• An interview with Rasheed Araeen • The art of the Post Office • Do we still need UNESCO? • A new look for Kettle’s Yard
PLUS: The Louvre Abu Dhabi, the revamped Hayward Gallery, the Gurlitt hoard on display, R.B. Kitaj’s memoir, and more
Jan Švankmajer | Pompeii | Cat ladies
Museum of West African Art | Jeremy Frey | Ed Ruscha
Napoleon Bonaparte | Caspar David Friedrich | the Impressionists
The National Gallery | Alvaro Barrington | Art and the oil industry
An exhibition at the Soane Museum shows that technical drawings of buildings are often more complex than they may seem
The museum’s head of framing, Peter Schade, is quietly changing how we see some of the world’s most famous pictures
When it comes to conjuring the uncanny atmosphere and impossible logic of dreams, the Czech film-maker has few equals
The British Surrealist’s colourful account of a long and eventful career is back in print, and her deep commitment to her work couldn’t be clearer