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Oswald Birley’s society portraits should have a wider public
The portraitist was highly sought after in his heyday, but his reputation has languished in recent years
The stuff of art: objects from Matisse’s studio
The objects in Matisse’s collection shaped his revolutionary aesthetic, and inspired him to push beyond the boundaries of the European tradition
Space exploration with Lucio Fontana
Eleven of Lucio Fontana’s ‘Spatial Environments’ have been meticulously recreated in Milan – and the effects are extraordinary
The new Chapman brothers show is delightful and disturbing – and you need to see it
Featuring Goya, teddy bears and suicide vests, ‘The Disasters of Everyday Life’ is puerile, provocative, and superb
A quiet but powerful Turner Prize
The four artists shortlisted this year tackle ideas about rootlessness and belonging in a series of understated works
Cataloguing the Ashmolean’s baroque paintings is no mean feat
The Oxford museum’s lavish new publication is a triumph of scholarship
Urs Fischer’s bonfire of the vanities in Florence
Two wax sculptures of art impresarios were ceremonially lit today in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria
How the Pre-Raphaelites reflected on the past
What did the Pre-Raphaelite painters see when they looked at the Old Masters – and how did they use what they saw?
Rachel Whiteread’s conspicuous absences
The artist’s ongoing record of what was not there becomes more thought-provoking as time passes
The collector who tried to reassemble the ancient world
Cassiano dal Pozzo’s paper museum, consisting of thousands of drawings, attempted to encapsulate the knowledge of his time
Getting to grips with China’s bewildering bapo paintings
The paintings might be puzzles but they deserve to be better known
The men who pretended to be kings – and the art they inspired
Paintings, jewellery, clothes, and weapons could all be used to show support for the Jacobite pretenders’ claims to the throne
How India inspired Howard Hodgkin
‘Painting India’ at the Hepworth Wakefield includes many of the artist’s most engaging and joyful paintings
Hélio Oiticica’s playful approach to protest
Don’t miss this celebration of the Brazilian artist’s brief but dazzling career
The other side of Surrealism
As male Surrealists depicted women as muses, sphinxes, and goddesses, women Surrealists sought to turn this imagery on its head
Per Kirkeby’s triumph of form over substance
The Danish artist clearly takes great delight in the physical properties of paint (and bronze, too)
Staring at the zeitgeist
August Sander’s photographs and Otto Dix’s paintings take an unflinching look at Weimar Germany
A sci-fi spectacular at the Barbican
This is an exhibition targeted at the senses more than the brain, more Star Wars than Stalker
The rich artistic world of Giovanni da Rimini
Very few panel paintings by the Italian Trecento artist survive. Currently, all of them are at the National Gallery in London
Ways of seeing with Arthur Jafa
The acclaimed filmmaker insists we notice skin colour, and acknowledge the politics of its presence and presentations
Royal portraits and realpolitik at the Society of Antiquaries
Don’t miss this rare chance to see a collection of medieval and Tudor portraits, relics, documents, and physical fragments
Münster turns its public spaces over to sculpture
This year’s Skulptur Projekte Münster shows that digital technology has transformed the public realm – but some artists are resisting
Silence speaks volumes at Chisenhale Gallery
Luke Willis Thompson’s work with Diamond Reynolds is a powerful response to the shooting of Philando Castile
A hidden highlight at the National Gallery of Ireland
A small exhibition of Margaret Clarke’s work proves that the best shows aren’t always the blockbusters
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