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Five photography shows to see in New York this week
There are some great, focused shows open at the moment, from office-block abstraction to a difficult look at the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A home for street art…in museums and shopping malls
Street art is coming in from the cold in museums and commercial developments. It’s official – graffiti has become institutional.
Committed to memory: the art of Doris Salcedo
Doris Salcedo makes monuments to the victims of political violence – out of chairs, sewing needles, and rose petals.
Edward Barber’s preventative photography
Edward Barber’s photographic record of 1980s anti-nuclear demonstrators goes on display at the Imperial War Museum
Bruce Conner: It’s All True
MoMA reveals how this American artist addresses a range of postwar themes in his work, including a rising consumer culture and the dread of nuclear apocalypse
Van Dyck would have relished seeing his work on show at the Frick
The ambitious portraitist was the subject of a major retrospective at the Frick Collection earlier this year
How Tate Modern transformed London – and beyond
As the new Tate Modern opens, leading museum directors and critics assess the impact the museum has had since it opened in 2000
‘800 years of oppression!’ Ireland’s contemporary art biennial
The latest edition of EVA International tackles issues of postcolonialism at home and abroad
Would Brexit destabilise the art market?
Would a ‘leave’ vote spell disaster for the UK’s thriving art trade, or open up new opportunities to it? Two experts debate the question
Acquisitions of the Month: May 2016
May’s acquisitions include rare signed etchings by Picasso and photography by the Victorian pioneer Oscar Gustav Rejlander
The musical forms of Fausto Melotti
Fausto Melotti’s sculptures ingeniously blur the line between figurative and abstract forms and his work deserves to be better known
‘Conservative in art, radical in politics’: James Boswell and the Artists’ International Association
Boswell’s acutely observed satires sum up the social and political issues of the 1930s
Going it alone in the modern city
Olivia Laing’s book on the art of loneliness has some excellent insights, but who is it meant for?
While the world watches Palmyra, another of Syria’s heritage sites risks destruction
The Church of Saint Simeon near Aleppo is the greatest treasure of the Christian-Byzantine era in Syria – but it’s suffered extensive damage
The man who gathered the many moods of Venice
Vittorio Cini collected remarkable Venetian paintings, which have never been publicly exhibited together – until now
Danny Lyon
Message to the Future This is the first comprehensive retrospective of the career of Danny Lyon (b. 1942) to be presented…
Vik Muniz: Verso
In the Mauritshuis’ first exhibition of contemporary art in its history, Vik Muniz looks not at the front of several paintings, but their back
Around the galleries: what to watch out for this month
Collaboration is the order of the day in Brussels and Paris, where several art fairs are joining forces. Meanwhile, London gears up for Art16
How do you capture a colour? Interview with Ettore Spalletti
The Italian artist discusses his distinctive palette and what he owes to Yves Klein
SFMOMA reopens at the heart of San Francisco’s booming art scene
With 3,000 new works, a major extension, and an ingenious way of working with collectors, SFMOMA is becoming a modern art museum to rival all others
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