• Getting ruff and ready with Frans Hals
• Sophie Calle takes on Picasso
• Can museums cope without dodgy donors?
• What Mark Rothko learned in Europe
Plus: Daniel Katz’s outstanding collection of Islamic pottery, the women Rubens kept on painting, a preview of Paris+ par Art Basel, 40 under 40 USA revealed, and reviews of Joshua Reynolds in Plymouth, the Surreal fantasies of Remedios Varos in Chicago and Palestinian embroidery in Cambridge.
Fifty years on, this biopic of Edvard Munch deserves a new lease of life
Peter Watkins’ 1974 film is no ordinary portrait of the artist – and feels more current than ever as the art-historical canon is up for debate