch Art Gallery’s permanent collections emphasises non-European patterns of influence
Morel compass – John Cage’s mania for mushrooms
For the avant-garde composer, mushroom-foraging was closely linked to his ideas about sound and spontaneity
Bible belters – in praise of Murillo’s Prodigal Son paintings
The six paintings have long languished in relative obscurity. Restored and on view in Dublin, they are finally getting their due
Celtic revival? Recording Ireland’s historic buildings
Would that the Buildings of Ireland series could be completed – the architectural riches of Central Leinster and Cork are well served by two new volumes
The space odyssey that went nowhere – ‘Spaceship Earth’, reviewed
Before ‘Big Brother’, there was Biosphere 2 – an experiment in utopian living that left its participants low on food and short of breath
Keeping it casual – Stephen Shore’s encounters with the everyday
Taken on his road trips across America, the photographer’s images from the 1970s are in a class of their own
World views – revisiting an 18th-century survey of global style
Joseph Friedrich zu Racknitz’s four-volume treatise, newly translated and edited, deserves to be more widely read
The restlessness of Gerhard Richter
A short-lived retrospective at the Met Breuer revelled in the German artist’s formal inventiveness – and his long engagement with history
Boxing clever – the playful sculptures of Charlotte Posenenske
The German artist is closely linked with conceptual and minimalist art, but her DIY approach was quite singular
Learned behaviour – the successful career of Sofonisba Anguissola
Should we see the painter as a Renaissance feminist or as a product of her upbringing?
Stolen glances – The Painter and the Thief, reviewed
A documentary about the unlikely friendship between an artist and the man who stole her work raises tantalising questions about image-making and ownership
Good form – the minimalist magic of Donald Judd
A recent display at MoMA revealed the unexplored depths of an artist whose work sometimes seems all surface
Galleries and gondoliers – the life and times of Arthur Jeffress
The dealer and collector is usually a footnote in other people’s stories. A new biography makes him the main event
Private eyes – the lives and loves of queer modern artists in New York
A new book of erotica and personal materials gives us an entrée to a circle of mid-century bohemians
That’s the spirit – how the Romans imagined the dead
The various ways in which the ancient Romans depicted figures from the afterlife tell us much about contemporary preoccupations
How do you solve a problem like Andy Warhol?
Blake Gopnik’s new biography sets out to solve the puzzle of a man who saw his life as an extension of his art
Border crossings – Vida Americana at the Whitney, reviewed
This important survey clearly shows how deeply modern art in the US was indebted to the Mexican muralists
Renaissance remixed – a surreal video game takes a sideways look at art history
Could a Pythonesque computer game set a good example for galleries trying to attract virtual visitors?
Terra nova – Renaissance terracottas in Padua, reviewed
This groundbreaking exhibition charts the flourishing of the medium in the Veneto – from Donatello to lesser-known masters
‘Philip Guston’s life traced that of modern art itself’
A new biography by Robert Storr offers a comprehensive yet personal account of the artist’s complex career
Grayson Perry becomes the nation’s art teacher
The artist’s encouraging approach shows a nation in lockdown that technique isn’t everything
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