Storm King Art Center goes for growth
Storm King Art Center goes for growthThe sculpture park in upstate New York is reopening after an ambitious expansion that is planting the seeds of its future success
The comic genius of Joe Brainard
The artist made more than 100 drawings of the comic-strip character Nancy, and the results are profound as well as witty
Korean art scans new horizons in London
Musical displays, immersive experiences and a series of talks celebrate the country’s rich cultural heritage and appetite for innovation
Acquisitions of the month: April 2025
A view of Christ’s entombment by Maarten van Heemskerck and a Joan Mitchell triptych are among the most significant museum acquisitions of last month
The National Gallery’s great reveal
The plan to redesign the Sainsbury Wing for the museum’s bicentenary soon morphed into a comprehensive rehang. How well does it succeed?
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The Sussex cottage where Virginia Woolf had a room of her own
At Monk’s House, a 17th-century weatherboard house that the Woolfs bought in 1919, the author found the freedom to write some of her greatest works
Ari Emanuel buys Frieze from Endeavor
Plus: the video artist Dara Birnbaum has died; and the journalist Wolfram Weimer will be Germany’s next minister for culture
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In the studio with… Florence Houston
When painting her gelatinous desserts, the artist is surrounded by jelly moulds, jellies and even a mummified mouse for company
In the studio with… A.A. Murakami
For five years, the husband-and-wife artists have lived in rural Japan, surrounded by the clacking of bamboo in the forest and the sights of misty hills
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The National Gallery’s great reveal
An interview with Caroline Walker
When art deco went to the movies
On tour with the Von Trapps
Also: Virginia Woolf’s Sussex retreat, single-owner sales, Suzanne Valadon’s move from model to artist, Duccio’s drink of choice, and previews of Frieze New York and TEFAF New York; in reviews: Anselm Kiefer in Oxford and Amsterdam, chinoiserie at the Met, and high fashion at the Louvre. Plus: Robert Macfarlane is fascinated by a body of water
A gripping wartime yarn at Wells Cathedral
Scenes from the British home front during the Second World War have been knitted to life by some 200 volunteers – and are now on display to mark VE Day
All roads lead to Frieze New York
Performance art, contemporary painting and delicately embroidered textiles are among the many pleasures to be found at this year’s fair
Glamping at the Vatican – a Renaissance guide to surviving the conclave
Cloistered cardinals would camp in the Sistine chapel itself – the wealthiest decking out their cubicles with silver and silks
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TEFAF lights up New York
Tiffany lampshades and baboon-shaped benches, bas-reliefs by Anne Imhof and Ivorian masks can all be found at the Park Avenue Armory this month
The colossal achievements of Zurab Tsereteli (1934–2025)
The Georgian sculptor, who thrived in the Soviet Union and made his way to the heart of the Russian establishment, leaves an outsize legacy
The many faces of Medardo Rosso
The sculptor’s impressionistic works – and the photographs he took of them – always highlight the humanity of his subjects
Meet two heroines of Irish modernism
Tutored in Paris in the 1920s, Dublin-born artists Mainie Jellett and Evie Hone brought a boldly avant-garde sensibility to traditional subjects
Celia Paul faces the ghosts of her past
In recent portraits and seascapes the painter ponders time and memory, and the legacy of Lucian Freud and co.
The rise of performance art in Renaissance Italy
An accomplished musician as well as a painter, Lorenzo Costa was perfectly placed to capture the changing fashions and shifting social etiquette of his day
Gilty pleasures – Versailles in the 21st century
With new leadership and restored rooms that haven’t looked this good since the Ancien Régime, the palace is entering a new golden era
A Passion for China: The Adolphe Thiers Collection
The first president of the Third Republic was a divisive figure, but there’s no arguing with his taste in chinoiserie
Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers
The artist’s abstract paintings were informed not only by mystical thinking but also by the shapes and colours of the natural world
Caroline Walker: Mothering
At Hepworth Wakefield, the perceptive Scottish painter presents motherhood and other forms of care from a variety of angles
London Craft Week 2025
Visitors can see work by more than 1,000 craftspeople from around the world – and get stuck in themselves at workshops and open studios
How to give back looted objects
UK museums are hamstrung by outdated laws around restitution. It’s time for politicians to end the impasse and give them greater autonomy over their collections