• In praise of the Wallace Collection • An interview with Etel Adnan • Chippendale at 300 • A new era for Irish arts funding
Plus: Masterpiece and Art Basel previews, Cedric Morris’s paintings, and the ethics of live animals in art
Picasso | Isaac Julien | Padua
Jackson Pollock’s | Philip Guston’s | Glyn Philpot
Surrealism | Cecilia Alemani | Bassano's Quails
Charles Ray | Ricardo Boffil | Yves Saint Laurent
The artist produced some of his most innovative and political works at the age of 80 by burning and torturing his canvases and also turning to textiles
The British artist’s retrospective might appear visually weighty, but the work pays little attention to the history and politics of the materials used
As the UK falls behind in the global market, Jane Morris considers the route to reclaiming its competitive status
Judging where to draw the line between maintaining a safe silence and tacitly endorsing the war in Ukraine has become a pressing matter