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Crossing borders at Turner Contemporary
The word-objects of Jean (Hans) Arp are a reminder of how powerful hybrid forms can be
Stepping out in style with the Scythians
These Siberian nomads were consummate survivors – and highly sophisticated craftsmen
The hidden bones of buildings
Monika Sosnowska’s sculptures reflect on the architecture of post-war Eastern Europe
The layered life of Leonard Rosoman
A fine, detailed biography convinces us to take another look at the oft-neglected British artist
‘My grand tour shall be one round the whole globe’
Joseph Banks’ plant specimens from Captain Cook’s first voyage are still of the greatest scientific importance
History lessons with Leonor Antunes
A new site-specific work at the Whitechapel reminds us of overlooked women artists
The myth of Basquiat threatens to eclipse his art
The Barbican survey’s biographical focus detracts from the fervent energy of the paintings themselves
The private collector who made the British Museum
A new biography of physician-collector Hans Sloane portrays a flawed yet fascinating man
The addictive art of Ragnar Kjartansson
How a seven-hour performance of only ten lyrical lines entranced its audience at the London Contemporary Music Festival
Medardo Rosso: the first modern sculptor
A convincing case is made for the Italian artist’s ambitions, and the need to bring a wider audience to his work
Reading the riddles of Giorgio de Chirico
Considering the artist’s writing gives us invaluable new ways in which to see his painting
The power and personality of Prince
An exhibition at the O2 in London is as carefully stage managed as anything Prince put on during his lifetime
Florine Stettheimer’s dreamy Jazz Age scenes
The stylish New York salonnière makes her Canadian debut in this enjoyable survey of her paintings
Divine mysteries at Asia House
On its 700th anniversary, Sufi treatise ‘The Garden of Mystery’ continues to inspire today’s Iranian artists
The art of slowing down
An exhibition in Glasgow turns our attention towards the ways in which we interact with objects
The defiant jokes of Jimmie Durham
The artist continues to confound expectations in this display of wit at the Whitney
The many moods of Edward Lear
Jenny Uglow’s biography brings the writer and artist’s love of contradictions to the fore
The rich repetitions of Jasper Johns
The Royal Academy’s Jasper Johns show captures the complexities of his deceptively simple art
Reconstructing Monet’s private collection
Monet’s hidden art collection goes public in an ambitious exhibition at the Musée Marmottan
The unnerving brilliance of Alina Szapocznikow
The Polish artist’s powerful work is finally being accorded the attention it deserves. Don’t miss the chance to see it in the UK
There’s more to say about art since 9/11
The Imperial War Museum’s ‘Age of Terror’ exhibition is important, but fails to ask some key questions
The Danish collector with a passion for French painting
Wilhelm Hansen amassed his impressive collection, now showing at the Musée Jacquemart-André, in only two years
‘An age riven with contradictory impulses’
The Palazzo Strozzi makes the most of the tensions that fuelled the cinquecento’s creative energy
Rediscovering a priceless collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
A century after it was left to the city of Philadelphia, John G. Johnson’s art collection continues to surprise
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